Hearing chatter about the BattleTech Anniversary Box Set (see Purple Pawn) has me thinking about BattleTech again … which isn’t exactly something new for me. A couple of years ago picking up the BattleTech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction book (Amazon link) led to a post about the older BattleTech toys; man, I need to search for those toys.
And that wasn’t the only time in recent memory that BattleTech leaped to the front of my mind. Back in 2007 my contribution to the Hobby Games: The 100 Best (Amazon link) collection was a BattleTech essay. Getting the chance to write about the game was a real treat, and while working on the essay I turned my attention back to the old BattleTech collectible card game.
Published in 1996, the BattleTech collectible card game was, and still is, one of my favorite ways to game in the BattleTech universe. Focused on head-to-head ‘mech combat, the game is fairly easy to learn but mastery is extremely difficult. And it’s not just a game of buying the best cards, which is always the sign of a good collectible card game.
The game is long out of print, and the cards not exactly easy to find (though not at all impossible to find), but it’s one I recommend to anyone with an interest in a two-player game that centers on direct conflict. Seriously, this is a great game.
Hearing chatter about the BattleTech Anniversary Box Set (see Purple Pawn) has me thinking about BattleTech again … which isn’t exactly something new for me. A couple of years ago picking up the BattleTech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction book (Amazon link) led to a post about the older BattleTech toys; man, I need to search for those toys.
And that wasn’t the only time in recent memory that BattleTech leaped to the front of my mind. Back in 2007 my contribution to the Hobby Games: The 100 Best (Amazon link) collection was a BattleTech essay. Getting the chance to write about the game was a real treat, and while working on the essay I turned my attention back to the old BattleTech collectible card game.
Published in 1996, the BattleTech collectible card game was, and still is, one of my favorite ways to game in the BattleTech universe. Focused on head-to-head ‘mech combat, the game is fairly easy to learn but mastery is extremely difficult. And it’s not just a game of buying the best cards, which is always the sign of a good collectible card game.
The game is long out of print, and the cards not exactly easy to find (though not at all impossible to find), but it’s one I recommend to anyone with an interest in a two-player game that centers on direct conflict. Seriously, this is a great game.
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highmoon said:
I wish they would reprint themed complete sets to just buy and play.
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highmoon reblogged this from philipjreed and added:
wish they would reprint themed complete sets
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