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BattleTech Tactical Handbook

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BattleTech Tactical Handbook is a game supplement published by FASA in 1994 for the mecha wargame BattleTech.

Description[edit]

BattleTech Tactical Handbook is an 80-page softcover book written by Jim Long and Stuart Johnson containing advanced rules and additional equipment for BattleTech.^[1]

The first part of the book offers

a "double-blind" option for combat, where the two combatants maneuver their units on separate maps, and a neutral referee tells each player what is seen.
a strategic operational campaign that links a series of scenarios together.

The second part of the book provides advanced rules for

ballistic weapons
four-legged mecha
line of sight

Reception[edit]

In the November 1994 edition of Dragon (Issue #211), Rick Swan warned players that these rules added complexities to an already complex game, concluding, "All this is strictly for wargamers — make that serious wargamers. Role-players can put their wallets away."^[2]

References[edit]

^ "BattleTech Tactical Handbook". BoardGameGeek.

^ Swan, Rick (November 1994). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon (211). TSR, Inc.: 92.

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