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{{otheruses|one specific product|the series of game boxes that served as the core BattleTech product, and its iterations over time|BattleTech boxed set}}
 
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| image = CAT35000.ClassicBattleTech.jpg
 
| image = CAT35000.ClassicBattleTech.jpg
 
| name = Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set
 
| name = Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set
| type = [[BattleTech boxed set|Core Game Set]]
 
| author              =
 
| development = [[Randall Bills]]
 
| primarywriting = [[Ray Arrastia]] <br /> [[Herb Beas]] <br /> [[Randall Bills]] <br /> [[Bryan Nystul]] <br /> [[Diane Piron-Gelman]] <br /> [[Michael A. Stackpole]] <br /> [[Christopher Trossen]] <br /> [[Patrick T. Wynne]]
 
| pages =
 
| cover =
 
| interiorart        =
 
| illustrations = [[Ray Arrastia]] <br /> [[Adam Jury]] <br /> [[Chris Lewis]] <br /> [[Duane Loose]] <br /> [[Aaron Pollyea]] <br /> [[Øystein Tvedten]] <br /> [[Franz Vohwinkel]]
 
 
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
| productioncode = 35000
 
 
| year = 2007
 
| year = 2007
| ISBN10 = 0979204739
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| production code = 35000
| ISBN13              =  
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| ISBN = 0-9792047-3-9
| MSRP = $39.99
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| MSRP = 40.00
| content            =  
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| type = Rules set
| era = [[Succession Wars era]]
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| battletech year =  
| agency              =
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| pov =
| universedate        =
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| primary writing =
| timeline            =  
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*[[Ray Arrastia]]
| scrollable timeline = [[Start date::]][[End date::]]
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*[[Herb Beas]]
| series              =
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*[[Randall Bills]]
| precededby = [[Classic BattleTech Boxed Set]]
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*[[Bryan Nystul]]
| followedby = [[25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set]]
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*[[Diane Piron-Gelman]]
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*[[Michael A. Stackpole]]
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*[[Christopher Trossen]]
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*[[Patrick T. Wynne]]
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| product development = Randall Bills
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| illustrations =  
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*Ray Arrastia
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*[[Adam Jury]]
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*[[Chris Lewis]]
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*[[Duane Loose]]
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*[[Aaron Pollyea]]
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*[[Øystein Tvedten]]
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*[[Franz Vohwinkel]]
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*Logos:
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**[[Shane Hartley]]
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**[[Steve Walker]]
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**[[Jason Vargas]]
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| additional writing = <br>
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*Material from [[MechWarrior, Second Edition]]:
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**[[Donna Ippolito]]
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**[[Sam Lewis]]
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*Material from [[Technical Readout: 3025]]:
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**[[L. Ross Babcock III]]
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**[[Forest Brown]]
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**[[Shaun Duncan]]
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**[[L. R. Butch Leeper]]
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**[[Blaine L. Pardoe]]
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**[[Boy F. Petersen, Jr.]]
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**[[Anthony Pryor]]
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**[[Kevin Stein]]
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**[[Jordan K. Weisman]]
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*Material from [[20 Year Update]]:
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**Donna Ippolito
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**[[Jim Musser]]
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**Boy F. Petersen, Jr.
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==Description==
 
==Description==
The '''''Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set''''' is the core set for the beginning Classic BattleTech gamer/collector. It contains all of the official components necessary to play the tabletop game.
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The [[Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set]] is the core set for the beginning Classic BattleTech gamer/collector. It has all of the official products necessary to play the tabletop game.
 
   
 
   
==From the back cover==
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==From the Back of the Box==
{{quote|''Strap yourself into the ultimate suit of armor: the [[BattleMech]]. Thirty feet tall and weighing up to a hundred tons, this humanoid engine of destruction is a walking arsenal with enough firepower to level a city block. The [[Classic BattleTech]] game system takes you into the world of the 31st Century, where war has become a way of life. You are a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]. You are in command of the most powerful machine on the battlefield, and hold the fate of empires in your hand!''
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{{quote|Strap yourself into the ultimate suit of armor: the [[BattleMech]]. Thirty feet tall and weighing up to a hundred tons, this humanoid engine of destruction is a walking arsenal with enough firepower to level a city block. The [[Classic BattleTech]] game system takes you into the world of the 31st Century, where war has become a way of life. You are a [[MechWarrior]]. You are in command of the most powerful machine on the battlefield, and hold the fate of empires in your hand!
  
''The ''Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set'' thrusts you onto the battlefields of the 31st century. This box contains everything needed to play:''
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The [[Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set]] thrusts you onto the battlefields of the 31st century. This box contains everything needed to play[...]}}
  
* ''24 unpainted, instantly ready-to-play plastic BattleMech miniatures''
 
* ''One 12-page full-color quick-start rulebook will have you into the action in minutes''
 
* ''One 32-page book of pre-generated BattleMech Record Sheets''
 
* ''One 80-page full-color rulebook''
 
* Inner Sphere at a Glance, ''a 48-page full-color book containing universe background and BattleMech technical data''
 
* ''One 16-page full-color'' Painting and Tactics Guide
 
* ''Two heavy-duty cards of compiled tables''
 
* ''Two 22" x 27" full-color mapsheets, with two different maps printed on either side''
 
* ''Two six-sided dice''
 
* ''One full-color, poster-sized map of the [[Inner Sphere]] circa [[3067]]''}}
 
  
 
==Contents==
 
==Contents==
* 24 unpainted, instantly ready-to-play plastic BattleMech [[Miniatures - Catalyst Game Labs|miniatures]]:
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* 24 unpainted, instantly ready-to-play plastic BattleMech miniatures:
** COM-2D ''[[Commando]]''
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**COM-2D [[Commando]]  
** SDR-5V ''[[Spider]]''
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**SDR-5V [[Spider]]
** JR7-D ''[[Jenner]]''
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**JR7-D [[Jenner]]
** PNT-9R ''[[Panther]]''
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**PNT-9R [[Panther]]
** ASN-21 ''[[Assassin]]''
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**ASN-21 [[Assassin]]
** CDA-2A ''[[Cicada]]''
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**CDA-2A [[Cicada]]
** CLNT-2-3T ''[[Clint]]''
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**CLNT-2-3T [[Clint]]
** HER-2S ''[[Hermes II]]''
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**HER-2S [[Hermes II]]
** WTH-1 ''[[Whitworth]]''
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**WTH-1 [[Whitworth]]
** VND-1R ''[[Vindicator]]''
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**VND-1R [[Vindicator]]
** ENF-4R ''[[Enforcer]]''
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**ENF-4R [[Enforcer]]
** HBK-4G ''[[Hunchback]]''
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**HBK-4G [[Hunchback]]
** TBT-5N ''[[Trebuchet]]''
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**TBT-5N [[Trebuchet]]
** DV-6M ''[[Dervish]]''
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**DV-6M [[Dervish]]
** DRG-1N ''[[Dragon]]''
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**DRG-1N [[Dragon]]
** QKD-4G ''[[Quickdraw]]''
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**QKD-4G [[Quickdraw]]
** CPLT-C1 ''[[Catapult]]''
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**CPLT-C1 [[Catapult]]
** JM6-S ''[[JagerMech]]''
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**JM6-S [[JagerMech]]
** GHR-5H ''[[Grasshopper]]''
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**GHR-5H [[Grasshopper]]
** AWS-8Q ''[[Awesome]]''
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**AWS-8Q [[Awesome]]
** ZEU-6S ''[[Zeus]]''
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**ZEU-6S [[Zeus]]
** CP-10-Z ''[[Cyclops]]''
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**CP-10-Z [[Cyclops]]
** BNC-3E ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]''
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**BNC-3E [[Banshee]]
** AS7-D ''[[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]''
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**AS7-D [[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]
  
 
* One 12-page full-color ''Quick-Start Rules'' book will have you into the action in minutes
 
* One 12-page full-color ''Quick-Start Rules'' book will have you into the action in minutes
  
* One 32-page book of pregenerated ''Record Sheets'':
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* One 32-page book of pre-generated ''Record Sheets'':
** ENF-4R ''[[Enforcer]]'' (very basic Quick Start-type)
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**ENF-4R [[Enforcer]] (very basic Quick Start-type)
** HBK-4G ''[[Hunchback]]'' (very basic Quick Start-type)
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**HBK-4G [[Hunchback)) (very basic Quick Start-type)
** CDA-3MA ''[[Cicada]]'' (very basic Quick Start-type)
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**CDA-3MA [[Cicada]] (very basic Quick Start-type)
** HER-5SA ''[[Hermes]]'' (very basic Quick Start-type)
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**HER-5SA [[Hermes]] (very basic Quick Start-type)
** ''[[Rommel]]'' tank
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**[[Rommel]] tank
** ''[[Saladin]]'' assault hover tank
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**[[Saladin]] assault hover tank
** Rommel tank (Gauss Variant)
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**Rommel tank (Gauss Variant)
** Saladin (Ultra Variant)
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**Saladin (Ultra Variant)
** ''[[Infiltrator Mk II]]'' (x2)
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**[[Infiltrator]] Mk II (x2)
** Conventional Infantry (x2)
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**Conventional Infantry (x2)
** Quick-Start Rules Tables
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**Quick-Start Rules Tables
** Same 24 sheets from [[Classic BattleTech Introductory Record Sheets]]
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***Attack Modifiers (All Units)
** Blank 'Mech Record Sheet (with Notes area)
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***Cluster Hit
** Blank 'Mech Record Sheet (with cockpit graphic)
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***'Mech and Vehicle Movement Cost
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***Non-Infantry Weapon Damage Against Infantry
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***Infantry Movement Cost
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***Burst-Fire Weapon Damage Vs. Conventional Infantry Fire
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**Same 24 sheets from [[Introductory Record Sheets]]
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**Blank 'Mech Record Sheet (with Notes area)
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**Blank 'Mech Record Sheet (with cockpit graphic)
  
 
* One 80-page full-color ''Introductory Rulebook''
 
* One 80-page full-color ''Introductory Rulebook''
** Introduction
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**Introduction
** Components
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***Box Set Contents
** Playing the Game
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***Classic BattleTech Rules
** Movement
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***Fiction
** Combat
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***3-D Terrains vs. Paper Maps
** Heat
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***Reader response
** Scenarios
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***Classic BattleTech: More Than a Game
*** Scenario 1: Final Exam
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***Where To order?
*** Scenario 2: Trial By Fire
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***Other Avenues
*** Scenario 3: Divide and Conquer
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**Components
*** Mission Types
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***Playing Pieces
** Construction
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***Mapsheets
** Weapons and Equipment
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***Dice
** Vehicle and Infantry Quick Start Rules
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**Playing the Game
** Glossary
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***Sequence of Play
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***Unequal Numbers of BattleMechs
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***MechWarriors
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***Game Terms
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**Movement
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***Movement Basics
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***Facing
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***Movement Modes
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***Stacking
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***Piloting Skill Rolls
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***Falling
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**Combat
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***Attack Declaration
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***Line of Sight
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***Weapon Attacks
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***Firing Arcs
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***Firing Weapons
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***Critical Damage
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***Destroying a Unit
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***Physical Attacks
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***Punch Attacks
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***Club Attacks
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***Physical Weapon Attacks
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***Push Attacks
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***Kick Attacks
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***Charge Attacks
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***Death From Above Attacks
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***Different Levels
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***Prone 'Mechs
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***Unit Displacement
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**Heat
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***Effects of Heat
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**Scenarios
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***Scenario 1: Final Exam
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***Scenario 2: Trial By Fire
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***Scenario 3: Divide and Conquer
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***Mission Types
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**Construction
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***BattleMech Basics
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***Step 1: Design the Chassis
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***Step 2: Install Engines and Control Systems
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***Step 3: Add Additional Heat Sinks
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***Step 4: Add Armor
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***Step 5: Add Weapons, Ammunition and Other Equipment
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***Step 6: Complete the Record Sheet
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***Weapons and Equipment Table
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**Weapons and Equipment
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***Weapons and Equipment
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**Vehicle and Infantry Quick Start Rules
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***Combat Vehicles
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***Advanced Weapons
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***Veteran Training Scenario
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***Infantry
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***Movement
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***Combat
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***Elite Training Scenario
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**Glossary
  
 
* ''Inner Sphere at a Glance'', a 48-page full-color book containing universe background and BattleMech technical data
 
* ''Inner Sphere at a Glance'', a 48-page full-color book containing universe background and BattleMech technical data
** A Time of War
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**A Time of War
** A Brief History of the [[Inner Sphere]]
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***Perpetual War
** The [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]
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**A Brief History of the Inner Sphere
** BattleMechs: Nuts, Bolts, and Tactics
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***Rise of the [[Terran Hegemony|Hegemony]]
** The Mechanics of Assault
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***The [[Star League]] Era
** Mission Types
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***Centuries of War
** Technical Readout (abridged from ''[[Technical Readout: 3025]]'')
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****Steps Toward peace
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****[[Fourth Succession War]]
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****Skirmishes and Plots
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***Enemies from Beyond
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***Victory and Change
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***The Universe Turned Upside Down
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****The Star League Reborn
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***Power Plays
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***Civil War
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***Pain and Healing
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***[[House Kurita]]
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***[[House Davion]]
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***[[House Liao]]
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***[[House Marik]]
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***[[House Steiner]]
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***Mercenaries
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***Other Powers
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***[[Free Rasalhague Republic]]
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***[[ComStar]] and the [[Word of Blake]]
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***The [[Clans]]
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***Periphery
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**The [[MechWarrior]]
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***Piloting a 'Mech
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***Cockpit
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***Neurohelmet
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**BattleMechs: Nuts, Bolts, and Tactics
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***Chassis
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***Locomotion/movement Systems
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***Armor and Weapons
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***Power Systems
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***Defining Characteristics
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***Movement Capabilities
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***Heat-Dissipation Systems and Strategies
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**The Mechanics of Assault
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***[[JumpShip]]s
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***Jump Points
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****Pirate Points
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****Detection
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***[[DropShip]]s
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****Combat Drops
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**Mission Types
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***Garrison (Defense)
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***Cadre (Defense)
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***Relief Duty (Defense)
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***Defensive Campaign (Defense)
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***Riot Duty (Defense)
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***Security Duty (Defense, Covert)
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***Objective Raid (Raid)
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***Extraction (Raid)
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***Reconnaissance (Raid, Covert)
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***Diversionary Raid (Raid, Covert)
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***Planetary Assault (Assault)
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***Pirate Hunting (Assault)
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***Guerrilla Warfare (Assault, Covert)
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***Espionage and Sabotage (Covert)
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***Observation and Mole-Hunting (Covert)
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**Technical Readout (abridged from [[Technical Readout: 3025]])
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***COM-2D [[Commando]]
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***SDR-5V [[Spider]]
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***JR7-D [[Jenner]]
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***PNT-9R [[Panther]]
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***ASN-21 [[Assassin]]
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***CDA-2A [[Cicada]]
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***CLNT-2-3T [[Clint]]
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***HER-2S [[Hermes II]]
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***WTH-1 [[Whitworth]]
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***VND-1R [[Vindicator]]
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***ENF-4R [[Enforcer]]
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***HBK-4G [[Hunchback]]
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***TBT-5N [[Trebuchet]]
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***DV-6M [[Dervish]]
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***DRG-1N [[Dragon]]
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***QKD-4G [[Quickdraw]]
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***CPLT-C1 [[Catapult]]
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***JM6-S [[JagerMech]]
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***GHR-5H [[Grasshopper]]
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***AWS-8Q [[Awesome]]
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***ZEU-6S [[Zeus]]
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***CP-10-Z [[Cyclops]]
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***BNC-3E [[Banshee]]
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***AS7-D [[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]
  
 
* One 16-page full-color ''Painting and Tactics Guide''
 
* One 16-page full-color ''Painting and Tactics Guide''
** Painting Guide
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**Painting Guide
** BattleTech Tactics
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***Materials and Tools
** BattleTech Forces
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***Getting Started
** BattleTech Forces
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***Painting the Factions
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**BattleTech Tactics
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**BattleTech Forces
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***Initiative
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***Weapon Attacks
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***Physical Attacks
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**BattleTech Forces
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***Scouts (Recon, Pursuit)
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***Strikers (Recon, Pursuit, Striker)
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***Skirmishers (Pursuit, Striker, Support)
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***Brawlers (Command, Support, Strike)
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***Missile Boats (Fire, Support)
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***Snipers (Command, Assault, Support)
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***Juggernauts (Command, Assault, Fire)
  
 
* Two heavy-duty cards of compiled tables
 
* Two heavy-duty cards of compiled tables
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* Two 22" x 27" full-color mapsheets, with two different maps printed on either side
 
* Two 22" x 27" full-color mapsheets, with two different maps printed on either side
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* Two six-sided dice
 
* Two six-sided dice
* One full-color, poster-sized map of the Inner Sphere circa [[3067]]
 
  
==Gallery==
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* One full-color, poster-sized map of the [[Inner Sphere]] circa [[3067]]
<gallery>
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File:CBT Introductory Box Set-Back.jpg|Back of box.
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==Notes==
Image:CBT35000.jpg|CBT Introductory Box Set contents.
 
Image:CBT35000RulebookCover.jpg|CBT Introductory rulebook cover.
 
Image:CBT35000ISaaGCover.jpg|''[[Inner Sphere at a Glance]]'' book cover.
 
Image:CBT35000Minis.jpg|CBT Introductory Box Set miniatures.
 
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===Miniatures===
 
Note: Each of the individual miniatures displayed below originate from either the ''Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set'' or the ''[[25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set]]''.  Based on current photographic evidence, it appears that regular miniatures in the ''25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set'' were created with largely the same molds as the miniatures in the ''Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set''.
 
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File:Intro Box - Commando.jpg|''[[Commando]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Spider.jpg|''[[Spider]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Jenner.jpg|''[[Jenner]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Panther.jpg|''[[Panther]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Assassin.jpg|''[[Assassin]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Cicada.jpg|''[[Cicada]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Clint.jpg|''[[Clint]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Hermes II.jpg|''[[Hermes II]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Whitworth.jpg|''[[Whitworth]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Vindicator.jpg|''[[Vindicator]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Enforcer.jpg|''[[Enforcer]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Hunchback.jpg|''[[Hunchback]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Trebuchet.jpg|''[[Trebuchet]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Dervish.jpg|''[[Dervish]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Dragon.jpg|''[[Dragon]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Quickdraw.jpg|''[[Quickdraw]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Catapult.jpg|''[[Catapult]]''
 
File:Intro Box - JagerMech.jpg|''[[JagerMech]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Grasshopper.jpg|''[[Grasshopper]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Awesome.jpg|''[[Awesome]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Zeus.jpg|''[[Zeus]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Cyclops.jpg|''[[Cyclops]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Banshee.jpg|''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]''
 
File:Intro Box - Atlas.jpg|''[[Atlas (BattleMech)|Atlas]]''
 
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