BattleTechnology

BattleTechnology

BattleTechnology was a magazine published irregularly between 1987 and 1995 by Pacific Rim Publishing Company dedicated to "BattleTech", a tabletop game of futuristic combat published (at the time) by FASA Corporation. The magazine's contents included game scenarios, optional rules, technical specifications for BattleMechs and other units, historical and current events in the fictional "BattleTech" universe, and short fiction, all of which was approved by FASA. The magazine is generally considered an official source of optional materials for the game.Fact|date=July 2008

"BattleTechnology" was published in 8.5" x 11" format and generally included about 60 pages per issue. It was subtitled "the magazine of combat in the 31st century."

Publications

Twenty-one issues of "BattleTechnology" were published, as well as two special editions -- "The Lost Issues" and "The Early Years". The first six issues, printed in 1987 and 1988, are numbered 0101, 0102, 0201, 0202, 0203 and 0204; issues after that adopted normal sequential numbering (7-21).

The first 12 issues are collected into a set known as "BattleTechnology: The War Years".

External links

* [http://www.justplain.com/ Pacific Rim Publishing Company]


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