Sep 24, 2026 · 3 hr 28 min · 15 segments
Brent (OMaM) & Zemer (Valhalla Club) join me for our Hard CORE Rulebook Review! We dive deep into the rule changes from Total Warfare, letting you know what we like, what we don't, and what we think…
But we have the added advantage of coming to this podcast and recording.
Now having played with the core rules.
So... um
yeah we've we've been playing games together the three of us and with other folks you know outside of our friend circles which has been great
yeah absolutely so i think we've all gotten you know at least two games including the one we all played and then our individual games uh is that is that right okay anymore
yeah it's been it's been much more than two games for me but certainly yes
oh okay well yes yes
I'm rounding two or three.
Nice.
Oh, I guess it's technically three.
But I will have to say that it was kind of difficult to actually run into a lot of these rules naturally in your game of Battletech.
So I think for a lot of people that are worried that this is going to drastically change the game, I'm going to get in front of it and say, I don't...
You know, for...
the casual player don't think it will.
And it may not.
I think that a lot of people will not see it until they hit some of those edge cases.
And I think that's fine for sure.
But real quick, do you have any mentions? So, so our game that we played, we played on tabletop simulator and we played a Draconis Reach game?
No, we were playing the scenario out of the box.
Yes, out of the core
box.
Yeah, we did a 2v1.
I played the Op 4 in the Rakshasa and the Solitaire.
And then I learned I don't much care for gambling.
So
But we have the added advantage of coming to this podcast and recording.
Now having played with the core rules.
So... um
yeah we've we've been playing games together the three of us and with other folks you know outside of our friend circles which has been great
yeah absolutely so i think we've all gotten you know at least two games including the one we all played and then our individual games uh is that is that right okay anymore
yeah it's been it's been much more than two games for me but certainly yes
oh okay well yes yes
I'm rounding two or three.
Nice.
Oh, I guess it's technically three.
But I will have to say that it was kind of difficult to actually run into a lot of these rules naturally in your game of Battletech.
So I think for a lot of people that are worried that this is going to drastically change the game, I'm going to get in front of it and say, I don't...
You know, for...
the casual player don't think it will.
And it may not.
I think that a lot of people will not see it until they hit some of those edge cases.
And I think that's fine for sure.
But real quick, do you have any mentions? So, so our game that we played, we played on tabletop simulator and we played a Draconis Reach game?
No, we were playing the scenario out of the box.
Yes, out of the core
box.
Yeah, we did a 2v1.
I played the Op 4 in the Rakshasa and the Solitaire.
And then I learned I don't much care for gambling.
So
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