Zuletzt aktualisiert am 11. September 2021 von DarkISI

Wow, da hat Catalyst aber gleich mal eine Wagenladung an neuen Produkten auf einen Schlag angekündigt. Und das ganze noch mit vielen Bildern versehen. Musste ich mich jetzt auch erstmal durcharbeiten und das für euch zusammenfassen. Aber es lohnt sich.

Ein paar Dinge gleich vorweg: Tamar Rising verschiebt sich auf Ende Oktober bzw. Anfang November. Und mit meiner Preisschätzung aus dem Foto hier, lag ich richtig.

Es gibt (gab?) einen Planeten namens „Rocky“. Wieder was gelernt

September:

10. September: Spotlight On: Schmidt’s Petraries

Preis: $3,99 (PDF)

Captain-Marshal Rudolf Schmidt took command of the Hanseatic Defense Force at a critical juncture. The nearby Scorpion Empire posed an existential threat to the Hanseatic League. While reorganizing the HDF, he recognized a crucial need for an elite company to inspire the troops. Thus was born Schmidt’s Petraries, the HDF’s overall command company and home to the best of the best. Intense training with their comrades was far different from the trial by fire that the Petraries faced when the Scorpion Empire finally invaded. The Petraries rose to the occasion, defying the fearsome invaders and inspiring a nation with their deeds.

Spotlight On: Schmidt’s Petraries includes a Unit History, Personalities, Personnel Rosters, Mission Tracks, and data for use with all scales of BattleTech play.

15. September: Shrapnel 6

Preis: 5,99 $ Digital / 10,95 $ Taschenbuch (PoD)

17. September: Touring the Stars: Granada

Preis: 2,99 $ (PDF)

The secrets of the Umayyads – revealed at last! Learn the true history of the mysterious band of raiders who swept into Nueva Castile in the 2830s in this next installment of Touring the Stars.

24. September: Spotlight On: Hellion Keshik

Preis: 3,99 $

Completing the cycle of products tied to Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade, this installment of Spotlight On explores one of the key units among the forces of the Escorpion Imperio during their invasion of the Hanseatic League.

Oktober:

1. Oktober: Touring the Stars: Rocky

Preis: 2,99 $ (PDF)

Journey to the world of Rocky, a planet at the crossroads of the Inner Sphere, and learn its sad fate as one of the first casualties amid the horrors of the First Succession War.

15. Oktober: Recognition Guide: ilClan 19

Band 19 bis 24 werden in zweiwöchentlichem Rhytmus veröffentlicht und am 24. Dezember auslaufen.

Achso, und hier sind die Cover (Band 21 und 23 fehlen):

Ende Oktober/Anfang November: Tamar Rising

Preis: 14,99 $ (PDF) / 34,99 $ (Hardcover)

Silence falls across the Jade Falcon border, and slowly, reports reach Lyran space: the Clan’s warriors, so long a threat to the Steiner realm, are gone. Powerful ambitions rush to fill the vacuum that follows.

Former Clan citizens both recently assimilated and long conquered grapple with a future no longer defined by the will of the Falcons. An Arcturan general dissatisfied with Tharkad’s ineffective rule forges her own destiny. A Clan denied the glory of Terra redefines itself through battle and conquest. And a mercenary unleashes her reborn command to claim vengeance for past calamities.

Tamar Rising is a BattleTech sourcebook providing full details of the events in the former Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone from 3151 to mid-3152. Included are a full historical summary of events in that region of space, personality and unit profiles of key players—many appearing here for the first time, and game information to bring it all to your BattleTech tabletop.

Dezember

15. Dezember: Shrapnel 7

Preis: 5,99 $ Digital / 10,95 $ Taschenbuch (PoD)

März 2022

15. März: Shrapnel 8

Nicht in der Liste, aber wenn sie beim Rhytmus bleiben, dann erscheint es da.

Empire Alone

Hier handelt es sich um das Marik-Äquivalent zu Tamar Rising. Wir werden erfahren, was im Wolf Empire und in der Free Worlds League zwischen 3151 und Mitte 3152 vor sich geht.

From the victorious ilKhan on Terra comes a simple instruction to the commanders left behind in the Wolf Empire: “Hold these worlds in my name.” With no further communication from Alaric Ward, Star Colonel Othar is left alone to face the ambitions of his subordinates and the assaults of his neighbors, and ensure the ilKhan’s realm remains inviolate.

Hungrily eyeing their worlds lost to the Empire, now stripped of the Wolves’ best, factions within the Free Worlds League launch offensives across the border and risk carrying Nikol Marik into a war she may not be ready for. At her back, the Spirit Cats and Clan Sea Fox lair in their Clan Protectorate, eager to pursue their own ends.

And out among the stars, the Wolf’s Dragoons and their new commander are on the hunt…

Empire Alone is a BattleTech sourcebook providing full details of the events around the Wolf Empire and Free Worlds League from 3151 to mid-3152. Included are a full historical summary of events in those regions of space, personality and unit profiles of key players—many appearing here for the first time, and game information to bring it all to your BattleTech tabletop.

April 2022

Battletech Universe

Das Buch haben wir, glaube ich, vor 20 Jahren zum ersten Mal angekündigt bekommen? Nun wird es erscheinen. Die Geschichte der Inneren Sphäre und der großen Häuser von ihren Anfängen bis zur ilClan Ära!

Leap into the rich history of the BattleTech universe and get up to date for the new ilClan era with this comprehensive tome! BattleTech Universe includes sections for all of the major factions of the Inner Sphere and Clan Homeworlds, offering concise histories for each from their founding through 3150.

In addition, BattleTech Universe highlights the major moments across the history of the Inner Sphere through fiction excerpts from some of the most beloved BattleTech novels of years past—and today! An easy-to-follow guide in each segment offers suggestions for further reading.

Whether you’re just starting out in BattleTech and want to dive deep into the history of its factions, or you’re ready to jump into all the action of the ilClan era, BattleTech Universe is your indispensable guide to get up to date on 3150 and beyond!

1. Quartal 2022

Brush Wars Series

Dass sie wiederbelebt werden würde, das wissen wir schon länger. Aber jetzt haben wir ein ungefähres Datum: Im 1. Quartal 2022 geht es mit der Brush Wars Serie los (bzw. weiter).

Despite the millions (!) of words laid down in BattleTech sourcebooks over the years, some conflicts have never seen the spotlight. The original Historical: Brush Wars sourcebook covered a few such campaigns during the Succession Wars era, and Historical: Wars of the Republic Era tackled a few more which occurred between the end of the Jihad and the HPG Blackout. This series will go farther, criss-crossing all eras of BattleTech with deep dives into conflicts which have never gotten the sourcebook treatment.

Recalling those earlier Historical products, each Brush Wars installment will dedicate significant space to describing each campaign. And, like Operational Turning Point: Hanseatic Crusade, each Brush Wars release in PDF will be supported by a slate of companion PDFs, with an eye toward eventual compilation in POD format. What’s more, the two previous volumes mentioned above will be re-released in POD, dropping the defunct “Historical” naming and re-branded with the Brush Wars moniker.

Several Brush Wars releases are in the works, including the Burrock Absorption, the Battle of Dahlgren, the St. Ives War, and the First Combine-Ghost Bear War, and more!

Ohne Datum

BattleMech Technical Blueprints Volume 1

Wir kriegen Blueprints!!!

Volume 1 kommt mit: Phoenix Hawk, Warhammer, Timber Wolf und Dire Wolf.

Der Titel lässt auf mehr Blueprints hoffen.

Print on Demand Sourcebooks

Catalyst wird auch weiterhin nicht mehr erhältliche Sourcebooks über Print on Demand bei Drivethru neu auflegen. Als nächstes folgen Brush Wars (umbenannt zu: Brush Wars Volume 1), Wars of the Republic Era (umbenannt zu: Brush Wars Volume 2) und Operation KLONDIKE.

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