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[Rakett]

1988
Citytech
Pearl Ridge Mall, Oahu, HI

I had a paper route at that point and could basically make one $20 gaming purchase per month. Add to that the fact that in '88 gaming stores and TT gaming in general were part of a strong, healthy industry. There were a lot of titles to choose from back then and they were readily available. So, my monthly splurge was an agonized over decision. Prior to picking up Citytech I had been buying a lot of Star Frontiers and D&D products. This was really my first TT foray. In the end it was the cover art that tipped the scales. The Archer crashing through a burning structure scattering people and tanks before it like some vengeful metal god just could not be denied. (It was only later that I realized how ironic it was to insert an Archer into pretty much any urban combat situation...heh...anyway...) So, Citytech it was and the hook was in. After that it was the long happy decent into Battletech madness that has led to decades of fun and entertainment.

Edited by Rakett, 22 December 2011 - 01:56 PM.

[Hayden]

Battletech 2nd Edition. A long time ago.

[Aaron DeChavilier]

2002
'Illusions of Victory' and 'Test of Vengeance'
Holland Barnes and Noble, Ma

(technical: Mw2:31st CC in '96 but that's not directly FASA)

[Baba Yogi]

Mech Commander, i remember i first saw that game in a game magazine, it was so amazing that i read it every day for like a month! back then i did not even own a computer, but i asked that game around for years when i finally stumbled into Gold version. I cant describe how happy i was. Anyways my point is battletech rocks!!

PS: I dont remember exactly when but it was before mw4 came out.

[Mason Grimm]

Battletech:Second Edition
Somewhere around 1988
RAM's, St. Catharines, Ontario

[Count]

Bought:
Mechwarrior 2 1995
Battletech Tabletop 1997

Played:
Mechwarrior
Battletech 1/2
all of them summer of 1993...oh, what lovely days

[IxxxI]

1995
novels:
Way of the Clans
Bloodname
Falcon Guard
Wolf Pack
Ideal War
Main Event
Blood of Heroes

[Pht]

... one of the novels. which I do not remember! In the late 90's.

First book for the TT game? "classic battletech master rules, 10984, fanpro" ... when it was released.

[Kudzu]

Falcon Guard, 1990(or 91?). Been hooked ever since.

[BarHaid]

1987, Everett, Wa. I didn't even have a copy of the game. I just pored over all those deliciously ugly sketches.

[Tahawas Pitts]

Also the 3025 TR. 1995 ish. Crazy Egor's Discount Game Warehouse in Rochester NY.

[Prince Ian Davion]

Mechwarrior 3 Collector's Edition.

I still have the shirt around somewhere..unfortunately I wore it and didn't frame it. I wasn't even ten.

[VanillaG]

1986
Decision At Thunder Rift (novel)

This was my first hit in what became my addiction to the BattleTech universe. I have read all of the novels and most of TROs, played all of PC games, and played various flavors of the Table Top games. I haven't really played anything Battletech for over 5 years until MekTek re-released MW4.

[Fence]

I think I got Mechwarrior 4 for Christmas way back in 2000 or early 2001. Been playing ever since! I picked up a novel or two, but those have been lost amongst the stacks of books around here...

[Rakett]

VanillaG, on 22 December 2011 - 02:08 PM, said:

1986
Decision At Thunder Rift (novel)

Oh man...awesome book. That was also my first BT novel. I must have read it a dozen times in my teens.

[Rakett]

BarHaid, on 22 December 2011 - 02:03 PM, said:

*Technical Readouts: 3025*

1987, Everett, Wa. I didn't even have a copy of the game. I just pored over all those deliciously ugly sketches.

I loved those sketches. I always pictured some scared forward scout in chameleoline armor hiding in the bushes somewhere madly sketching the enemy units patrolling in the distance. (And no "why didn't he use a camera quips?"...obviously they give off an E-sig that would reveal his location. Duh.)

[chewie]

1990
southsea models and games
Pheonix Hawk miniature.

snowballed from there

[Rakett]

chewie, on 22 December 2011 - 02:35 PM, said:

1990
southsea models and games
Pheonix Hawk miniature.

snowballed from there

Ah, Phoenix Hawk...revered grandfather. He and the Crusader have hooked a great many fans over the years. =)

[Larry Headrick]

B Tech second edetion.
Sometime in 87/or 88.
Dang i feal old.

[Robert Remington]

1986
Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama

Citytech

My friends and i split the set, One bought Battletech and the other bought Aerotech. Ahh awesome times.