Alpha Strike Campaign Rules

[Descronan]

Hey folks, here is a set of campaign rules I put together for an Alpha Strike Campaign. It's more detailed than the Chaos Campaign system, but easier than a Classic Btech mercenary campaign. If you have any suggestions on improvements, please let me know.

http://bit.ly/4525nTW 

[Kerfuffin(925)]

Holy cow that’s a lot of stuff. I’ll look more later but it’s interesting.

[jasonf]

Agreed, this is an impressive amount of campaign rules! I've been working on streamlining Campaign Ops campaigning with the Chaos Campaign system, so I'll try to take a deeper look as well.

[Descronan]

I'm getting close to releasing the latest version of the Campaign Guide. Here's a summary list of changes coming:

2.23
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-   Most links
Chapter 1: Introduction
-   Rules Level (new)
Chapter 2: Player Roles
Chapter 3: Drafting A Mercenary Force
Chapter 4: Getting Hired
-   Offers
-   OpFor Faction (new)
-   Payment
-   Transportation
-   Finalize the Contract
-   Committed Forces (new)
-   Transportation Costs (new)
-   Payment (new)
-   Fees (new)
-   Claiming Salvage
-   Opposition Force (new)
-   Mission (new)
-   AO Map (new)
-   Deployment (new)
Chapter 5: Missions (new/moved)
-   Lostech Raid
Chapter 6: Opposition Force
-   OpFor Faction (moved from Chapter 4)
Chapter 7: Battlegroups
Chapter 8: Area of Operation Map
Chapter 9: Sites
-   Civilian Airfield
Chapter 10: Phases of the Mission
-   A. Issue Orders
-   6. Resolve Strategic Actions
Chapter 11: Orders & Actions
-   Battlefield Intelligence (new)
-   Lay Mines
-   Move (Any)
-   Pre-Plotted Artillery (deleted)
-   Negotiate Surrender
-   MASH
-   Repair
-   Salvage
-   Supply Limit (new)
-   Liberate Vehicles
-   Supply Drop
Chapter 12: After-Action Phase (moved from Chapter 14)
-   Campaign Log (new)
-   Disbanding a Force
-   Special Pilot Abilities
-   Ransom
-   Buying Salvaged Units
Chapter 13: Special Rules
-   Destroyed vs. Wrecked Units
-   Fires (Optional) (new)
Chapter 14: Special Equipment (moved from Chapter 12)
-   ECM
-   Omnimechs (OMNI)
-   VTOL Bombers (BOMB) (deleted)
-   Burst Fire Weapons
-   Field Modifications, Bombs (new)
-   Field Modifications, Mech Shields
-   Field Modifications, Smoke
-   Repair Crew (new)
-   Coolant Truck
Chapter 15: Alternate Campaign Formats
Chapter 16: Complications
Alpha Strike Cards

[Descronan]

In case you are following along on your dropship, the campaign guide has been updated.

http://bit.ly/4525nTW

[drjones]

I'm planning to take a look! I favor CBT over AS but bettering campaign rules in general interests me.

[CarcosanDawn]

Links are broken (At least for the RATs; I wanted to look at them).

[Descronan]

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll take a look n fix them.

[cryptoknight]

I realize this hasn't been talked about in a while, but I'd suggest converting everything to one currency.
i.e. Hinterlands came out and just uses SP now... that or C-Bills is probably better than dealing with WP <-> SP <-> CBills
It just makes things more complicated to have mixed currencies.

[Descronan]

Thanks! I'm looking into that sort of update with the latest releases. So far, my conversion rate seems pretty close. 20 SP per PV seems "about right". Personally, I like using PV as that is the consistent standard currency on the MUL. Everything else is wildly disproportional depending on era and some units don't have BV or Cbills at all.

Do you think SP is better than PV?

[Whyphandler]

I am currently running my own campaign rules but will take the time to look these over for any ideas or easier methods than I am using, or any holes in my cheese

[Gold Wolf]

This may finally be the answer I've been looking for. I enjoy Battletech campaigns but I just don't have the time for all the book keeping on top of the missions taking so long. I've skimmed this document and it looks promising. Thank you for all the work you have put into this. It's staggering, especially if you did it alone.

[Descronan]

If you're following along, I just updated the PDF. The biggest changes are the addition of the introductory campaign example "Training Day", and guidelines for running a Clan campaign. Everything else is fairly minor.

https://bit.ly/4525nTW 

Here is the change log:
2.28 05/19/2025
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Chapter 1: Introduction
-   Training Day (new)
Chapter 2: Player Roles
Chapter 3: Drafting A Mercenary Force
-   Supply & Support Units
Chapter 4: Getting Hired
Chapter 5: Missions
Chapter 6: Opposition Force
Chapter 7: Battlegroups
Chapter 8: Area of Operation Map
Chapter 9: Sites
Chapter 10: Phases of the Mission
-   Deployment Phase
Chapter 11: Orders & Actions
-   Hull Down (new)
-   Secure Resources (renamed from Capture Objectives)
-   Requisition (merged with Secure Resources)
-   Capture Site (new)
Chapter 12: After-Action Phase
-   Selling Salvaged Units
-   Buying Salvaged Units
Chapter 13: Special Rules (reorganized)
-   Aerospace Combat
-   Dropship Resources
-   Battlegroup Morale (table)
-   Simplified Support & Repair (new)
Chapter 14: Special Equipment
-   New Alternate Ammunition
Chapter 15: Alternate Campaign Formats
-   Clan Campaigns (new)
Chapter 16: Complications
Chapter 17: Alpha Strike Cards