BattleTech is back at Gaelcon! This year marks the game’s 25th anniversary – making it the longest consistently published science fiction game, and we’ve got a series of events planned to satisfy everyone’s need for mechanical carnage.

Once per month between May and October, in association with the Dublin Games Guild and Models Inc we will be running a game from the Jihad Turning Points: Luthien campaign pack. This story-based campaign’s battles are well-suited to both introduce new players to the BattleTech game and universe and to highlight to integrated and scalable nature of the current ruleset to existing ones. This will cumulate in an epic battle at Gaelcon itself using the new Quickstrike rules designed to allow for quick battles while retaining the feel of the more detailed core game.

The 3rd game takes place on Saturday August 22nd, starting at 12PM in Gamers' World, Unit 1, Jervis Street, Dublin 1

Game 3: Bullet in the Blue Sky

Dateline: 28th November, 3073

Word of Blake have driven Clan Nova Cat off Luthien,and have turned their attention back to the civil war raging around them.  The Black Dragon society are entrenched in the Takashi Kurita Memorial Spaceport setting up supply bases in the tunnels that sprawl underneath.  The 32nd Word of Blake Militia has been sent to destroy them, but before they can do that, they have to secure an entry to the tunnels...

This game will be played with forces figting on regular BattleTech maps to represent the combat in the spaceport, and a series of tunnel maps to represent the fighting below.