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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxProduct + {{InfoBoxBook − | image = Tactical Handbook cover.jpg + | image = Tactical_Handbook.gif − | name = ''Tactical Handbook'' + | name = Tactical Handbook − | type = Rulebook + | publisher = [[FASA]] − | author = + | year = 1994 − | development = [[Rob Cruz]]<br />[[Scott Jenkins]]<br />[[Sam Lewis (person)|Sam Lewis]] + | production code = 8630 − | primarywriting = [[Jim Long]]<br />[[Stuart Johnson]] (LAM rules) + | ISBN = 1-55560-212-6 − | pages = 80 + | MSRP = 12.00 − | cover = [[Doug Chaffee]] (Painting)<br />[[Joel Biske]] (Design)+ | type = Rules Expansion − | interiorart = + | primary writing = − | illustrations = [[Paul Daly]]<br />[[John Paul Lona]] + *[[Jim Long]] − | publisher = [[FASA]]+ *[[Stuart Johnson]] − | productioncode = 8630+ | product development = − | year = 1994+ *[[Rob Cruz]] − | ISBN10 = 1555602126+ *[[Scott Jenkins]] − | ISBN13 = 978-1555602123+ *[[Sam Lewis]] − | MSRP = $12.00+ | illustrations = − | content = + *[[Doug Chaffee]] − | era = [[Clan Invasion era]]+ *[[Paul Daly]] − | timeline = ca. [[3055]]+ *[[John Paul Lona]] − | series = + *[[Earl Geier]] − | precededby = + *[[Allen Nunis]] − | followedby = + *[[Larry MacDougall]] + | pages = 79 }} }} − ==Description== − The '''''BattleTech Tactical Handbook''''' was the first expansion to the [[BattleTech]] board game that included so called [[Rules Level Three]] optional rules and equipment. These rules included the much-maligned [[Combat Value]] system for balancing force and the [[Double-Blind rules]] that enable players and a gamemaster to allow both sides the use of hidden units. Plenty of new arms, armor, and ammunition debuted. Some of the equipment and rules were later included in ''[[Maximum Tech]]''. − ==From the back cover== − {{quote|'''''Thirty-one hours ago''' your [[lance]] commander ordered you into position. Twenty-eight hours ago you finished draping the thermal camo tarps over your [['Mech]]. And for the past 27 hours you've been sitting in your cockpit, systems on minimum power, waiting in the dark — waiting for the [[Clans]].'' − '''''Suddenly''' your thermal sensors detect multiple 'Mechs moving 100 meters directly ahead. Your fingers fly over the weapons controls, disengaging [[PPC]] field inhibitors, hot-loading [[LRM]]s... green board. A single pull of the trigger sends fiery missile plumes and white-hot plasma streaking through the air, and the night erupts in a lethal inferno...'' + ==Description== − + The '''''BattleTech Tactical Handbook''''' was the first expansion to the [[BattleTech]] board game that included optional rules and equipment. These rules included the much-maligned Combat Value system for balancing force and the Double-Blind rules that enable players and a gamemaster to allow both sides the use of hidden units. Plenty of new arms, armor, and ammunition debuted. Some of the equipment and rules were later included in ''[[Maximum Tech]]''. − ''The '''BattleTech Tactical Handbook''' is an advanced-rules supplement for the '''BattleTech''' game universe. The '''Handbook''' provides advanced rules and equipment that enables players to add new depth and intensity to their games. Guidelines for creating long-term campaigns and double-blind games, formulas for calculating the combat values of all '''BattleTech''' combat units, detailed descriptions of advanced weapon systems and more make the '''BattleTech Tactical Handbook''' a necessity for the serious '''BattleTech''' player.''}}+ ==Contents== ==Contents== − * Introduction + *Introduction − * New Rules + *New Rules − ** [[Thunder LRM]]s + ::Thunder LRMs − ** [[Double-Blind Rules]]+ :Double-Blind Rules − ** Operational Game+ :Operational Game − ** [[Combat Value]]s+ :Combat Values + :Level Three Rules + ::Modified Movement Sequence + ::Artillery + ::BattleMech Engine Explosions + ::BattleMech Sensors + ::Craters + ::Disengaging PPC field inhibitors + ::Four-Legged 'Mechs + ::Hidden Placement + ::Hot Loading LRMs + ::Interlocking Streak Missiles + ::Jumping Fire + ::Land-Air BattleMechs + ::Line of Sight + :::Partial Cover + ::MechWarrior Damage + ::Selecting Terrain Elevation + *New Equipment + :Ballistic Weapons + ::Caseless Ammunition + ::Hyper-Velocity Autocannons + ::LB-X Autocannons + ::'Mech Mortars + ::Ultra Autocannons + :Missile Systems + ::Acid (AX) Warhead + ::Anti-Personnel (AP) Warhead + ::Dead-Fire Missile + ::Extended Long-Range Missiles + ::Heat-Seeking Guidance System + ::Magnetic-Pulse Warhead + ::Smoke Warhead + ::Streak Missile Systems + ::Tandem-Charge Warhead + ::Thunderbolt Launcher + :Physical Weapons + ::[[Claw]] + ::[[Mace]] + :BattleMech Accessories + ::[[Angel ECM Suite]] + ::[[Bloodhound Active Probe]] + ::[[Command Console]] + ::[[Mechanical Jump Boosters]] + ::[[Watchdog System]] + :Defensive Armaments + ::[[Blazer Armor]] + ::[[Glazed Armor]] + ::[[Laser Anti-Missile System]] + :Static Defenses + ::Bunkers + ::Field Works + ::Fortifications + ::Installations + :MechWarrior Gear + ::Ablative/Flak Cooling Suit and Vest + ::Computer Voice Circuit + ::SLDF Neurohelmet + :Weapon and Equipment Tables − * [[Rules Level 3|Level Three]] Rules+ ==Notes== − ** Modified Movement Sequence − ** [[Artillery]] − ** BattleMech Engine Explosions − ** BattleMech Sensors − *** Electromagnetic Sensors − *** Seismic Sensors − *** Thermographic Sensors − ** Craters − ** Disengaging PPC [[Field Inhibitor|field inhibitor]]s − ** [[Four-Legged 'Mech]]s − ** Hidden Placement − ** [[Hot Loading]] LRMs − ** Hull-Down Rules − ** [[Interlocking]] Streak Missiles − ** Jumping Fire − ** [[Land-Air BattleMech]]s − ** Line of Sight − *** Partial Cover − ** MechWarrior Damage − ** Selecting Terrain Elevation − * New Equipment − ** Ballistic Weapons − *** [[Caseless AC/10|Caseless Autocannon]] − *** [[Hyper-Velocity Autocannon]]s − *** [[LB-X Autocannon]]s − *** [[Mech mortar|'Mech Mortar]]s − *** [[Ultra Autocannon]]s − ** Missile Systems − *** [[Acid (AX) Warhead]] − *** [[Fragmentation Missile|Anti-Personnel (AP) Warhead]] − *** [[Dead-Fire Missiles]] − *** [[ELRM-10|Extended Long-Range Missiles]] − *** [[Heat Seeking Warhead|HS (Heat Seeking) Warhead]] − *** [[Magnetic-Pulse Warhead]] − *** [[Smoke Warhead]] − *** [[Streak Missile System]]s − *** [[Tandem-Charge Warhead|TC (Tandem-Charge) Warhead]] − *** [[Thunderbolt Missile|Thunderbolt Launcher]] − ** Physical Weapons − *** [[Claw]] − *** [[Mace]] − ** BattleMech Accessories − *** [[Angel ECM Suite]] − *** [[Bloodhound Active Probe]] − *** [[Command Console]] − *** [[Coolant Pod|Coolant System]] − *** [[Mechanical Jump Booster]]s − *** [[Watchdog System]] − ** Defensive Armaments − *** [[Blazer Armor]] − *** [[Glazed Armor]] − *** [[Laser Anti-Missile System]] − ** Static Defenses − *** Bunkers − *** Field Works − *** Fortifications − *** Installations − ** MechWarrior Gear − *** [[Ablative/Flak Cooling Suit and Vest]] − *** [[Computer Voice Circuit]] − *** [[Damage-Interrupt Circuit]] − *** [[SLDF]] [[Neurohelmet#SLDF Neurohelmet|Neurohelmet]] − − * Weapon and Equipment Tables − − ==Notes== − * A number of pieces of optional equipment are carried over from ''[[Unbound]]'', an earlier book with optional tech. − * The ''Tactical Handbook'' was the last official publication to include the rules for construction and use of [[Land-Air 'Mech]]s, the previously tournament legal designs moved to optional/non-legal status with this book, signaling their decline and removal from the BattleTech universe.<ref>''Interstellar Operations'' pp. 105–106 shows LAMs are extinct in [[3050]], and are listed as Experimental Technology.</ref> − * The book was written from perspective of the early to mid-3050s, including still non–tournament legal "prototype" [[Inner Sphere]] versions of the previously [[Clan]]-only [[LB-X Autocannon|LB-X]] and [[Ultra Autocannon]]s and [[Streak Missile System|Streak launchers]] which would later become [[Rules Level 2]] with the ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]'' and ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'' prior to their "official" inclusion in [[BattleTech Master Rules]]. − * A number of pieces of equipment described here, such as the [[ELRM-15|Extended Long-Range Missiles]] systems, are not tournament legal. Instead they have been recategorized as [[Advanced Technology|Advanced]] or [[Experimental Technology]]. This equipment is defined further in ''[[Interstellar Operations]]'' and ''[[Tactical Operations]]''. − * The trademark title was ''BattleTech Tactical Handbook''. − ==References== − <references/> − [[Category:Rulebooks]] + [[Category:Books]]
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| − | | image | + | | image = Tactical_Handbook.gif |
| − | | name | + | | name = Tactical Handbook |
| − | | | + | | publisher = [[FASA]] |
| − | | | + | | year = 1994 |
| − | | | + | | production code = 8630 |
| − | | | + | | ISBN = 1-55560-212-6 |
| − | | | + | | MSRP = 12.00 |
| − | + | | type = Rules Expansion | |
| − | + | | primary writing = | |
| − | | illustrations | + | *[[Jim Long]] |
| − | + | *[[Stuart Johnson]] | |
| − | + | | product development = | |
| − | + | *[[Rob Cruz]] | |
| − | + | *[[Scott Jenkins]] | |
| − | + | *[[Sam Lewis]] | |
| − | + | | illustrations = | |
| − | + | *[[Doug Chaffee]] | |
| − | + | *[[Paul Daly]] | |
| − | + | *[[John Paul Lona]] | |
| − | | | + | *[[Earl Geier]] |
| − | + | *[[Allen Nunis]] | |
| − | + | *[[Larry MacDougall]] | |
| + | | pages = 79 | ||
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| − | ''''' | + | ==Description== |
| − | + | The '''''BattleTech Tactical Handbook''''' was the first expansion to the [[BattleTech]] board game that included optional rules and equipment. These rules included the much-maligned Combat Value system for balancing force and the Double-Blind rules that enable players and a gamemaster to allow both sides the use of hidden units. Plenty of new arms, armor, and ammunition debuted. Some of the equipment and rules were later included in ''[[Maximum Tech]]''. | |
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==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
| − | * Introduction | + | *Introduction |
| − | * New Rules | + | *New Rules |
| − | * | + | ::Thunder LRMs |
| − | + | :Double-Blind Rules | |
| − | + | :Operational Game | |
| − | + | :Combat Values | |
| + | :Level Three Rules | ||
| + | ::Modified Movement Sequence | ||
| + | ::Artillery | ||
| + | ::BattleMech Engine Explosions | ||
| + | ::BattleMech Sensors | ||
| + | ::Craters | ||
| + | ::Disengaging PPC field inhibitors | ||
| + | ::Four-Legged 'Mechs | ||
| + | ::Hidden Placement | ||
| + | ::Hot Loading LRMs | ||
| + | ::Interlocking Streak Missiles | ||
| + | ::Jumping Fire | ||
| + | ::Land-Air BattleMechs | ||
| + | ::Line of Sight | ||
| + | :::Partial Cover | ||
| + | ::MechWarrior Damage | ||
| + | ::Selecting Terrain Elevation | ||
| + | *New Equipment | ||
| + | :Ballistic Weapons | ||
| + | ::Caseless Ammunition | ||
| + | ::Hyper-Velocity Autocannons | ||
| + | ::LB-X Autocannons | ||
| + | ::'Mech Mortars | ||
| + | ::Ultra Autocannons | ||
| + | :Missile Systems | ||
| + | ::Acid (AX) Warhead | ||
| + | ::Anti-Personnel (AP) Warhead | ||
| + | ::Dead-Fire Missile | ||
| + | ::Extended Long-Range Missiles | ||
| + | ::Heat-Seeking Guidance System | ||
| + | ::Magnetic-Pulse Warhead | ||
| + | ::Smoke Warhead | ||
| + | ::Streak Missile Systems | ||
| + | ::Tandem-Charge Warhead | ||
| + | ::Thunderbolt Launcher | ||
| + | :Physical Weapons | ||
| + | ::[[Claw]] | ||
| + | ::[[Mace]] | ||
| + | :BattleMech Accessories | ||
| + | ::[[Angel ECM Suite]] | ||
| + | ::[[Bloodhound Active Probe]] | ||
| + | ::[[Command Console]] | ||
| + | ::[[Mechanical Jump Boosters]] | ||
| + | ::[[Watchdog System]] | ||
| + | :Defensive Armaments | ||
| + | ::[[Blazer Armor]] | ||
| + | ::[[Glazed Armor]] | ||
| + | ::[[Laser Anti-Missile System]] | ||
| + | :Static Defenses | ||
| + | ::Bunkers | ||
| + | ::Field Works | ||
| + | ::Fortifications | ||
| + | ::Installations | ||
| + | :MechWarrior Gear | ||
| + | ::Ablative/Flak Cooling Suit and Vest | ||
| + | ::Computer Voice Circuit | ||
| + | ::SLDF Neurohelmet | ||
| + | :Weapon and Equipment Tables | ||
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