It is the 32nd century. For a millennia, mankind has waged wars across thousands of worlds in human-occupied space. The Great Houses. The Clans. The Periphery. A myriad of star empires claiming ascendance, as others wane or fall. They marshal MechWarriors who owe them fealty, each one the master of a towering avatar of destruction: the BattleMech. Now you are given command of these modern-day knights, dropped onto a battlefield: use your wits and skill to bring victory, or end up a casualty on a forgotten world. BattleTech is the world’s greatest armored-combat game. And in Alpha Strike, you take command of large-scale engagements with tabletop-miniatures gameplay designed for the modern wargamer. Inside includes everything you need to start tossing dice and charging toward the enemy on your gaming table. 13 high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) miniatures 40-page rulebook 24-page fiction novella 16-page Universe Primer 13 Alpha Strike cards 13 MechWarrior cards 25 Battlefield Support cards 1 heavy-stock reference sheet 2 Punchboards of trees and game counters 9 small fold-up cardstock buildings 6 large fold-up cardstock buildings 2 six-sided dice
