19 replies to this topic

[SnowDragon]

...Mainly because I've swept every single inch of my CBD and surrounding districts with a fine toothed bloody comb and am still yet to find a fricken store that deals in both Minis and the rulebooks. Now, don't get me wrong, I have played the tabletop before, but that was paper hex pieces on a hand graphic'd map with hexes preprinted beneath, back with the 1707 Master rules, 3rd ed.

I'd LIKE to be able to buy some minis, paint the ******** up and play a proper game of it, but here in Brisbane (Or Redcliffe, or surrounding areas, it doesn't matter to me how far I really have to drive) I can't find anywhere that sells the bloody things. Best I ever found was a shop that dabbled in BT with some of the TRO 3060 readouts and some novels.

Anyone in QLD can shed some light on this?

~~Caio
~~SD

[Moncai Icaza]

I know im not a local to you but have you asked the store that dabbles if they can order you stuff in. My local store will do this with most games i play anima tactics and they order specific peices if i ask

[Ghostrider45]

Hay Dummie Ebay has every thing on it! Books start up kits for the table top game, pc games modles rangeing from .99c to 15.00 made and painted to you asmble them and paint them! they even have Battletech Technical read out Books from 14.00 to 36.00 dollers!!1

[Dirk Le Daring]

There is hope...try milsims.com.au

otherwise known as military simulations, they are in Melbourne, but I have found them to be pretty good for the last.....how long....25 years or so. Great range and very reliable.

[Krubarax]

Why not order what you need from the internetz?
It is 2012 in Australia too, quiaff?

I never even bothered to look around in sweden.
Why would I? Minis can be bought from e-bay, Ironwind Metals, or Ral Partha.
Rules ara available to buy from Classicbattletech.com

Enjoy

[SnowDragon]

Which brings me to my next point... there's nowhere to play it. No hobby shops that I know of dablle in game tables. Sure, I could set up a table of my own, but I don't have the space

[Exilyth]

Well, first result when googling for "battletech australia"...
http://www.anarchyle...chy/anarchy.htm

Looks like there's a game group near you.

Edited by Exilyth, 24 March 2012 - 10:03 AM.

[Moncai Icaza]

SnowDragon, on 23 March 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

Which brings me to my next point... there's nowhere to play it. No hobby shops that I know of dablle in game tables. Sure, I could set up a table of my own, but I don't have the space

find local players and arrange a night in the local scout group, church hall or other socal building. This is how i got into RP and warhammer Back in the day, and while we have moved venue once were still here every friday night 12+ years later. Ofc you then have to pay for the hall and pool some money for boards or terrain, but if you get lucky and are willing to commit to long term and be flexable with the scout group you can get the hut quite cheap, as its only deadtime and any money helps for them just meens if they need it one night you gotta cancel.


Ps. some pubs and coffee shops may let you have the backroom for a night for free as long as you are drinking enough between you (these can be a little less reliable though if the suddenly need that night and often wont store boards and such)

All of this is from a UK perspective so you may need to modify for AUS.

Edited by Moncai Icaza, 26 March 2012 - 02:24 AM.

[Jack Gammel]

There's always this:
http://www.thewarstore.com/

They generally have a good selection and good prices. Of course, they're based in the U.S. so the shipping costs might be too much.

And I feel your pain. My best friend is the only guy in my entire area who still plays. I live next to a great gamestore, there are tons of different games played there, but no BT players.

[VegetaL]

Jack Gammel, on 26 March 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

There's always this:
http://www.thewarstore.com/

They generally have a good selection and good prices. Of course, they're based in the U.S. so the shipping costs might be too much.

And I feel your pain. My best friend is the only guy in my entire area who still plays. I live next to a great gamestore, there are tons of different games played there, but no BT players.

i feel ur pain every1 at my hobby shop plays MTG or 40k, not BT just sad it's been like 15 years now =(

Edited by VegetaL, 26 March 2012 - 09:07 AM.

[GrimJim]

Sounds like a great opportunity for YOU to be the first.

If there isn't interest and a group around, you create it. While not everyone may know specifically of the game, I'm sure there are lots of peeps that have similar interests (gaming, stompy robots, etc...).

Get it going, become Legend my friend.

After all, if your grandparents & great grandparents hadn't thought the same you'd be British right now.

[Dr Killinger]

I sympathize. There is no place in this entire country that sells the minis.

[SiriusBeef]

Say what you want about NJ but I have so much TT gaming going on that I sat out the last BT campaign goin on at one of the several FLGSs around the area. Played Infinity instead and kicked booty with my uber BS cheese Nomads...

I will second the bid for thewarstore. Neil is the man. I ordered some Freebooter minis yesterday and they are at my door today....

[WithSilentWings]

When I search for anything Battletech related in Ontario Canada I find essentially nothing.

The only place that shows in a Google Search that is within an hour of me (and I'm less than an hour from all of Toronto, so that's ridiculous that there are NO stores in Toronto that carry the miniatures) is some small little shop that is closed on sun-mon, and only open from 5 to 8 on weeknights. This does not make me feel like it's a promising place to make the trip to...

Also their website is down... ungh

[Strumtruppen]

i understand everyone in my town is battletech/mechwarrior free i got one my dumb freinds to play mechwarrioir with and no one to play battle tech with whats with this? i doubt i will again be able to play battle tech with anybody but my dad

[Tadakuma]

Dirk Le Daring, on 23 March 2012 - 04:30 AM, said:

There is hope...try milsims.com.au

The Milsims range is fairly minimal, they do have the 25 Anniversary Box set most of the books and some of the lance packs but if you after specific mechs then your out of luck.

The Anniversary box set isn't a bad starting point, comes with about 24 fairly average plastic minis and 2 really nice ones. If you grab that, Total Warfare and a map pack you have a good starting point.

In regards to getting stuff over the net, postage to Australia is a killer from most Ebay and Internet dealers, with battletech I generally find that I need to order about $150-$200 to make it worthwhile. What I tend to do is put together a group order with friends and see if we can get something around the $400-$500 mark.

It's one of the joys of living in Australia, everything has a 50% mark up above US prices, it's frequently released later and released in smaller quantities.

So yes I do feel your pain, I get bitten by it on a regular basis

[wwiiogre]

Vegetal,

They have a BT campaign going in Coeur D'Alene at Strategy and Games at the Silverlake Mall, they also stock minis, books etc. Karl and Trevis will also order in anything you want. I will be back in North Idaho in two months and will also be starting another BT campaign playing once a week at Strategy and Games as well. I will be starting my campaign in the 3045-3048 era. Which is my favorite era in the game. Cause you start with 3025 tech, work up thru salvage thru the variants and eventually start getting lostech and finally end up facing off with the clan. A great time.

Chris

[Dys13x10]

Hey man i am near canberra but i travel up to QLD quite a lot for battletech games i know there are still people playing it i have emails and stuff for them if you want to get to talk to them the best way to get minis is off the net i know it sucks but hey it works in brisbane there isnt really any stores that sell them just give me a hoy an i can get you in contact with a good bunch of painters and players

[Fergle Fergleson]

Minis' are always challenging. For a small shop owner they can represent a significant investment in what are undoubtedly very limited funds. They also take a fair bit of space to display properly. So if you're a shop owner you really have to believe you can move that merchandise. The short-term fix, as mentioned, is to go online.

If you want to go longer-term, pick your fav' local store and talk to the owner/manager. I've never met a game store owner that wasn't willing to put in a special order for me, especially if I was willing to put down a deposit or pay-up-front. Start coming in, placing these orders on a regular basis and they'll become more willing to preemptively purchase things (because they know they'll have a customer for it). Additionally, if they've got any public/reservable table space for gaming, ask if you can start running (semi-)regular pick-up games. Get a regular crew of folks coming in playing and looking for more materials and they WILL start stocking it.

[RangerRob]

Support your Friendly Local Game Store (FLGS) when ever possible. As Fergie said. Talk with the store owner and see if he can order something for you.

Yeah, you can do this on the internet yourself just as easy and probably for less money. But the FLGS is where you will meet folks to play the game with. No sales at FLGS means there will be no FLGSs in the future.

Edited by RangerRob, 10 June 2012 - 06:07 PM.