Coming Releases

The following BattleTech books and game aids are on the upcoming schedule. If the book falls within a category detailed on the main “Books” page, it is noted in parentheses; if it is an e-book only release, it is noted in brackets. As covers become available, they’re added to this page.

When details concerning street dates and reviews are available, those will be posted to the front page. In no particular release order:

2765 Field Report: CCAF [PDF only]
In 2765, the Star League Defense Force was the greatest military ever assembled, unparalleled in numbers and technological prowess—but it was not alone. The House Lords and the rules of the Territorial States in the Periphery each amassed armies of their own. While none of these powers alone could challenge the sheer size and might of the SLDF, each stood ready to defend their own interests against the avarice of their neighbors.

2765 Field Report: CCAF describes the state of House Liao’s Capellan Confederation just before the events described in Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 1, including the overall military and logistical condition of one of the Great Houses that would eventually survive the collapse of the Star League and face a new age of endless war.

2765 Field Report: DCMS [PDF only]
In 2765, the Star League Defense Force was the greatest military ever assembled, unparalleled in numbers and technological prowess—but it was not alone. The House Lords and the rules of the Territorial States in the Periphery each amassed armies of their own. While none of these powers alone could challenge the sheer size and might of the SLDF, each stood ready to defend their own interests against the avarice of their neighbors.

2765 Field Report: DCMS describes the state of House Kurita’s Draconis Combine just before the events described in Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 1, including the overall military and logistical condition of one of the Great Houses that would eventually survive the collapse of the Star League and face a new age of endless war.

2765 Field Report: AFFS [PDF only]
In 2765, the Star League Defense Force was the greatest military ever assembled, unparalleled in numbers and technological prowess—but it was not alone. The House Lords and the rules of the Territorial States in the Periphery each amassed armies of their own. While none of these powers alone could challenge the sheer size and might of the SLDF, each stood ready to defend their own interests against the avarice of their neighbors.

2765 Field Report: AFFS describes the state of House Davion’s Federated Suns just before the events described in Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 1, including the overall military and logistical condition of one of the Great Houses that would eventually survive the collapse of the Star League and face a new age of endless war.

Field Manual: 3145
It is the year 3145. Only thirteen years have passed since Gray Monday—the day that most of humanity’s interstellar communications grid suddenly and mysteriously collapsed. Plunged into darkness and fearing the worst, the leaders and armies of the Inner Sphere scrambled to act, some fearing the approach of invaders, others seeking to exploit the chaos. Now, armies are on the march, war has erupted on every front, and the Republic of the Sphere—once a sign of mankind’s hope for a brighter future—has retreated behind its fortress walls to prepare for the inevitable.

Field Manual: 3145 updates the military and political state of the Inner Sphere as it stands in the year 3145. This report includes a brief history and overview of recent developments in the BattleTech universe, as well as current TO&Es for the major ’Mech forces and mercenary commands employed by the realms and Clans of the Dark Age Inner Sphere. Special era-specific rules are also included, enabling players to create characters and forces for use in campaigns set in and after this critical point in BattleTech history.

2765 Field Report: FWLM [PDF only]
In 2765, the Star League Defense Force was the greatest military ever assembled, unparalleled in numbers and technological prowess—but it was not alone. The House Lords and the rules of the Territorial States in the Periphery each amassed armies of their own. While none of these powers alone could challenge the sheer size and might of the SLDF, each stood ready to defend their own interests against the avarice of their neighbors.

2765 Field Report: FWLM describes the state of House Marik’s Free Worlds League just before the events described in Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 1, including the overall military and logistical condition of one of the Great Houses that would eventually survive the collapse of the Star League and face a new age of endless war.

Alpha Strike
Alpha Strike is a tactical-level rules expansion for the BattleTech universe
specifically tailored for the miniatures wargamer. Presenting the Quick-Strike
rules first introduced in Strategic Operations, refined and compiled for standalone
use, this book will let players experience of BattleTech campaigns using a
dynamic, fast-playing approach ideal for larger-scale battles and scenarios.

Tech Kit
Tired of hunting for a specific table in a rulebook? Wish you had heavy-duty reference cards for Total Warfare game play like that found in the Introductory Box Set? Then the Tech Kit is for you!

Also includes a brand new BattleMech blueprint poster!

The Tech Kit contains seven heavy-duty cards of compiled tables from TechManual.

Strategic Kit
Tired of hunting for a specific table in a rulebook? Wish you had heavy-duty reference cards for Total Warfare game play like that found in the Introductory Box Set? Then the Strategic Kit is for you!

The Strategic Kit contains five heavy-duty cards of compiled tables from Strategic Operations.

Historical: Wars of The Republic Era
In 3081, the Republic of the Sphere was born from the ruins of the Word of Blake Protectorate. For an Inner Sphere devastated by the horrors of escalating war, the Republic was a beacon of hope for a brighter, more peaceful future…

For a time, it almost was.

Historical: Wars of the Republic Era describes the border conflicts that inevitably erupted in the decades after the Word of Blake Jihad. Covering the largest of these conflicts in particular—including the Second Combine-Dominion War, the Victoria War, and the Republic of the Sphere’s own war against the Capellan Confederation—this book provides a hard look at the early years of what would come to be known as the Dark Age Era.

Technical Readout: 3145
In August of 3132, eighty percent of the hyperpulse generators in the Inner Sphere suddenly shut down amid scattered rumors of unknown attackers. Though no realm or Clan claimed responsibility, the fear of imminent invasion quickly spread. Factories converted to the building of civilian equipment after the horrors of the Jihad soon returned to the manufacturing of new ’Mechs, combat vehicles, and fighters, while planetary militias scrambled to strap guns on anything that could walk, fly, or drive to the nearest battlefront. As the Dark Age continued, fear of invasion became a self-fulfilling prophesy—until, once again, all of mankind was again at war.

Technical Readout: 3145 introduces the new generation of battle armor, vehicles, ’Mechs, and aerospace craft that debuted in the latter years of the Dark Age era. Featuring new technologies born in the decades since the Word of Blake Jihad, these new machines stand ready to do battle, for the glory and defense of their native realms.

Handbook: House Kurita
For almost a millennium, the symbol of the Dragon has struck fear into the rest of the Inner Sphere. The fearless dedication of its warriors, the devotion of its people, and the awesome ambitions of its Coordinator: House Kurita has been more reviled than any other power. Yet a new leader has arisen in the last decades, bringing about a host of reforms and reigning in the realm’s most rapacious desires. Such rebirth comes at a price, as various shadowy influencers fix their eyes on reigniting the Dragon’s glorious past. Only time will tell which path the Dragon will follow….

Handbook: House Kurita cover the pivotal history, politics and cultures of the Inner Sphere’s most feared Great Houses. Not just a sourcebook, Handbook: House Kurita covers rules for both BattleTech and A Time of War game play, including such areas as personal equipment, support vehicles, creatures and more.