BattleTech: Alpha Strike Table of Contents

Herb and his great crew continue to pound on Alpha Strike to get it ready for heading to the printer in the near future. In the meantime, thought I’d share the current Table of Contents (subject to change, of course).

Welcome to Alpha Strike!

Alpha Strike Basics

Alpha Strike vs. Total Warfare
What’s Needed to Play Alpha Strike

Alpha Strike at a Glance

Additional Material

Introductory Alpha Strike

Components

The Unit Card

Setup

Choosing Army Lists
Placing Terrain

Playing the Game

Sequence of Play
Victory Conditions

Movement Phase

Terrain
Jumping

Combat Phase

Resolving Weapon Attacks
Resolving Physical Attacks
Overheating

End Phase

Damage
Heat

Special Abilities

Special Ability Descriptions

Standard Alpha Strike

Components

Additional Game Terms for Standard Alpha Strike

Setup

Choosing Scenario Types
Choosing Forces
Placing Terrain

Playing the Game

Sequence of Play
Victory Conditions
Forced Withdrawal (Optional)

Movement Phase

Unequal Number of Units
Terrain
Additional Movement Rules

Combat Phase

Resolving Weapon Attacks
Resolving Physical Attacks
Overheating

End Phase

Damage
Heat

Special Abilities

Special Ability Descriptions
C3 Networks

Abstract Aerospace System

Control Rolls

Aerospace Setup

The Radar Map
Placing Aerospace Forces on the Radar Map

Abstract Aerospace Gameplay

Abstract Aerospace Movement

Abstract Aerospace Combat

Resolving Aerospace Air-to-Ground Attacks
Resolving Aerospace Air-to-Air Attacks
Resolving Ground-to-Air Combat

Aerospace End Phase

Ending Air-to-Air Engagements
Aerospace Damage

Advanced Options

Advanced Movement Modes

Climbing
Evading
Leaping
Intentional Falls from Above
Sprinting
Transporting Non-Infantry Units

Advanced Terrain

Buildings
Deep Snow
Gravel Piles
Hazardous Liquid Pools
Heavy Industrial
Ice
Jungle
Magma
Mud
Planted Fields
Rails
Rough, Ultra
Rubble, Ultra
Sand
Swamp
Tundra
Water (Expanded)
Woods (Expanded)
Bogging Down

Aerospace Units on the Ground Map

Aerodyne Units
Spheroid Units and Airships
Landing Rolls
Aerospace Unit Transports
Partial Cover

Artillery

On-Board Artillery vs. Off-Board Artillery
Resolving Artillery Attacks

Alternate Munitions

Alternate Artillery Munitions
Alternate Autocannon Munitions
Alternate Bomb Munitions (Bombs/Aerospace Missiles)
Alternate Narc/iNarc Pods
Alternate LRM Munitions
Alternate SRM Munitions

Battlefield Intelligence
Buildings

Building Types
Movement Effects
Attacking Buildings
Walls

Concealing Unit Composition

Blip Counters
Concealing Record Sheets
Concealing Unit Capabilities

Coordinate System

Creating a Coordinate

Dropping Troops

High-Altitude Drop
Low-Altitude Drop
Zipline Drop

ECM/ECCM
Ejection/Abandoning Units
Environmental Conditions

Atmospheric Density
Darkness
Earthquake
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Fissures
Gravity
Temperature
Tornado
Wind
All Other Conditions

Fire and Smoke

Fires
Smoke
Spreading Fires
Fire and Units

Hidden Units

Hiding on the Ground
Surprise Attacks from Hidden Units

Large Support Vehicles, Mobile Structures, and DropShips

Boarding and Repelling

Minefields
Targeting and Tracking Systems
Terrain Conversion
Special Abilities

Special Ability Descriptions

Converting Alpha Strike to Hex Maps

Converting Movement and Distances
Line of Sight

Campaign Play

Setting Up the Campaign

Force Creation
Campaign Turns
Determine Outcome Phase

Logistics

The Total Chaos Campaign
Tracks
Situation and Game Setup
Warchest and Objectives
Special Rules
Aftermath and Next Track
Warchest Point System
Warchest Points Between Tracks
Skill Advancement
Warchest Campaign Record Sheet

Meeting Engagement

Situation
Game Setup
Warchest
Objective
Special Rules
Next Track

Breakthrough

Situation
Game Setup
Warchest
Objective
Special Rules
Next Track

Assault

Situation
Game Setup
Warchest
Objective
Special Rules
Next Track

Counterattack

Situation
Game Setup
Warchest
Objective
Special Rules
Next Track

Pursuit

Situation
Game Setup
Warchest
Objective
Special Rules
Next Track

Defense

Situation
Game Setup
Warchest
Objective
Special Rules
Next Track

Era Setting: Clan Invasion (3048-3062)

The Clan Invasion
The Marik-Liao Offensive
The Refusal War
The Second Star League
The St. Ives War
The First Combine-Dominion War

Key Conflicts and Campaigns

The Clan Invasion
The Marik-Liao Offensive
The Refusal War
Operation BULLDOG
The St. Ives War
The First Combine-Dominion War

Factional Overview: Clan Invasion Era

Special Alliances and Enmities
Factional Special Abilities (Optional)

The BattleTech Universe

House Davion (Federated Suns)
House Kurita (Draconis Combine)
House Liao (Capellan Confederation)
House Marik (Free Worlds League)
House Steiner (Lyran Commonwealth)
ComStar
Word of Blake
The Clans
The Periphery

A History of War

Colonizing the Stars
The Age of War
The Star League
The Succession Wars
The Clan Invasion
Civil War Era
The Word of Blake Jihad
The Dark Age

BattleTech Resources

Core Rulebooks
Technical Readouts
Historical Sourcebooks
Maps, Terrain, and Miniatures
Fiction

Choose Your Rules

Gamemaster Adjudication
Fiction vs. Rules

There ya go! Very deep look into this coming book…hopefully next time we’ll have a final cover to show off!

Till next time…

Randall