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[Donald J Trump Kerensky]

June 1985 Battletech 2nd edition (http://www.sarna.net...ch,_2nd_Edition), got this when I was about 9 years old. [/color]
Played it then still play it now =)
So much fun....


What are you doing to keep busy til you get a invite?

Edited by Dimentox, 13 June 2012 - 02:57 PM.

[Lars Von Danzig]

Sames as you. Can't get enough TT BT

[Murphy7]

Ah, so happy to see that.

That is how it all got started for me.

[Boymonkey]

Gee that brings back memories I was 11

Edited by Boymonkey, 13 June 2012 - 03:08 PM.

[EvereadyGold]

question, how hard is it to acquire a non dark age/AOD TT set?

[HRR Insanity]

For those interested...

http://megamek.info/

Another way to waste time with your BattleTech buddies while waiting for MWO to bloom.

Insanity

[Promptus]

+10 Internets. That was my first set as well.

[Surtr]

I started with 4th edition, then later on got the second edition box on ebay. I now have those two, as well as both editions that catalyst released with plastic mechs. Looove TT. Counting all my plastic mechs I can almost field a full regiment. And a battalion worth of that is all metal.

[Donald J Trump Kerensky]

We did a warhammer style hex BT map.


And

[Hawkeye 72]

I have the original 3rd edition, complete with plastic mechs Snagged it off ebay when I was young.

Also have a few extra clan and 3050 TRO mechs as well.

I raise you +1 sir

[Teirdome]

My heart still aches over my horrible decision to throw my TT stuff away when I moved out of my parent's place. Had that same second edition box throughout my childhood years.

[Ratboy]

EvereadyGold, on 13 June 2012 - 03:12 PM, said:

question, how hard is it to acquire a non dark age/AOD TT set?

Any Good Game store will have/order Battletech for you. The Introductory box set is in print and available. If you can't find it, you can always get it from www.battlecorps,com

[Donald J Trump Kerensky]

The old stuff is hard to get..

Now its all the re-release of the CBT stuff.

Still not the same.

[Tsula]

Same set got me started memories.

[Donald J Trump Kerensky]

God then there was netmech....

I convinced my boss to sell KALI licences and set up a kali server just so i could play netmech, and go drop with my stiener bros.

IIRC games.wt.net was its name. lol

Edited by Dimentox, 13 June 2012 - 03:30 PM.

[Jiyu Mononoke]

Memories

- I always loved how they used the MACROSS (Robotech) models in the beginning. Wish we could see some of those oldies here ... i know... damn copyrights! Damn You!...

[shameless]

ahh TT, so many good memories, DFA your foes with the crusader while launching missiles at them, it's always fun to renenact a macross...

[Shadowscythe]

The box looks familiar, but not sure what edition it was that my brother had stashed away (wouldn't let me play with it way back then)

The type of terrain that has hex shaped base is definately handy..

The wargame club I used to go to years ago used geohex (I think it was) since a place that made it was in the same neighborhood and people that worked at geohex would play at the gameclub...They also donated a LOT of stuff to the club (mostly just barely defective enough to use, but not sell)

They made felt mats of different colors(hexed and non hexed). hills, rolling hills, cliffs, mountains...that came in level 1 or level 3 I think it was...one of the things I will never forget.....

We had a board that had up to level 6 mountains (2 level 3 pieces stacked but not fully covering each other so a person could jump up 3 levels at a time). and on one side there was a full cliff, and someone was careless enough to hug the bottom of the cliff while my 100 ton mech with jump jets was up top sniping mechs in the distance....The next turn, he stayed there again..I guess trying to keep out of my LOS. so I jumped on him from 6 levels above him ...... I wish I had a picture of everyone's faces when I announced it.
Unfortunately I didn't take out his head. (only hit it once) The damage spread all over the place.

Another event that I would of LOVED a picture of is when we were playing in a BIG 5 feet by 9 feet (our usual tabletop size) CITY.

One of my team mates. (very odd, think outside of the box kind of guy) I see him start to count hexes in his mind, I can tell because of the way he is looking at the board and nodding is head...Then I look down the street from his dasher and there is an enemy mech.
At first I was thinking, why is he counting hexes for. no way he can get into his firing range... Then he finishes counting, and BIG smile crosses his face, biggest smile I have ever seen on this guy.

Then he turns on his MASC goes 19 hexes and performs a turn......That turn makes him do a pilot skill check which he of course fails from a high modifier. Which causes him to SKID, you skid for as many hexes as you moved. at about 18 or so hexes later his mech rams into the enemy mech making a 37 (or so, don't remember what exactly, but it was close to 40) hex charge lol...The enemy mech DIES (it was already a bit damaged from a mech flanking him) and the dasher is still ALIVE, but barely (missing a bunch of armor and right side lol) and lived through the rest of the match...We won

Was one of the craziest moves I have seen...If he missed just one of those rolls it would of ended up REALLY bad for him

Edited by Shadowscythe, 13 June 2012 - 04:51 PM.

[Targun Darklighter]

still have alot of the 1st edition stuff and 2nd edition

[sgt coloncrunch]

How difficult would it be for someone who never touched the TableTop to mess around with that unofficial online client?