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BattleTech: Technical Readout: Succession Wars
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
by Javier B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/22/2019 06:01:37

It's nice and comprehensive material. However, it is a shame that the illustrations of the 'Mechs were not updated, as some of them are from a Long Time Ago in a Galaxy far far away, and the Technical Readout could really benefit from a more up to date presentation. But other than that, very happy with this document, hoping to engage New Recruits in an old and Merciless Inner Sphere...



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BattleTech: Technical Readout: Succession Wars
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
by A customer [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/15/2017 12:12:14

As said above: this is for either new players who are just starting out, or people who absolutely must own every BattleTech product ever made. It's literally a compilation from prior sources: there's no new text, and, for that matter, no effort to rationalize the timing of any given entry, so references to "recent events" on one 'Mech's entry may be ancient history for another one, which for a new player might lead to some confusion, especially as then the opening fluff is referring to an even farther-in-the-future period of BattleTech history.

The artistic style varies wildly based on what book it was taken from: the rough line sketches from the original TRO: 3025 sit alongside the clean well-inked drawings from TRO: 3050-Upgrade. It does omit all the Unseen (those classic 'Mechs whose original art was the subject of a rights dispute). Given that many of the Unseen 'Mechs have had revised artwork in either Project Phoenix or in the Combat Manuals series, I would have really liked if they had included those 'Mechs as well.



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BattleTech: Technical Readout: Succession Wars
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
by Alan B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/05/2017 05:28:07

A compilation from other sources over the years, this is an excellent resource for beginning players, and an excellent nostalgia trip for older players. It has just enough hints of what the future holds for BattleTech to whet the appetite.

Expect sometimes jarring changes in art style, but that's to be expected when drawing from other books that are upwards of 30 years old.

A good buy all around.



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BattleTech: Technical Readout: Succession Wars
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
by Brian B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/23/2017 17:33:02

So I am a very long time Battletech player and was hoping at least something new would be in this TRO, but alas it wasn't to be. With that being said though, it isn't bad. The book has almost ALL battlemechs of importance or Star League era signifigance, though there are few blaring omissions due to another company being a pain.

All in all not a good book for players that have all the TROs, new players though should love it, as it has everything in one place you need for histor5ical signifigance.



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BattleTech: Technical Readout: Succession Wars
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
by A customer [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/23/2017 08:33:52

Verdict: For new players and completionists only. Caveat emptor.

Conceptually, this book is supposed to be the companion volume to the new BattleMech Manual, giving new players both an overview and a grab bag of BattleMechs and nothing else from some of the more common and less complex older game eras. TRO:SW is the new TRO:3039, only with less width. The product description refers to this, and the intro fluff of TRO:SW gives somewhat of a more narrative explanation for this.

The new content in this product boils down to a page of intro (with some implications for the next game era), the entry for the GLH-1D Galahad, as well as new-ish art for the Flea, Banshee and a handful of Newseen. The rest is a potpourri of copy-pasted BattleMechs entries from the games history that were chosen for different reasons by CGL.

So, is this product worth your money? That will depend on if you're a player new to the Battletech or not.

A new player gets a nice, but incomplete overview on a variety of BattleMechs from different game eras. The inclusion of artwork from three decades of Battletech will feel inconsistent and jarring to them - just compare Duane Loose versus Anthony Scroggins, or look up other comanies production values. Some of the fluff has similar problems, since it still reflects the different points in time for which it was written originally.

Us old hands...? Yeah. It can be pretty hard to justify the 10 bucks, not the mention the the original 40.



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