I find you two so much more enjoyable to watch play Battletech than all the other loud, high energy KZfaqrs. Please make more battle report videos!

The periphery farmer piloting a heavy mech with his quote being "might as well try some of these buttons." Had me laughing. Thats some good Battletech lore.

I am blown away with the pacing of this video. The measured and entertaining approach without obnoxious music or fake high energy was refreshing. I have orbited battletech for years and just now wanting to dive head first in. This video is exactly what I was looking for.

I love how Tex Talks Battletech has became a cornerstone of introducing new players to the great lore. That series alone is a strong argument for a high quality, Game of Thrones style retelling of the Star League and Amaris Civil War and beyond as a really well done TV series.

Just a small note - In round 2, if the Panther can shoot the the Thunderbolt, then the Thunderbolt can shoot the Panther. LOS is always mutual ;) Super video BTW!!

A note on kicking: When the mech gets kicked, they must make a piloting skill check to not fall. So the thunderbolt had a chance to fall when kicked by the jenner. (Also, if the jenner had missed, they would have needed to make the check) That's the distinct advantage of kicking compared to punching that has two 1 in 6 chances to hit the head instead.

I haven't played this game since high school and into college, more years than I prefer to count. Just seeing that desert map awakened so many memories of badly painted miniatures, delusions of macross, Dr pepper and Little Debbie snacks.

While not as condensed as some of the other intros on KZfaq, this video does a better job of explaining what battletech is and how it feels to play it. Great job to all involved.

The way you narrate and have edited this makes it by far the most engaging way to watch this game. Nobody else has managed to hold my attention for 20 minutes, let alone over an hour. Great job!

Probably one of the best tutorials I've seen, and i've seen a lot as i'm trying to help new players get over the hurdle of the complex rules.

I love the fact that the Kuritan player ended the match by attempting a reckless banzai charge, only to get blasted into orbit by mechs much heavier than them. Oh Kurita... never change.

I did not see it in the comments but when the blackjack walked in the second movement phase it only moved 2 hexes meaning meaning its movement modifier should have been 0 making the catapults hit target at 37min 8+ making both LRMs hit. It is not a big deal I just noticed and wanted to share what I saw. I am very excited that I found your channel!

Are you guys forgetting that jumps confer an additional +1 to hit (evasion)? Your presentation style is delightful. Thank you!

Fun! One of the best intros to Battletech I’ve seen. Love that figs are unpainted.

Battletech definetly has some great novels well above black library quality in writting. As a game having two options of game play both with varying depths of play really makes it stand aside other games that and just the amount of variety you can add to an army

A very fun and informative video here. My humble opinion is you guys did a great job for an introductory video, hopefully this helps others to get into this wonderful IP and great game.

Excellent Video! To anyone who thinks the rules are a bit heavy and technical or don't like the hex mats FEAR NOT! there is another version of Battle tech called Alpha Strike, It's rules are more simple to play, it's free movement like 40k (tape measure and movement in inches), mech sheets are instead cards (that come with the models in the box's or printable from sources online) and is much faster to play and can be freely and easily modified with house rules if you wish, I play at a gaming club and Alpha Strike much better suits the time constraints I have there and can even fit in multiple games if I'm teaching new players. Also a little note on choosing your force, if none of the great houses or any of the clan factions take your fancy a big thing in Battletech is mercenary companies, there are existing ones but you are free to make up your own, think of it a little bit like making up your own successor chapter from 40k, that kind of thing but it doesn't have to be aligned with any particular house or clan so they can fight with or against anyone, they go where the money is :)

Haven't been able to play Battletech in about a decade...I might have to pull out some stompy robots and play, even if I have to do it against myself lol. Really like the inclusionnof the overlays and audio clips 👍

Glad to see more folks learning the game, and I have to say, I love how you edited this, the coloured topography overlay on the map, the battle computer sound clips, how you flavoured it all narratively together, especially the green static borders on the rules/chart/Mech sheet cut-ins. Really brought me back to the HuD of MechWarrior 3. Hope to see more like this in the future should you decide to tackle the return of LosTech equipment in the 3040s and the Clans and the equipment they reintroduce/improve upon in the 3050s in future games.

Really nice video! Just one thing I noticed is that a +1 partial cover modifier was given to the target standing in a light woods hex. While this seems logical and other games would grant cover in this case, the rules say, “Only check the hexes along the LOS *between* the attacker and target, not the hexes they *occupy* ” when it comes intervening terrain that provides cover modifiers. Just wanted to make sure I understand this correctly too since I’m a rookie. Edit: Just realized the rules for terrain modifiers do say that you include the hex the *target* mech is standing in and apply the appropriate modifier.

One thing you seem to have missed. When a mech jumps, it gets a +1 to it's TMM, so if you jump 4 hexes your red dice should have a 2 showing, not a 1.

1:10:50 you should have rerolled both parts of the crit location roll. If you dont reroll both parts then a single part all alone in a lower bracket will have a 50% chance of getting hit despite have a full bracket of 6 slots above it which should be reducing that to 1/7 odds. The same applies to all the rolls at 1:12:50. I dont believe this had a huge effect on the result of the game since the fusion engine takes up space in both brackets anyway, but in other situations it can be really important.

As a WH40k fugitive and a large fan of the video game and the setting created in the novels, I was looking for a report with a little guide. It`s great to see U guys had fun during the game not being standard competitive pricks. A definite subscription and waiting for more content on Battletech (Clan vs IS would be great), as well as other tabletop games. Thx for the video!

As a new player to Battletech, this has been one of the best battle reports and tutorials I've ever seen. The presentation is so good.

I love how comprehensive this is!

It's the wildest thing, I played Battletech in high school while, unbeknownst to me, the original company was being copyright sued out of existence. I got back into it last year and all the game material is the EXACT SAME price! Inflation has not touched battletech at all... great video guys!

Thank you for the introduction, buds! I am just getting into the Battletech universe and this was a great look at the game. I loved the special effects you did.

This is a really well done introduction! BattleTech is a great game & is easy to pickup as I even play with my twelve year old son. A great aspect of BT is the Advanced rules so you can add layers of "realism", comexity & character which is especially great if you are using the source books to run this as a role-playing game or a campaign. Yet another great aspect about BT is even in the rules it states you can use anything (like bottle caps) to represent a mech so no need to drop Hu dress or thousands of dollars ad with so.e other wargames to have the exact units you want.

My brother got me "A Game of Armored Combat" this past Christmas and have been trying to make sense of the flow and feel of the game outside of the rulebook. Thank you so much for your robust explanations and great visual details. I immediately subscribed!

Thank you so much for the tutorial! It was much easier to understand you guys and seeing the game for couple of turns cemented everything you guys were saying. Can't wait to try the game with my cousin soon. Also want to see how the game plays with infantry because kinda want the "Titanfall" or "Ring of Red" feel of infantry being huge annoyances to the mechs.

This was highly entertaining and edcuational! I have the box set and the clan invasion box set from the kickstarter! Thanks for the great video

We use the "floating crit" optional rule in my gaming group. Through armor critical hits reroll the hit location allowing the crit to go anywhere on the mech. 💀

Marking off armor/crits is so fun. Compared to every other game amazing how little btech rules have changed over 40 years. Plus its cheap to get into.

That was fun to watch. Thanks. Picked this up for my kid to try since kill team didn't seem to be his thing

Amazing I just bought in and was reading instructions tonight this definitely helped make it make more sense!

Excellent video. Extremely informative for a new BattleTech Commander, like myself.

If your catapult is on level 3, it can see everything. A mech is 2 levels taller that the elevation it's on. In this case making him effectively on level 5. Meaning, cover is irrelevant as long as they're not in it. Line of sight works both ways. If you choose to not be in LoS, neither of you are in Los

Great vid and tutorial. Don't sweat the small mistakes, I have seen mechwarriors with over a decade of experience make the same ones. Can't wait to see more battletech from you guys!

Want to thank you guys, learning the game for my local meet up and this is making a lot of sense.

I found you guys a few months ago with this, and I keep coming back to listen. Keep up the good work, and the fun editing too!

I like how informative this video is and the visuals are amazing as well as funny.

Ahhh yes the catapult... a real good mech i love to use again and again ^^ Lovely Battlerep and showcase of rules and lore

I am familiar with BT, but the way you two played the battle, the way how you narrated it, different themes for each team, calm yet still threatening weapon effects edited in and paper mech sheets being edited into an on-board mech computer was so satisfying to watch. A smile was sitting on my face through the whole video, only widening more and more. Even with how good the HBS BattleTech 2018 game feels, your video reminded me how calming and engaging a good tabletop can be. Good job, thank you for your work! P.S: Thunderbolt's pilot description saying that he wonders what those buttons do and then him blowing head off from Jenner, crippling commander's Black Jack to the point of becoming noncombatant and literally wiping out entire CT of Panther, all that in roughly 30 seconds (3 turns), while every other unit on the field tried their best to at least hit the target was very fun to imagine. He surely had a moment of his life right there!

That was fun!! Now, I gotta go play... I've not played in years :P

That Blackjack pilot knows her craft. Stand and deliver.

The introduction! Love it😂 Educational in a way I prefer it. Do have myself the Beginner Box, A game of A.C, Clan Invasion etc. And while you are not step-by-steping the Beginner box, I feel I must graduate that one first. Oh.. and I have zero BT interested where I live so gotta be Soloing it myself. Like an analogue, physical version of Mech Warrior. Cant wait for public release of Aces solo rules supplement from Catalyst

Excellent video! Clear, consice and very informative. A very good introduction to playing Battletech on the tabletop.

I'm barely by the 15 minute mark but so far i'm hooked. Great introduction and nice video!!!

Extremely well done introductory video.....great, entertaining editing, well organized, and clear. Love to see more people get into Battletech!

34:31 "is it destroyed yet? 😟" "im going to hope youre not too sad if i say no" "aw 😢"

I would just like to say you guys did an amazing job with this video! There are a lot of intro videos out there, but I think you guys hit the balance perfectly, hit all the critical points, and managed to make it entertaining as well!!!

This was a really nice introduction to the game. I loved the flavor you added to it too!

I loved the editing! I was cheering for that BJ-1 cause its my favorite mech, and it did get that one salvo of glory which i was so happy about. I've been wanting to get my wife to play classic BT with me and this is a wonderful introduction.

Really fantastic. Great effects. Well organized. Sub'd.

Great video, y'all successfully taught me battletech! Looking forward to new videos

Some ping for YT finding you better. And keep up that nice entertaining style!

AWESOME video. Helped me a lot learning the rules!

Oooh, this is a great video introducing people to a great game, thank you!

Excellent video, learned a lot about how to play.

7:44 I want to record the short speech about accepting the leadership of the Draconis Combine or 'suffer the consequences' and drive around small towns, blaring the message over and over through a loud speaker

Great video 👍 one minor nitpick though, and you probably realized it already: The rules for movement for uneven numbers of mechs say „if, prior to any PAIR of movement…“ So in your first round, for example, the movement should be (since red lost initiative) Red then Green; then Red again followed by both Green Mechs. BUT if green had lost the initiative it would be like Green then Red; then BOTH Green Mechs followed by the second Red Mech.

at 35:33; defenders choice works both ways, if green says you have to use partial cover, his shot would have to go through the partial cover of the thunderbolt as well. or the Level 3 would have blocked all shots for both. Can't have your cake and eat it lol. 39:02 partial cover prevents damage to the legs. one of the advantages of staying in cover. 43:00 catapult had a shot, thunderbolt could torsotwist and split fire, LRM vs Blackjack, SRM2+Med Las vs Jenner, LLas vs Panther. No MGs too be able to punch the Jenner.

I hope you guy stay on top of battletech it’s really relaxing listening to you videos. I would like to thank you two for being so chill.

Great video, you got a new suscriber!

Thank you! Great video.

Big battletech and mechwarrior fan! Great video and the work put into it was fantastic. I enjoyed your let's play and your video got me excited to try out a game of tabletop battletech. I hope you do make more videos and specifically mote battletech Let's plays!

As a new player thanks for doing this!

Please note that on turn 2 , the player who won the initiative get to choose a mech to shoot first otherwise it defeats the purpose of winning initiative. Losing player moves first , winning player shoots first and then alternate depending on numbers of mech

this production value is awsome!

A very well done vid guys and a great introductory video to cover the basics of Classic Battletech. Yeah a few minor mistakes here and there which have been pointed out but we all make them in the heat of battle and gaming - why I like MegaMek as I don’t need to remember half them sometimes hehe. But I’d love to see you guys continue this on and even expand on it for new players: From a induction video of you guys creating up a Lance each using MasterUnitList - showing new players the ease of MUL from choosing their era, choosing a faction and then looking up the BV cost and even shifting it slightly using the piloting skill table. - also good to explain to new players not to fully worry about “who gets what equipment” sometimes as while MUL limits mechs to those they’d have on standardly, it’s not uncommon for salvaged mechs to turn up anywhere and everywhere - several of my FedSun units use Catapult CPLT-K2 models which your only find in Kuritan units but… well the pilots got dusted and we thought they looked nice in the Direct Fire Lance. Another good introduction video would be on some of the more “Standard/Advanced” tech introduced in the late succession wars and more into the Clan Era. - again good video of being back our Catapult & Thunderbolt pilots (or maybe their kids) and a new pilot running a salvaged Panther rebuilt using spare parts from their old salvaged mechs. Face them off against a couple of Smoke Jags and showing the difference in tech and equipment but… that it isn’t as completely an uneven fight either. Cause while the Clans have tech, the IS has numbers and a fun willingness to break the rules of war (on in these cases, break the Clans rules of war Zellbrigen) Another larger one you could do could be an introduction to Campaigns and Lance formations and even SPA’s. - usually a good start for introductory Campaigns is for the players to create a Company of 12 mechs using 10,000 pts in the Succession Wars era. 10,000 pts does mean they can get some big mechs in there, but start throwing in there better skilled pilots ontop and you’ll have to start filling out the bottom ranks with cheap light mechs and potentially skuff pilots. Run a nice safe 4/5 skill company of mediums, lights and heavy’s or throw it in with a primary assault Lance formed of veteran and elite pilots with cheap light mechs and green pilots pulling up the rear. Then you have the simple scenarios of one team landing, raids on several farms and depending on how the 3 games go you can have it be a push on the defenders base or a fighting retreat to the LZ/ a desperate escape. Overall tho, keep up the good work and can’t wait to see how you continue this series

Very nice video and story! Thank u

Great video. one of the best concerning battletech I have seen.

Great presentation of the game and exciting play.

the editing on this is crazy dude :)

I like the stickers on the bases. I have the same starter set and keen to paint the mechs before I play my first game. I was super curious about how on earth I should paint them, bearing in mind that in different games we might be using different mechs from our pool of minatures. Indicating which player is controlling the mechs, via the base stickers, means I can paint the mechs however I wish, without worrying about matching clan or lance colours (and I can't be bothered to read all the lore yet, to understand what the options are)

This was quite enjoyable!

i really lke this brother, wish you the very best

In FASA battletech initiative is a bit of a odd one. Some cases depending on game format, it can be by mech or lance rather then player. This is because later expanded rules added in additional equipment / quirks or even pilot specializations that had modifiers to initiative.

this video got me to sub to you. Great work on the video

Your battle Report style is awesome! As far as the first melee fight, I get it if your purpose was to show most if not all of the differences between kicking and punching, and the rules. But for those who are new to the game and/or tactical games, I'd say your better move would have been to fire the machine guns and kicked. And in the next movement ohase, you should have mived the Jenner last, as no matter where the T-bolt went, you probably could have gotten into his rear arc. Sorry, just really getting into your video! Haha

Awesome video guys! Good Job!

Jumping 4 hexes should give you a +2 defense. 1 for the amount of hexes moved, and +1 for the jump itself

That was an awesome video! Subbed!

“Bit of a weeb, picked his own nickname.” Lmao I subbed so hard hahaha

I think that you had a mismatch in that game that really punished the lights when they did not have the initiative. You also had 2 lights with low movement modifiers so in losing initiative their vulnerability is exposed. If you had 3 more mobile lights you could use terrain and speed to counter the firepower advantage when you lose initiative and strike when you win it. Finally the T-bolt and Catapult are very hard to take down with lights. They have good weapons at all ranges and are not something lights would usually want to get the attention of.

I appreciate the shout out for Tex. I'll sub.

Excellent video. A few minor rules mistakes others have already mentioned but overall a very good tutorial. Some tactical mistakes on both sides but as you mentioned you've only played 5 times I'd say you're both well on your way.

This is an excellent production quality video. Thank you so much for making it. Do you have one for Alpha Strike?

This is GREAT!!!!!

Editing is top notch.

Great video. I listened while I drove my truck. Thanks😃

BattleTech is fun!! IIRC, I used to play Turkinas and Kodiaks.

now that i am retired i would like to try this game but im afraid due to the complex amounts of rules it would be hard to find someone else to play against, also my short term memory isnt as good as it once was so learning would be a long and difficult process.

Toll gemachtes Video. Ich glaube das Setup für das Szenario borge ich mir für Einführungsspiele

By the way Lyran Commonwealth"s borders at map of 2570 incorrect. In fact they are at 2750 year, after Civil War when Lyran Commonwealth've absorbed most part of Rim World Republic.

more of this, please, please, please, please, pleaaaaaaaaaase

BEST INTRO EVER.

A truly excellent tutorial, I keep coming back to this over and over while I learn the rules. AI'm just a little confused at 25:19 when the overlay states the green player has twice as many mechs left to move (and must move another), don't both sides have two mechs remaining?

Very good work gents

57:52 OH MY GOD IS THE CAT OKAY?