RELEASE DATE IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS AUGUST 1, 2026 (please note this could change subject to CGL) Due to the release schedule for this Preorder and shipping it may only be order in conjunction with the upcoming new Starter Box and Core Rulebook. A UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITY It is the thirty-second century. You are a MechWarrior: master of a multi-ton, towering avatar of destruction that is the culmination of more than 3,000 years of battlefield technology. Whether you’re a soldier-of-fortune or a true-blue patriot, you drop onto hot zones across a thousand worlds to expand the star-spanning empires of one of the Great Houses or warrior-bred Clans. BattleTech is the world’s greatest game of armored combat. Inside this box you’ll discover epic clashes, dynamic characters, and a myriad of gaming experiences for any type of player: from miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond. The Core Box includes eight high-quality miniatures, rule and lore books, maps and more: everything you need to bring heavy metal clashes to your gaming table! Contents: 8 high-quality, ready-to-play plastic miniatures (unpainted) 24-page lore booklet 64-page Rulebook 16-page Record Sheet booklet 2 18” x 22” full-color game map (double sided) Punchboard of objective tokens 8 MechWarrior cards Heavy-stock reference sheet Poster map 2 six-sided dice And more. The new Core Box uses the bestselling A Game of Armored Combat boxed set as the foundation to construct an immersive, fun experience. A highlight of the new Core Box is the Sagas lore booklet. This brand-new primer opens the doors to the BattleTech universe with a series of gorgeous, all-new art pieces, but also guides players through choosing a faction, a style of play, and more. The eight high-quality, ready-to-play miniatures included in the box represent a cross-section of more than thirty years of beloved BattleTech lore. They include the Hollander and Rakshasa that first appeared in Technical Readout: 3055; the Solitaire from Technical Readout: 3067; the Uziel and Mad Cat Mk II that premiered in the MechWarrior 4: Vengeance computer game; the Vulture Mk IV Prime that first hit game tables as part of MechWarrior: Dark Age; and the Regent and Eris from the new ilClan Era Recognition Guides.
