Well, really to Tabletop Wargaming generally. I brought the Beginner Box Set 35020 with some printed record sheets from flechssheets because I'm not brave enough to write on the cards it comes with. We grabbed extra minis from our D&D piles.

We played GRF-1N (PPC,LRM10) and WLV-6M (LL, 2ML) Versus GRF-1S (LL, 2ML, LRM5) and WLV-6R (AC5, SRM6, ML)

They agreed that criticals and physical attacks sounded fun, so we added those rules. No heat, though they thought it would be a fun addition for next time. We played on one included map sheet with some trees but no elevation.

They were frustrated by how often they missed, and how slim the to-hit usually was. (Aiming for 10+ most of the time. Once they got better at managing their movement, the game got more fun. I jumped around a bit and told them anecdotes from past games and lore tidbits. Once we got to start rolling clusters and criticals they got into it, trying to get side and rear facing shots.

It was fun, and they are willing to play again, but they were dismayedthat it took three hours. Maybe I should finally learn to play Alpha Strike. I have the book but not the box set yet.

I'm glad IGN can get the name of the game right in the video title 🫠

4v4v4 cut-throat oddball with a star league energy core. Crab got there first and immediately stared down the guns of nearly every enemy in the game.

"Shitshitshitshitshit!"

For those interested in the homebrew: the football starts on the center. A mech on the football spends all combat picking it up. The player declares a battlefist to hold the obj, or a back-winch if no hand actuators are present. Any hit to that arm (or torso for the winch) will cause a D6 roll. On a 1, the football is hit. 3 hits destroys it. On a 6, the ball is dropped. If the football is destroyed, attacker loses as the other two players tally points. Holding the football during the end step gets your team 1 point.

Original artist on Imgur, link here. Drop by to give them a like, favorite, and/or comment to let them know you appreciate their work!

Spot the metal mini for a free Charger. Please, we only have HTM refits for like 10% of them and warehouses aren't cheap.

8,000 v. 8,000. A star and a reinforced point from Smoke Jaguar take on 5 IS merc mechs with 2 light Clan mechs as isorla. Cored the Bushwacker early before my Mad Dog was distracted by lights in the rear. The Atlas was just getting into the fight when we had to call it. Could have gone either way. Still super pumped for next game.

Got another 4 I'm working on to make a company. Figuring I'll do a company from each major house, then maybe some Comstar and others.