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So what the hell IS Battletech?

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 What IS Battletech? For those who might wonder what the hell i'm actually talking about, Battletech is a long running tabletop game that's been around since 1984. Its had surges and lapses in interest, has nearly died off several times, been the subject of legal cases and even the irate attention of George Lucas, but its still going and is currently seeing a renaissance thanks to a very successful Kickstarter a few years ago which has seen a huge surge in interest in the hobby and setting. For the setting itself, the best way I can put it is 'Game of Thrones in space'. Unlike say 40k, the setting isn't one of utter doom and dispair, and is a somewhat 'hard sci-fi' setting. Unlike many other scifi series or settings, there's no intelligent alien life that has been discovered. At least officially. But there's a lot of space out there and in terms of the scale of things, the Human controlled 'Inner Sphere' is around 1000 light years across and ...
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  Welcome to BattleTech Musings. I'm Steve and i've been doing Battletech for a good long time, back in the 90's when I was reading the books and watching the cartoon, a friend and I saw the original Unseen Box and together we saved up our pocket money to buy it. And that was the start of an interest in the hobby that whilst faded for many years, never truly died. On this blog i'll be showing various Fanon projects i've worked on, talking about the setting in general, about 'Mechs both canon and not as well as other people fannon Projects. This is because one of the strengths of the Battletech community is its creators and those who helped keep the game alive during the fallow years and they deserve to be recognised. So I welcome folks and I always welcome thoughts and feedback, good or bad.
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