Clashing ArmiesThe commline ablaze with determination.An army of war-forged metal titans on the heights.The enemy entrenched in the valley below, weapons charging.On your order, your force surges toward their foes, banners streaming as weapons sear and render and shatter! Will your star-spanning empire win the day? Only you will decide!It is the thirty-second century. Mankind has waged a millennia of war across thousands of worlds of human-occupied space. The Great Houses. The Clans. The Periphery. A myriad of star empires claim ascendance, as others wane or fall. Fighting and dying for their ambitions are the MechWarriors who owe them fealty, each the master of a towering avatar of destruction: the BattleMech. You command a detachment of these brave warriors dropped onto an unforgiving battlefield: only your wits and tactical acumen will bring victory, or leave you a casualty on a forgotten world.BattleTech is the world's greatest armored combat game. In Alpha Strike, you take command of large-scale engagements, fueled by tabletop miniatures gameplay designed for the modern wargamer. Inside is everything you need to start tossing dice and moving miniatures on your game table.Contents:13 high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) miniatures; including two new redesigned miniatures, the Wraith and Pouncer, and seven all-new variants, in new poses.32-page Rulebook24-page fiction novella16-page Universe Primer13 Alpha Strike Cards13 Pilot Cards25 Battlefield Support Cards1 heavy-stock reference sheets2 Punchboards of trees and game counters9 small fold-up cardboard buildings6 medium fold-up cardboard buildings2 dice
