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| image = BTBB-Box-Front.jpg
 
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| name = BattleTech: Beginner Box
 
| name = BattleTech: Beginner Box
| type = [[BattleTech boxed set|Core Game Set]]
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| type = Boxed Set
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| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| productioncode = CAT35020
 
| productioncode = CAT35020
 
| year = 23 January 2019
 
| year = 23 January 2019
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| MSRP = $19.99
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| MSRP = 19.99
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| era = [[Succession Wars era]]
 
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| series = [[BattleTech boxed set]]s
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| precededby = [[BattleTech Introductory Box Set]]
 
| precededby = [[BattleTech Introductory Box Set]]
 
| followedby = [[BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat]]
 
| followedby = [[BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat]]
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==Description==
 
==Description==
The '''BattleTech: Beginner Box''' is a physical game box containing the necessary pieces, papers, and material to serve as an introduction to the tabletop version of BattleTech.  The boxed set is a more compact, lower-priced introduction that complements the fuller ''[[BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat]]'' boxed set. In 2022, the ''[[BattleTech Beginner Box, Second Edition]]'' superseded this edition.
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The '''BattleTech: Beginner Box''' is a physical game box containing necessary pieces, papers and material to serve as a low cost introduction to the table top version of BattleTech.  The boxed set is paired with the full price [[BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat]] boxed set.  
  
 
==From the back cover==
 
==From the back cover==
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''The shifting glow of your BattleMech's controls spread before you.''
 
''The shifting glow of your BattleMech's controls spread before you.''
  
''Then the abrupt tone-lock of incoming fire wails in your cockpit as missiles, autocannon shells and lasers fall like Thor's hammer against your armor. Seize your 'Mech's controls, draw its weapons into line, and unleash a hellish response!''
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''Then the abrupt tone-lock of incoming fire wails in your cockpit as missiles, autocannon shells and lasers fall like Thor's hammer against your armor. Sieze your 'Mech's controls, draw its weapons into line, and unleash a hellish response!''
  
''BattleTech is the world's greatest armored combat game, filled with a myriad of epic stories and gaming experiences to satiate any player; miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond. The ''BattleTech Beginner Box'' is the first step on that fantastic journey and includes everything you need to get started; two high-quality miniatures, quick-start rules, a [[mapsheet]], cards to represent your MechWarrior's unique skills, dice and more.''
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''BattleTech'' is the world's greatest armored combat game, filled with a myriad of epic stories and gaming experiences to satiate any player; miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond. The ''BattleTech Beginner Box'' is the first step on that fantastic journey and includes everything you need to get started; two high-quality miniatures, quick-start rules, a mapsheet, cards to represent your MechWarrior's unique skills, dice and more.
 
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Do you have what it takes to plant the banner of victory and be a legend? Leap into the action and find out!"}}
''Do you have what it takes to plant the banner of victory and be a legend? Leap into the action and find out!''"}}
 
  
 
==Contents==
 
==Contents==
* Two high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) [[Miniatures - Catalyst Game Labs|miniatures]]
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*2 high-quality, fully assembled (un-painted) miniatures
 
:: ''[[Griffin]]''
 
:: ''[[Griffin]]''
:: ''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]''
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:: ''[[Wolverine]]''
* 18″ x 22″ full-color game map (double-sided: Desert #1 and Grasslands #1)
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*18″ x 22″ full-color game map (double-sided)
* Die-cut 'Mech & terrain tokens
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*Die-cut 'Mech & terrain tokens
* [https://bg.battletech.com/download/BTBB%20Online%20QSR%201-21c.pdf Quick-start Rules]
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*Quick-start rules
* Universe booklet
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*Universe booklet
* 24-page fiction novella ''[[Golden Rule]]''
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*24-page fiction novella ''[[Golden Rule]]''
* Record Sheets
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*Record Sheets
* Four double-sided MechWarrior pilot Cards
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*Four double-sided MechWarrior Cards
 
:: [[Drake Hawkins]] / [[Sigtrygg Poulsen]]
 
:: [[Drake Hawkins]] / [[Sigtrygg Poulsen]]
 
:: [[Emeka Kalu]] / [[Jia Yawen]]
 
:: [[Emeka Kalu]] / [[Jia Yawen]]
 
:: [[Erik Stendahl]] / [[Maksim Kuznetsov]]
 
:: [[Erik Stendahl]] / [[Maksim Kuznetsov]]
 
:: [[Zhen Zheng]] / [[Devon Coyne]]
 
:: [[Zhen Zheng]] / [[Devon Coyne]]
* Six-sided dice (two)
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*Six-sided dice (two)
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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File:BTBB-Miniatures.jpg|Miniatures included in the '''BattleTech: Beginner Box'''
 
File:BTBB-Miniatures.jpg|Miniatures included in the '''BattleTech: Beginner Box'''
 
File:BTBB_Maps_PBs.jpg|Rendering of the map and die-cut 'Mech & terrain tokens included in the '''BattleTech: Beginner Box'''
 
File:BTBB_Maps_PBs.jpg|Rendering of the map and die-cut 'Mech & terrain tokens included in the '''BattleTech: Beginner Box'''
File:BT-BB Box Back.jpg|Back of Box for '''BattleTech: Beginner Box'''
 
File:Beginner Box - Griffin.jpg|''[[Griffin]]''
 
File:Beginner Box - Wolverine.jpg|''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]''
 
 
 
</gallery>
 
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[[Category:Core Game Sets]]
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[[Category:Game Systems]]
[[Category:Rulebooks]]
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[[Category:Boxed Set]]

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