I am just starting out with Battletech (and tabletop games in general). I recently bought the introductory box set, read through the Quick Start rules, and played the green training scenario.
Now, I’m pretty sure I want to play with the Alpha Strike rules (mostly because I want to eventually play with a large number of units) and my question is, should I read through the Introductory rule book and play through the training scenarios and such, or should I just skip right ahead into Alpha Strike? Also, does Alpha strike contain scenarios for beginners similar to the Introductory Rulebook? If not, can I use the scenarios in the IR to start out with Alpha Strike? And, as a less important question, are the other books such as Total Warfare, Tactical Ops, Strategic Ops etc. useful when playing Alpha Strike?
Any Help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.