After procrastinating for years (literally), I’ve finally managed to finish 12 Empress Vietnam-era USMC miniatures. The paint recipe is described here. The Empress miniatures are very nice with realistic proportions, and go together well with the few Gringo 40s miniatures that I have finished earlier. This means that I’m once […]
As I had already hinted at in my post about Clan Mech availability, I wanted to build and paint a typical Clan Wolf Star and ended up with two Timber Wolfs, one Stormcrow, one Mad Dog, and an Ice Ferret, to use the Clan names. One Timber Wolf is the […]
Caution, lots of spoilers ahead! After a first playthrough with Buns/Grunty/Raven/Hitman/Shadow/IMP, which resulted in a rather poor end result due to skipping almost all side quests, I decided on having a second go at it. I chose for the lowest difficulty level as my goal was to have the full […]
I’m a big fan of Jagged Alliance 2. It’s one of a few video games that I bought on release day as I liked the demo so much. For many years I started a new game every two years or so. I didn’t finish all of them, as the final […]
I’m mostly a miniatures wargamer. My main games have been Battletech, X-Wing, Infinity, and Star Wars Legion. I’ve also played most other Star Wars miniatures games: the West End Games Star Wars Miniatures Battles, Imperial Assault, and Armada. I also have my share of experience with traditional hex-and-counter boardwargames. Battle […]
The 4th Succession War remains one of the most popular eras for Battletech gamers. It was the “original” era of Battletech and is fleshed out in much more detail than earlier conflicts. The grand story is described in Michael Stackpole’s legendary Warrior trilogy. More detail is given in FASA’s various […]
For the Clan invasion, FASA originally provided the Clans with 16 Battlemechs from 20 to 100 tons. All of these are Omni ‘Mechs, meaning that their loadout can be reconfigured easily. Other ‘Mechs, such as the IIC variants of Inner Sphere designs and other Clan-designed ‘Mechs, were only added later. Similarly to […]
After trying various paint schemes throughout the last 3 decades, I’ve now settled on a straightforward green scheme for most of my Inner Sphere ‘Mechs. Green is suitable for at least the following units: SLDF and hence Eridani Light Horse Lyran Regularss Davion Crucis Lancers ComStar in battle, as the […]
While Battletech can be played on 3D terrain with range rulers for measuring distance, it is most commonly (and most conveniently) played using maps with hexagonal divisions. This makes it easy to move your units and measure distances, and is what the game was designed for. In that sense Battletech […]
This is a listing of useful websites for the Battletech board game. General Official site – includes universe information and free downloads. Official forum. Master unit list – lists availability, factions, in which book to find them, and Alpha Strike cards for all Battletech units. Lords of the Battlefield – […]
I’ve played the (electric) guitar for more than 15 years now, and never really considered trying another instrument. Drumming would be good for my lacking sense of timing, but I have no room for a drum kit. I bought a keyboard last year so my kids could practice for school, […]
Gundam is a long-running Japanese anime franchise featuring large combat walkers (Mecha). The hobby of building plastic model kits of these Mecha is known as Gunpla, and to my knowledge the most popular form of plastic kit in Japan, with many new models being released each year. Availability in Europe […]
