In July 2024 we presented two offers – one revived, one all-new – featuring the core board game rulebooks and play aids for BattleTech Total Warfare from Catalyst Game Labs. First, the revived August 2022 BattleTech Total War Bundle had the core Total Warfare board game rulebook and Operations expansions. And its all-new companion, BattleTech Readouts, added more than 4,500 pages of Technical Readouts and Record Sheets play aids for an unbeatable bargain price.
BATTLETECH TOTAL WAR [from Aug 2022]
For those new to BattleTech, this revived August 2022 BattleTech Total War Bundle had a big lineup of BattleTech rulebooks including Total Warfare, the TechManual, and four Operations expansions. Climb into your armored ‘Mech and join battles across the vast interstellar empires of the 31st Century.
This revived offer’s Starter Collection (retail value $30) included the complete BattleTech: Total Warfare core rulebook and the BattleTech: TechManual.
Those who paid more than this revival’s threshold (average) price also got this offer’s entire Bonus Collection with four more operational rules supplements worth an additional $60, including Strategic Operations, Campaign Operations, Tactical Operations: Advanced Rules, and Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment.
BATTLETECH READOUTS [all-new]
This BattleTech Readouts companion offer added eight Technical Readouts volumes that illustrate the BattleMechs active in several major eras of the BattleTech timeline, from the Succession Wars (3025-3030) through the Dark Age (3130-3150). Each Readout entry presents a detailed illustration of one machine and describes its history, capabilities, and game stats, along with its most famous pilots. Use these reference volumes together with nine sets of matching Record Sheets, each customized for the ‘Mechs detailed in the corresponding Readout.
There were eight complete play aids in this offer’s Starter Collection (retail value $80) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including four Technical Readouts – Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Clan Invasion, Jihad, and Dark Age – and the four matching sets of Record Sheets that depict every ‘Mech in these Readouts volumes: the sheets for Succession Wars, Clan Invasion, Jihad, and Dark Age.
This offer’s Bonus Collection added nine more play aids worth an additional $140, including four more Technical Readouts – Technical Readout: 3085, 3085 Supplemental, 3145, and 3150 – along with the matching sets of Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged – Old is the New New, Project Phoenix, The Cutting Edge, 3145, and 3150.
Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) went to these two BattleTech offers’ designated charity, Direct Relief. Direct Relief sends protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries to medical facilities across the US and Canada and to regional response agencies around the world.
