Description

Alpha Strike is an upcoming supplemental rulebook currently being developed by Catalyst Game Labs, intended to take the Quick-Strike game system currently included within BattleTech: Strategic Operations and publish it as "The TableTop Miniatures Rulebook". Alpha Strike, like its forerunner Quick-Strike, draws upon a hybridization of the BattleForce rules also currently available in Strategic Operations together with the miniature game rules presented in that same volume which allow for hexless terrain play. It has been noted that Alpha Strike will include support for both hex-based and hexless game play.

In Alpha Strike, each BattleMech (or other game unit) is represented using a series of Unit Cards, which are highly abstracted derivations of the respective Record Sheet for each unit in "classic" BattleTech. (While BattleForce uses the same abstraction to group 'Mechs into lances, Stars, centuries, or level IIs, Alpha Strike should treat each 'Mech as an individual unit.)

As with "classic" BattleTech, the goal is to use one's force to achieve one's objectives, which generally involves the defeat or destruction of one's opposing force. However, its use of BattleForce Unit Cards and rule options allow it to play at a much faster (though less intricately detailed) level of play than "classic" BT.

According to informtion made available by Catalyst via their BattleBlog and BattleChats, the main AS rulebook will be themed around the Clan Invasion, and will be published as a full-colour hardback. Further expansions to the game (which may include support for alternate eras and additional unit types) are planned for the time being as PDF e-publications.

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