![]() last year? Either way, I've been reading Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, and amusing myself with some of the TLAs in use. Looking at the image posted by beast_gts, I think I've got some of the books there from the Introduction to BattleTech Humble Bundle from. Well, thanks for the useful answers, folks. The new technology will probably overwhelm them, sure, but they can still play basic, letechnology just fine. The game itself still plays just like it did in 1985, and someone who hasn't played since then will not be troubled by these changes. Most of them were for the better (at least for them).īut not one of those changes the basic mechanics, feel, or tactics of the game to any meaningful degree. The other units, including the addition of Protomechs, have seen a lot more changes across the board. Infernos are changed to an absolute Heat increase based on the number that hit that turn instead of just adding to the duration it lasts.Īnd that's just for the 'Mechs. Hatchet and Pushing Attacks provide a -1 To-Hit.Įnvironmental Heat rule limiting the amount of Heat a 'Mech can receive from outside sources in a turn is added. Physical Attacks use the Piloting Skill as a base. Target Movement Modifiers adjusted from a maximum 4+ at 10+ to a 6+ at 25+. Partial Cover is changed from a +3 to a +1, and instead of using the Punch Table, Leg Hits are ignored. GATOR is introduced to help keeping track of To-Hit (technically not a rule, but still a very good update). TAG affects all Indirect Fire, not just Arrow IV.ĭumping Ammo, Indirect Fire, Four-legged Mechs, and Flipping Arms are standard rules instead of Special Case Rules now. TAG operates in its own Phase, and allows the spotter to shoot. ![]() The order in which over-number units are moved is changed. Inclusion of Battle Value for a way of determining a unit's value. Just focusing on the rule changes for Mechs, and not including new tech: While the basic ruleset is the same, many values and concepts have changed since then. The 0.1% of the time your mech stands in front of a train with five carriages moving at speed 7, there are lengthy calculations you can use to determine how destroyed the mech is and where the derailed train scatters. There are expansions, but 99.9% of the time you wont need them. ![]() Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.The rules haven't changed, so pick up any old copy from ebay. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition.
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