Author Topic: What Kind of Sourcebooks Suit YOUR Fancy? (Read 38514 times)

tzu13 · « **Reply #90 on:** 16 August 2011, 09:40:18 »

Quote from: Sid on 16 August 2011, 09:20:25

I'll nab Liao once released

Psst! It is out!

http://battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2734

GOTHIK · « **Reply #91 on:** 16 August 2011, 11:42:29 »

This probably doesn't count as a sourcebook, but I voted for "other" ... I would like to see more of the map packs.

The quality of the Catalyst maps is absolutely amazing! and I LOVE the tiles that came in the Lakes & Rivers and Cities & Roads sets! I have both infact. And even got the bonus dropship tile for preordering the Cities & Roads set!

I ALSO have Map Compilations 1 & 2 which were all FASA reprints, as well as the all original Map Pack 7 from FanPro (which is actually designed for all 9 maps to be able to be used together!).

I'd like to see MORE sets with high quality maps and MORE tiles because of how versatile they are.
* A wider variety of tiles would be cool though - canyons/chasms, other dropships, larger buildings, gun emplacements, defensive walls, etc. all of these would be VERY cool!
* A new assortment of map designs would be great too! Map Pack 7 from FanPro gave Us a military base/space port (SO COOL!), but how about a mech repair facility or something as large as an entire city, a mountain range/ridgeline? how about BRAND new combat arenas with new and interesting environmental rules like a jungle, swamp, icefield, etc?

Bottom line, for Me one of the largest factors in adding replay value to BattleTech has always been the environments themselves ... not the fluff, not a whole bunch of new mechs or whatever, but being able to go somewhere new and do something different.

You guys are doing a fantastic job, keep up the great work, and thank you for actually taking the time to ask Us what We'd like to see and for taking Our suggestions seriously!

Revanche · « **Reply #92 on:** 16 August 2011, 12:25:11 »

Haven't read through this thread, but I'm sure I can't be the first to suggest Historicals & Plot Books.

TROs are a given; they're gonna sell well every time, CGL's gonna keep making them, so I decided not to vote for them. However, the plot books are /the/ way of progressing the storyline, while Historicals have many, many volumes of material to expand upon, allowing everyone to visit (and re-visit) their favorite eras.

I read the plot books faithfully, but I pour over the Historicals.

Snake Eyes · « **Reply #93 on:** 16 August 2011, 14:31:09 »

My second vote would be other.......more AToW books, i really like the rpg aspect of BattleTech

Tizona · « **Reply #94 on:** 17 August 2011, 02:18:08 »

Quote from: Revanche on 16 August 2011, 12:25:11

Haven't read through this thread, but I'm sure I can't be the first to suggest Historicals & Plot Books.

Just voted those two myself.

TigerShark · « **Reply #95 on:** 17 August 2011, 04:00:17 »

I loved the Historical: Reunification War and Era Report: Age of War.

It would be nice to get (a) more books from these time periods or (b) a report or TRO detailing the House and Periphery armies of the Age of War and Star League period.

It's nice to have a bunch of Star League units floating around but what exactly are they fighting against? :)

battletech_pandemonium · « **Reply #96 on:** 18 August 2011, 10:05:26 »

intersellar opts :) please

StuartYee · « **Reply #97 on:** 18 August 2011, 10:08:15 »

I personally voted for Field Manuals and Historicals.

However in retrospect, although I loved the first Field Manual series (hence the vote), I think there's only so many Field Manuals you could ever need given the comprehensive nature of them, and the finite amount of factions in the Battletech Universe.

I however love the Historicals for many reasons. Firstly, they keep previous eras alive, and also shed light on previously unexplored conflicts. There are so many product possibilities here.

Quote from: monty on 14 August 2011, 11:56:08

Field Manuals & Historicals....I would love to see something similar done covering a number of minor conflicts such as Operaton Guerrero....

I know I personally have posted a couple of times specifically regarding Operation Guerrero as well.

I have found that outside of previously published scenario books, Historicals provide a wealth of information for creating canon scenarios. I think playing the game has so much more depth if you know which units are fighting which.

Fatebringer · « **Reply #98 on:** 18 August 2011, 10:55:06 »

I don't know if anyone else has said this before, but I'm trying to run the CBT Solaris 7 game here on the boards and would consider it a blessing if we had a full update on the game world post 3085.

StuartYee · « **Reply #99 on:** 18 August 2011, 12:01:59 »

Quote from: Fatebringer on 18 August 2011, 10:55:06

I don't know if anyone else has said this before, but I'm trying to run the CBT Solaris 7 game here on the boards and would consider it a blessing if we had a full update on the game world post 3085.

YES!

Istal_Devalis · « **Reply #100 on:** 19 August 2011, 07:10:44 »

Historicals and Other.
Historicals, because it lets you focus on little bits of history you wouldnt normally see, and because it makes the people who refuse to go past certain times a bit happy to be tossed a bone now and then. (I wouldnt mind one based on the Nova Cat Abjuration, not I think that'll ever happen)

Other: Just...in general. There's a bunch of PDF only products I really like. Objectices is fantastic. The dossiers are great too, although I prefer the ones that focus on a specific unit.

TRO: I love TROs, but I didnt vote for them. I know they're really popular, so I dont think they need any real support as I figure you'll do them anyways. I dont really 'get' the entire 'to many' crowd as is. We have new equipment, and advanced equipment coming out all the time. As much as they talk about 'flooding' the field, as the time line progresses people are going to use that technology. TRO 3150, for example, is going to be 50+ years since the last TRO release. The time might have been a bit quieter, but to believe nothing worth noting is going to be developed and distributed between the two?

Konig-Wolf · « **Reply #101 on:** 19 August 2011, 12:49:36 »

Historicals and Other.

Historicals due to the myriad of reasons already list.

Other because it will allow the CGL Team to explore stuff beyond what we are used to. Things I would love to see:

-More Time of War material, expanding on the fantastic work in the core book.

-More information for Interstellar Operations when it comes out.

-I'd like to see something that finally discusses all the "what-if" scenarios and potential alternate universes that the CGL Team has thought up. Doing alternate histories for BT is something that's been going on for a long time...might as well bring it to the masses officially too.

Daemion · « **Reply #102 on:** 19 August 2011, 15:37:18 »

Oddly enough, the Field Manuals have been getting extensive use to help determine force compositions for particular units, where they can be found and so on, when designing campaigns for home games.

Time will change many things for factions. It'd be interesting to see what new forces crop up, how they're deployed, where they're stationed, what tactics they generally use. It'd also be interesting to see how doctrines and equipment dispersion has changed with different areas.

I'd be all over a Field Manual/Era Report hybrid.

Talz · « **Reply #103 on:** 19 August 2011, 19:50:25 »

Quote from: Istal_Devalis on 19 August 2011, 07:10:44

TRO: I love TROs, but I didnt vote for them. I know they're really popular, so I dont think they need any real support as I figure you'll do them anyways. I dont really 'get' the entire 'to many' crowd as is. We have new equipment, and advanced equipment coming out all the time. As much as they talk about 'flooding' the field, as the time line progresses people are going to use that technology. TRO 3150, for example, is going to be 50+ years since the last TRO release. The time might have been a bit quieter, but to believe nothing worth noting is going to be developed and distributed between the two?

Agreed, it is a valid point that there are a crazy number of designs out there but there's a crazy amount of more advanced tech that's just starting to hit mass production.

Black Omega · « **Reply #104 on:** 19 August 2011, 23:00:52 »

Quote from: SteveRestless on 13 August 2011, 15:52:23

(2) Plot Sourcebooks that contain information that cannot be trusted as canoical are beyond worthless to me. Soucebooks have to be trustworthy, or they're of no more value to me than fanfiction, regardless of their company origin.

I couldn't agree more. Well said.

Davion_Boy_74 · « **Reply #105 on:** 20 August 2011, 06:10:46 »

Historicals & TRO's for me Please, to me these both seem to cover the "bases" well.

Dave.

The_Livewire · « **Reply #106 on:** 20 August 2011, 08:16:14 »

Quote from: mechgregor on 13 August 2011, 03:06:45

Historicals and plot sourcebooks for me

Likewise.

I have enough units, more metal than I'll ever paint. Give me the universe. (oh, and LAMs) :-)

Voodoo · « **Reply #107 on:** 21 August 2011, 07:28:39 »

I chose "other". Although there are a lot of things I would like to see, and buy, I would really like to see a Merc's Handbook 3085 with some fantastic fluff on several of the predominant merc units of 3085. Now that it seems we will not be getting any more of the "merc themed scenarios", this would be a great place to highlight some of them. Priced under $30, I believe this would sell.

Charlie Tango · « **Reply #108 on:** 21 August 2011, 07:34:18 »

Quote from: Voodoo on 21 August 2011, 07:28:39

I chose "other". Although there are a lot of things I would like to see, and buy, I would really like to see a Merc's Handbook 3085 with some fantastic fluff on several of the predominant merc units of 3085. Now that it seems we will not be getting any more of the "merc themed scenarios", this would be a great place to highlight some of them. Priced under $30, I believe this would sell.

I don't think 70 pages of "They're dead" would sell well at all. Not a lot of mercs left at that point...

Minchandre · « **Reply #109 on:** 21 August 2011, 18:49:14 »

Quote from: WeaponX on 13 August 2011, 09:32:27

I'd like to see Handbook: Clans of the Inner Sphere and Deep Periphery. This can cover the Bears/Rasalhague, Falcons, Wolves/WIE, Horses, Ravens, Sharks and Scorpions/Ice Hellions. If the Major Periphery states get a Handbook, I don't see why at the very least the IS Clans don't get one too, if only to complete the Handbook series.

I know this is a little delayed from the original post, but I just want TPTB to know that there are at least two fans who would love a Clan Handbook.

tzu13 · « **Reply #110 on:** 21 August 2011, 21:33:47 »

Quote from: Minchandre on 21 August 2011, 18:49:14

I know this is a little delayed from the original post, but I just want TPTB to know that there are at least two fans who would love a Clan Handbook.

Well, if it's placed post 3085, it would certainly make for a much shorter book. ;)

StoneGiant · « **Reply #111 on:** 22 August 2011, 03:30:42 »

Hard to choose, but I'd say Historicals and Era Reports to balance things out for folks that may not like the ongoing plot direction? That way you're keep two different subsets of fans happy, the Bring on the new stuff! crowd, and the BOO keep it old school! crowd. Also it would seem like the most profitable arrangement, that way both major sides of the fan base are spending money!

Honestly if it were up to me for some reason there'd be more of everything. :)

brathac3108 · « **Reply #112 on:** 22 August 2011, 07:40:07 »

Historicals and Plot Sourcebooks for me. There's never enough to read for me. :)

garysc18 · « **Reply #113 on:** 22 August 2011, 07:51:05 »

I'd go for Historicals, as there is so much still to explore in the BT universe.

On the second vote, and as stated by Herb it won't happen, but I've always liked scenario packs (more in the FASA vein, than as 'tracks') as these also added flavour to the BT background.

Lorcan Nagle · « **Reply #114 on:** 22 August 2011, 08:46:23 »

Battlecorps publishes old-style scenarios on a semi-regular basis.

bytedruid · « **Reply #115 on:** 22 August 2011, 17:33:24 »

Quote from: Skyth on 12 August 2011, 20:12:01

I voted Historicals. I'm not a fan of anything after 3057ish, but I snap up stuff from before that as soon as I notice it.

Wow, that's pretty modern. I'm running an ATOW campaign that kicked off on 3010 and would sure love more detail on the 3rd succession war. We started that far back because:

we don't need 5 incarnations of a medium laser to move a plot
none of the crew were fans of the clan era
during the 3sw a modest group of PC's could actually have a chance to shape history

I may run a reunification war campaign someday, but nothing after 3050 has caught my eye.

hellghost · « **Reply #116 on:** 23 August 2011, 11:10:48 »

Quote from: Minchandre on 21 August 2011, 18:49:14

I know this is a little delayed from the original post, but I just want TPTB to know that there are at least two fans who would love a Clan Handbook.

Three Fans ^^
But a Historical About the Third Succession War is a nice too !^^

Skyth · « **Reply #117 on:** 23 August 2011, 11:38:24 »

Quote from: bytedruid on 22 August 2011, 17:33:24

Wow, that's pretty modern. I'm running an ATOW campaign that kicked off on 3010 and would sure love more detail on the 3rd succession war. We started that far back because:
we don't need 5 incarnations of a medium laser to move a plot
none of the crew were fans of the clan era
during the 3sw a modest group of PC's could actually have a chance to shape history

I may run a reunification war campaign someday, but nothing after 3050 has caught my eye.

Well, I prefer 3025 era :) However, Clan on Clan fights are fun as well.

TigerShark · « **Reply #118 on:** 23 August 2011, 13:31:37 »

While I can appreciate people enjoying a specific era, 3025 has been done to death. There is an abundance of material out there detailing campaigns, scenarios, TO&E, TROs for equipment and fiction from BattleCorps and the numerous novels out there.

I prefer Catalyst spend its limited resources on eras which have yet to be fleshed out, like the Age of War, Star League or Republic.

truegrit · « **Reply #119 on:** 23 August 2011, 16:04:38 »

I voted Historicals and Others. I love TROs as much as the next person, but it sounded like Herb was asking what do we want _more_ of, so I took that as relative to the status quo. And we've been very lucky in the TRO area lately.

I chose Others instead of Plot Sourcebooks because I wanted to be explicit that my personal (emphasis on personal) preference is for "looking back with all the facts" type books. I'm like to know the whole story. While there might be some bias in the telling, from an in-universe narrator, I like me some facts wrapped in narrative flavor.

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Author Topic: What Kind of Sourcebooks Suit YOUR Fancy? (Read 38514 times)

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