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Thrusts you onto the battlefields of the 31st century!Contains everything needed to playIncludes 24 unpainted ready to play BattleMecha2 or more playersAges 13+
Well first of all welcome to the game! It really is a fantastic system with an extremely deep lore (deeper than 40K IMHO) and an evolving timeline giving you the opportunity to fit your battles into any portion of the game's history.
Battletech is the miniatures-based board game on hexmaps that makes up the foundation of the Battletech hobby. Mechwarrior is the RPG extension, often used in conjunction with Battletech. Classic Battletech was a rebranding thought up in the 2000's to help keep people from confusing tabletop Battletech and the Mechwarrior Clix game that was popular at the time.
I would recommend that you start with the Introductory Box Set. It includes intro rules, maps, and lots of figures for you to get started with. Here is the convenient amazon link for you:
http://www.amazon.com/Battletech-Introductory-Box-Set-OP/dp/193687685X
The miniatures in the box have been recently updated and represent classic mechs that have been around throughout the game's timeline. They are supplied unpainted (dark greyish) and all but two of them are assembly-free.
If the game tickles you, I would recommend that your next purchase be Total Warfare. This is the core rulebook, and covers everything you need for 95% of the games you will want to play with Battletech. The Techmanual might be a good buy too if you want to start customising mechs for yourself. Iron Wind Metals provides the current range of pewter figures for you to spend your paycheque on.
If you don't want to paint than don't. Simple. This is not a WYSIWYG game like Warhammer. It's a board game with tabletop qualities and most people use proxies in some form or another. Only about 20% of the huge number of cannon variants have models even closely resembling them, so don't get too bent out of shape about how your figures look. If you want to base coat (spray paint) different forces different colours it might help inform your force arrangements, but other than that it's just gravy.
Similarly there is no hard rules for army creation like in Warhammer. The fluff provides us with some lose unit formations and a wealth of cannon units to choose from, but the universe is left deliberately open-ended to make sure that you can customize to your heart's content.
Make sure you ask around here if you have any questions. Most people enthusiastic about Battletech love to talk about it, whether its rules or unit design of the rich lore. And have fun!
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Yeah I'm a little confused on the sequence of them all but this set comes with a Battlemaster and the Timber Wolf pictured as well as some much nicer plastic minis and 2 high quality hexboards.
Are you talking about this starter set?
And thanks for the tips!
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