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An Amazing Kickstarter & Pages from Combat Manual: Mercenaries
The HBS’ BATTLETECH Kickstarter just wrapped up, and what a stunning ride! Not only did every single stretch goal and Backer Mission get knocked out, but even after opening up Solaris VII PVP, the passion and excitement kept pouring in. Awesome to watch.
We’re all a little breathless, excited, tense…and ultimately proud. Proud to be apart of such a great gaming community. And I can’t think of anything better to do to help celebrating this moment than to throw on some more BattleTech love.
We’ve been discussing the coming Combat Manuals for a while now, and the book is so, so close to releasing into the wild. So close, in fact, that I’m showing off numerous pages from the book below.

As usual, the book starts out with a short story and provides some historical grounding.

Some of the earliest BattleTech sourcebooks always included a variety of sidebars that touched on a variety of topics; a great way to provide quick immersion into the universe. I particularly remember the rules booklet in the BattleTech Second Edition box set had those and I re-read them many times. This book embraces that theme again, providing a plethora of vignettes to cover a lot of ground easily.

A few of the merc pages also include small, short scenarios that allow players to leap into a game smoothly.


And of course, rules and force building for Alpha Strike mercenaries game play!

I included this last page, cause, well, it’s just an awesome looking page!
The PDF for this book is getting hot-dropped out of a DropShip very soon…so stay tuned and get those dice ready!
Randall

Радует, что дизайнеры позаимствовали монохромную символику домов Сферы на первом слайде. А светокониковый (приглядитесь повнимательнее) "Вархаммер" так вообще сказка!

Ага, вот и те самые загадочные чертежи нового вархаммера без миомеров.

Почему без? В сочленениях миомеры виднеются.

Catalyst Game Labs is pleased to announce the Beta release of the first of a new line of sourcebooks for Alpha Strike: Combat Manual: Mercenaries.

“The Global BattleTech Community is simply fantastic,” said Randall N. Bills, Managing Developer. “I’ve known this for a long time, through so many years of online and convention interactions, previous beta tests, and more. And it was particularly evident during the Harebrained Schemes’ BATTLETECH Kickstarter as every stretch goal was unlocked and a myriad Backer Missions knocked out. Not to mention, even after the PVP Solaris was unlocked, the backers kept flocking and the funds kept over-flowing (if you missed it, you can still get in on some of the action now that the BackerKit site is up). As such, now seems a perfect time to once more tap into that expertise and passion to elevate the quality of our new Combat Manual series. Again, right up front, you are all amazing…thank you!”
With that in mind Catalyst Game Labs is repeating that previous process, releasing Combat Manual: Mercenaries in a “Beta Release” PDF book. We’ve started a Combat Manual: Mercenaries Beta fan input thread on the BattleTech forums. Until the 10th of December [end of day, PST] we’ll be watching the thread to see what problems the community discovers. At that point we’ll address those issues that need work, and then ship the to the printers. Keep in mind, though, that there’s a difference between “error/broken” and “don’t like it that way” when it comes to the rules; the prior is what well be addressing, not the latter.
In order to ensure maximum exposure, Catalyst Game Labs is releasing the PDF at $5 for a limited time. What’s more, we’re providing several combos that allow players to pick up the Alpha Strike Core Rulebook and Alpha Strike Companion PDFs for a lower price as well, if they’ve not given this great new system a try just yet (feel free to grab the free QSR PDF!). Finally, for a limited time, all Lance Packs are now $14.99 instead of their standard $19.99. [To get the news out, feel free to grab either banner on this page and splash them around as far and as wide as you like!]

When Catalyst Game Labs releases the final version of the PDF, it will return to its standard, higher price. Anyone who previously purchased the PDF at $5 will automatically receive a free upgrade to the final PDF.

Кто мне объяснит, в чём фишка "бета"-изданий? Это какой-то подвох?

Они плохо вычитаны и могут быть подвержены дальнейшей корректуре, в том числе весьма существенной. Котолисты это признают и делают скидку. Хотя вообще то, что уже есть сейчас - более чем достойно. По крайней мере в плане оформления - прекрасно.

Альфа Страйк? Хм.
Не знаю, радоваться этому или не очень.

Ктонить в курсе "COMBAT MANUAL: MERCENARIES BETA RELEASE" от бетты сильно отличается?

http://myfolder.ru/files/
Я просто оставлю это здесь.