GenCon 2019

[General308]

I just started thinking about how I can get the wife to agree to my daughters snuggling with a BattleMech :D

Look if they are going to do this then they need to do it right.   They need to make a Plushie body pillow.

[.RL]

Look if they are going to do this then they need to do it right.   They need to make a Plushie body pillow.

Plushie stuffed Kodiak would do it.

[Cache]

Plushie stuffed Kodiak would do it.

Kodiak for Clanners, Urbie for Spheroids.

[sadlerbw]

Well, I I did see a booth in the vendor hall named “Waifu vending machine” so...

[Ruger]

Looks like there's the nose with the ball turret and gun from a Cobra FANG helicopter in there.

Not just the Fang, but also the laser cannon from the back of the original GIJoe Jeep that Clutch drove.

Loved that you as a kid, and the Cobra Stinger (IIRC) that was derived from it.

Ruger

[Crimson Dawn]

Ah yes the Vamp a classic.

[Wrangler]

Plushi toys of Clan Totem animals.

[Lynx]

Plushi toys of Clan Totem animals.

Who gets Pikachu?

[Mendrugo]

Who gets Pikachu?

Combine.  Handbook House Kurita featured a rodent that generates bioelectricity.  Yakuza run underground fights between them.

[rebs]

Combine.  Handbook House Kurita featured a rodent that generates bioelectricity.  Yakuza run underground fights between them.

Haha...  people WILL want to know the rules for dueling electric rodents in a 2d6 format...

[caioaf]

was expecting 2020 so that's fine

Me and many others were expecting 2013  ::)

[Sartris]

That sucks

[Adrian Gideon]

Me and many others were expecting 2013  ::)

Imagine how the mood shifts whenever I point this out.

[Greatclub]

At gencon masters n minions. Poor catalyst guy. Both his mechs just took gyro tacs from a 3025 battlemaster, then missed a easy kick.

Edit - we lost.

Three of us chose mobile mechs, yet we didn't move in tandom. 6/9/9 pixie, 4/6/6 thud, and me in a phantom C. Unfortunately, two of their mechs were back-scratchers as well, and since everything had equalized pilots, they could hit us.

[sadlerbw]

Thanks again to everyone at Catalyst and everyone who volunteers to make this event happen! I can’t express how much I appreciate the effort from all involved. It’s great seeing folks from the forum in real life and putting names with faces. I apologize to any of you that were forced to suffer through my terrible dad jokes.

Special shout out to the Alpha Strike players and event runners. I had tons of fun, even if I did end up having to fight as a dirty Snake and bring death upon my beloved Davions. I swear, all we wanted was Jonathon Davion’s autograph. If you hadn’t opened fire we would have grabbed a selfie and headed back to the DropShip!

Hope to see you all again next year.

[Crackerb0x]

I swear, all we wanted was Jonathon Davion’s autograph. If you hadn’t opened fire we would have grabbed a selfie and headed back to the DropShip!

Yeah, yeah, well you don't blow up fuel tanks with strategic medical bades built into them for an autograph. You took getting your Mechs torn up by my Hammerheads like a champ!

[ANS Kamas P81]

- Brent DOES want to redesign the quads, but they don’t fit well on the hex bases so they haven’t been done yet. The Goliath and Scorpion probably will get re-works at some point.
- a plush Urbie as a stretch goal in the KS is not out of the question...and was heartily supported by the fans in attendance.

I don't see why the Goliath would be so bad, its legs pretty much roll straight down from the body.  The Scorpion (and mechs like the Tarantula, etc) on the other hand...yeh.

Also as the person who originally suggested the plush UrbanMech here in the forums, I demand it happen!

[winters_night]

Have they ever said why you can't get the gencon exclusives outside of gencon?

For instance Wyrd Miniatures (makers of Malifaux and a few other things) have always sold their gencon stuff on their webstore during gencon for those of us that can't go to gencon.

Really been getting under my skin with Catalyst. I saw the dice sets for 2019 hit ebay at $200 they are beautiful and it just feels like a dig at long term fans that can't attend that Catalyst offers no other way than to be there (or knowing someone that is going there).  Or am I dolt and missed some place that they do offer sales?

[Colt Ward]

They do not, what you see are folks flipping what they picked up extra.  The KS is honestly a good effort by Catalyst to let everyone get some dice if they want faction dice- especially since they are offering 3 dead Clans, the FRR, and some speculation on FedCom dice rather than LC/A or FS.  Some of the swag is KS only and others like the dice are not listed as exclusive- however, IMO stuff like Burrock or Fire Mandrill dice are not popular enough to make more than what they need for the KS which is why I am getting some I expect to be low-interest.  Kurita, League, FedSuns, CapCon, Falcon, Bear?  Yeah, I expect those to be in stock more . . . and I will point to the t-shirts done this year as a example, they are selling those on CGL store and have already done another run.

[RazorclawXLS]

I have a question concerning the faction dice we have available on the BT kickstarter.

The $80.000 stretch goal mentions "Each add-on (see bellow) buys an additional choice".

What does this actually mean? Do I get another pair of faction dice free if I buy any of the add-ons? Does that mean that if I buy a pair of dice I get another pair for free (with choice of faction)? Or if I buy a salvage box, do I get another pair free (again with choice of faction)?

[DarkISI]

No, you get another faction option. We started with only the invading Clans as faction choice. Then we unlocked more stretch goals and by now, we have 29 or 30 factions unlocked for our choice of shirts, dice etc.

[RazorclawXLS]

No, you get another faction option. We started with only the invading Clans as faction choice. Then we unlocked more stretch goals and by now, we have 29 or 30 factions unlocked for our choice of shirts, dice etc.

Yes, I know that we started only with the 4 invading clans for dice. But there were separate stretch goals that unlocked other clans. I don't see how those goals are connected with what I have quoted. Other stretch goals aren't mentioned, only add-ons.

[DarkISI]

Ah, I misread. Sorry.
It means, if you buy multiple of the addons, you get multiple choices. Buy, for example, two dice add-ons and you can chose two additional pair of dice.

[DarkSpade]

They ran out of the latest anthology before I could get a copy.  :'(

[winters_night]

They do not, what you see are folks flipping what they picked up extra.  The KS is honestly a good effort by Catalyst to let everyone get some dice if they want faction dice- especially since they are offering 3 dead Clans, the FRR, and some speculation on FedCom dice rather than LC/A or FS.  Some of the swag is KS only and others like the dice are not listed as exclusive- however, IMO stuff like Burrock or Fire Mandrill dice are not popular enough to make more than what they need for the KS which is why I am getting some I expect to be low-interest.  Kurita, League, FedSuns, CapCon, Falcon, Bear?  Yeah, I expect those to be in stock more . . . and I will point to the t-shirts done this year as a example, they are selling those on CGL store and have already done another run.

Yeah I know the ebayers are flippers I was just wondering if I had somehow been missing the fact that CGL actually does sell the gencon stuff online through a webstore other than the main one.. never know /shrug  Just didnt want to totally rule it out in my head

[Wrangler]

Was there big event games at GenCon 2019? I've not really heard anyone talk about them.

The diorama for Titan Shipyards 3151 sounds like it would have been cool battle.

[Weirdo]

Dunno if anyone's still in town, but the Half Price Books at 844 US-31, Greenwood, IN 46142 has the old Recon, Medium, and Heavy Lance box sets for sale right now. I'm not grabbing them myself because the con has already eaten my budget.

[CranstonSnord]

Was there big event games at GenCon 2019? I've not really heard anyone talk about them.

The diorama for Titan Shipyards 3151 sounds like it would have been cool battle.

There were at least 7 'big event' games for BattleTech; I will have pictures and writeups for the Clan Grand Melee and Clan Trial of Bloodright (Roshak) in a couple of weeks.

[Wrangler]

There were at least 7 'big event' games for BattleTech; I will have pictures and writeups for the Clan Grand Melee and Clan Trial of Bloodright (Roshak) in a couple of weeks.

Nifty! Thanks

[I am Belch II]

Thanks for the updates. Gencon was a Gencant this year for me