There have been some great content coming out as resources for new Alpha Strike players that I wanted to collect as a reference.
BattleTech: Alpha Strike Box SetThis is the recommended place to start with Alpha Strike. Enough miniatures for two small armies, one Clan force with a star of five 'Mechs, and an Inner Sphere force of 8 'mechs in two lances. Buildings and trees for terrain, lots of counters to track movement, unit cards and everything else you need (except a measuring tool like a tape measure).
Death From Above Wargaming’s Alpha Strike Box Set UnboxingWolfnet Radio’s Alpha Strike Box Set UnboxingCatalyst Game Labs StoreBattleTech: Alpha Strike Quick Start RulesIf you need a test before putting your hard-earned money on the table, Catalyst Game Labs has a free PDF, the Alpha Strike Quick Start Rules. You can print and play a sample Alpha Strike game.
BattleTech Downloads pageScroll down and Alpha Strike Quick Start is the second link on the page.
How To Play Alpha StrikeSix Sides of Gaming Does an Alpha Strike playthrough with Randall Bills of Catalyst Game Labs and Ed Stephens, Catalyst Demo Team Agent.
BiggRigg has a series of short tutorials going through the basic aspects of the game (what Alpha Strike is, how movement works, how line of sight is tested, etc).
Death From Above Alpha Strike Basics begins a series of how to play videos. Their channel also features a bunch of AS games.
The Armed Painter has an intro how to play. His channel also has some tactics tips and terrain and painting advice.
Alpha Strike: Commander’s EditionThe
Alpha Strike: Commander’s Edition book is the full rulebook for the Alpha Strike game. In general, if it’s in AS:CE, it’s part of the Alpha Strike game. I’ll let Randall and Ed talk about all that’s in AS:CE.
Six Sides of Gaming AS:CE PromoMaster Unit ListThe
Master Unit List (MUL) is the official BattleTech site for keeping tracking of all the canon BattleTech units. For Alpha Strike, it also has the Alpha Strike Unit Cards for most of the units. It has an Alpha Strike Force Builder where you can add units to a force, set their skill levels, get a total Point Value (PV) and print off a force list and all the skill adjusted unit cards.
Armed Painter How to use MUL Wolfnet 350 Army ConstructionUnicorn Company How to use MULAlpha Strike CommunityWell, it's right here! Ok, let's share some other AS communities as well..
Catalyst Demo Team is the official demo group for Catalyst Game Labs’ including BattleTech and BattleTech: Alpha Strike. They have a
Facebook group and are running Alpha Strike tournaments as part of the BattleTech Championship Circuit (BTCC) as well as locally organized events.
Wolfnet has a
Facebook group,
podcast, discord server,
youtube channel and host Alpha Strike 350 format tournaments.
The MechBay
podcast also has a discord server and regularly plays and discusses Alpha Strike on both.
