Battletech Technical Readout Succession

Just as expected. All the classic mechs from the pre Clan era's

This is an essential product for anyone wanting to learn BT or play at an Introductory Tech level. It contains all of the 'Mechs you'd need to get started for a Succession Wars setting, in addition to some designs which just happen to be Intro tech but could fit into a SW game, if you so desire. While some will decry the lack of original art (it's a compilation of several TRO entries from various books), I love the juxtaposition of the originals vs the newer 'Mechs.

First of all, the good: Almost every mech of the era is present and accounted for making it an excellent resource. All of the original art is here except for many of the unseen which have new, great looking modern art that makes me wish they had updated the rest of the art as well. If you're new to the game and plan on jumping on with Succession Wars era units, this book has more than you'll ever possibly need from classic units to more obscure ones. The only thing missing is vehicles, which given the number of mechs present is understandable but if it's still a little disappointing to not have all everything in one place which this book comes close to doing. Also designs still in contention with Harmony Gold over its Robotech related claims are not included (some classic designs like the Marauder, Warhammer and Phoenix Hawk) which is out of their control so I can't blame Catalyst Labs for that. Hopefully if the legal issues are ever settled they can return in a future version of the book. Ultimately though, if you are new to Battletech and want to jump in, the Succession Wars are a great place to start and this book is a fantastic resource that covers material found otherwise scattered through four past readouts. For old fans it's a handy guide that consolidates those designs in one handy place and has new artwork for many of the unseen.

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Excellent book!

First, the book is not complete - some of the all time favorite mechs are missing: Phoenix Hawk, Warhammer, Marrauder, are not in here. Second - Some of the mechs in the book do not belong in it. The book is titled "Succession Wars". But some of the mechs in ther are either Starleague tech or post clan tech. These deffinitely do not belong. Third - Art. Some of the good art from the original was replaced with good quality new art. But all of the poor art from the original is still there. I think I know the reason for it. The art that was replaced was "borrowing" heavily from Robotech and I believe it was replaced to avoid possible copyright disputes. All of the missing mechs I mention above, fall into this category. This leads me to believe that they could either not get the replacement art in time, or ran out of money for it. In either case it was a poor decision to exclude the canonical mechs. And it was a poor decision to have a mishmash of art in the book. This is an OK supplement for the new players but a massive disappointment to the original fans of the game.

Arrived ahead of time. Great condition. Good quick look for stock battlemechs.

The cover looks new, but the rest of the book looks like it was printed on a laser printer 30 years ago. Even the tables look bad and the data is very hard to read due to poor formatting. The paper is also low quality and the print bleeds through. Not what I would expect for a $40 MSRP price tag, or for something printed in the 21st century for that matter. Also, the book only contains mechs so this is not a complete technical readout for the Succession Wars Era as the title would suggest. Finally, it should also be noted that there are no record sheets included in this book, so if you want to actually use any of these mechs in a game then you'll need to purchase additional supplements. Save your money and pass on this one.

Great flashback to the original Tech Readouts. Love how Catalyst put together the old and new. Great addition to BT collection.

Le paquet est arrivé rapidement et le livre est en bon état. Le produit est intéressant et de bonne qualité pour un livre de ce type.

Beautiful book. Lots of info. Shipping as always was great. Amazon retailers, for this kind of game you really should include the intire back page for description. Table top books often have specific units in books that people are looking for. Given the "Unseen" mechs were involved in the succession wars I assumed they would be included. I was wrong. For those wondering this is everything still produced after the helm core was found but before the clans.