First Look: Upcoming BattleTech Boxed Sets Revealed

On July 16, 2018

The BattleTech Beginner Box and BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat boxed sets are set for their debut at GenCon, with a wide release to your favorite gaming store to follow soon. Here’s a first look at the miniatures and components of each box, as well as a reminder of what each contains.

Note that the miniatures from BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat have been basecoated with primer to show the detail each contains!

Beginner Box ($19.99)
A ready-to-play starter set, perfect for someone who’s just finished their first BattleTech demo and is ready for more action.

Contents:

2 high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) miniatures:
- Griffin
- Wolverine
24-page Quick Start Rulebook
8 Quick Start Record Sheets
48 page fiction novella by William H. Keith, Jr., a prequel to the Gray Death Legion saga featuring Carlyle’s Commandos and Durant Carlyle; only available in the Beginner Box.
4-page Instant Guide to the Inner Sphere
4 Pilot Cards
One all-new 18″ x 22″ full-color paper map (hexed, double-sided)
Punchboard of additional BattleMechs
2 dice

A Game of Armored Combat ($59.99)
The classic BattleTech boxed set, reimagined from the ground up and full of exciting new material and miniatures!

Contents:

8 high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) miniatures:
- Awesome
- BattleMaster
- Catapult
- Commando
- Locust
- Shadow Hawk
- Thunderbolt
- Wolverine
48-page Rulebook
16-page Record Sheet Booklet
48 page fiction novella by William H. Keith, Jr., a prequel to the Gray Death Legion saga featuring Carlyle’s Commandos and Durant Carlyle; only available in the A Game of Armored Combat box.
16-page Universe Primer
8 Pilot Cards
8 Alpha Strike Cards
2 heavy-stock reference sheets
Two all-new 18” x 22” full-color paper maps (hexed, double-sided)
Punchboard of additional BattleMechs and terrain
2 dice

First Look: Upcoming BattleTech Boxed Sets Revealed

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