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Message no. 1
From: ValeuJ@*************.navy.mil (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: Mechwarrior Question (OT)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:58:51 -0800
I know this is directly of topic, but since I don't have direct web access,
I was hoping some of you fine folks would be willing to help me.

I know that WizKids/FanPro has done Battletech Classic and Mechwarrior: Dark
Age, but are there any plans for a re-release of the Mechwarrior
pen-and-paper RPG? If so, what is the tentative release date?

EM3 John Valeu
Message no. 2
From: adamj@*********.com (Adam Jury)
Subject: Mechwarrior Question (OT)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:15:38 +0100
At 00:58 3-1-2003, Valeu John EMFA wrote:

>I know that WizKids/FanPro has done Battletech Classic and Mechwarrior: Dark
>Age, but are there any plans for a re-release of the Mechwarrior
>pen-and-paper RPG? If so, what is the tentative release date?

Mechwarrior 3rd edition is still available through FanPro. When it sells
out it will be reprinted as the "Classic BattleTech RPG". The Classic
BattleTech RPG Companion should be available in January.

[And to be clear: WizKids did Mechwarrior: Dark Ages. FanPro is doing
Classic BattleTech and the Classic BattleTech RPG.]

Adam
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Message no. 3
From: bull@*********.com (Bull)
Subject: Mechwarrior Question (OT)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 23:13:43 -0500
At 02:15 PM 1/2/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>At 00:58 3-1-2003, Valeu John EMFA wrote:
>
> >I know that WizKids/FanPro has done Battletech Classic and Mechwarrior: Dark
> >Age, but are there any plans for a re-release of the Mechwarrior
> >pen-and-paper RPG? If so, what is the tentative release date?
>
>Mechwarrior 3rd edition is still available through FanPro. When it sells
>out it will be reprinted as the "Classic BattleTech RPG". The Classic
>BattleTech RPG Companion should be available in January.
>
>[And to be clear: WizKids did Mechwarrior: Dark Ages. FanPro is doing
>Classic BattleTech and the Classic BattleTech RPG.]

To further clarify, the name change is to differentiate the game frome the
"future" storyline of Mechwarrior: Dark Ages, as it will be set in the
Classic Battletech time period.

Bull
Message no. 4
From: Gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: Mechwarrior Question (OT)
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 10:51:28 +0100
According to Bull, on Fri, 03 Jan 2003 the word on the street was...

> To further clarify, the name change is to differentiate the game frome
> the "future" storyline of Mechwarrior: Dark Ages, as it will be set in
> the Classic Battletech time period.

So then what's the name we should use to refer to the _real_ classis
BattleTech -- the Succession Wars period? :)

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Message no. 5
From: bull@*********.com (Bull)
Subject: Mechwarrior Question (OT)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 04:42:04 -0500
At 10:51 AM 1/3/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>According to Bull, on Fri, 03 Jan 2003 the word on the street was...
>
> > To further clarify, the name change is to differentiate the game frome
> > the "future" storyline of Mechwarrior: Dark Ages, as it will be set
in
> > the Classic Battletech time period.
>
>So then what's the name we should use to refer to the _real_ classis
>BattleTech -- the Succession Wars period? :)
Really old BT $h!t :]

Otherwise known as...

"Back in my day, the game was called BattleDroids! Then George Lucas,
still pissed about Willow, came to my house and took away my books!"

Bull
Message no. 6
From: loneeagle@********.co.uk (Lone Eagle)
Subject: Mechwarrior Question (OT)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 11:34:11 +0000
At 04:42 AM 5/1/2003 -0500, Bull wrote:
>>So then what's the name we should use to refer to the _real_ classis
>>BattleTech -- the Succession Wars period? :)
>Really old BT $h!t :]
>
>Otherwise known as...
>
>"Back in my day, the game was called BattleDroids! Then George Lucas,
>still pissed about Willow, came to my house and took away my books!"

OK, so are we to expect anything for the "Back in my day, the game was
called BattleDroids! Then George Lucas, still pissed about Willow, came to
my house and took away my books!"?


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Message no. 7
From: Gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: Mechwarrior Question (OT)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 12:02:36 +0100
According to Bull, on Sun, 05 Jan 2003 the word on the street was...

> >So then what's the name we should use to refer to the _real_ classis
> >BattleTech -- the Succession Wars period? :)
>
> Really old BT $h!t :]

LOL :)

> "Back in my day, the game was called BattleDroids!

I saw a copy of that for sale once, but I didn't feel like spending the
quite large amount of money on it that the seller wanted...

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Message no. 8
From: bull@*********.com (Bull)
Subject: Mechwarrior Question (OT)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 21:08:51 -0500
At 11:34 AM 1/5/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>OK, so are we to expect anything for the "Back in my day, the game was
>called BattleDroids! Then George Lucas, still pissed about Willow, came
>to my house and took away my books!"?
Ok, lost track here a bit :] My lob at Gurth was meant as a joke :]

Basically, Classic Battletech is FanPro's continuation of FASA's Battletech
game. The line developer from FASA has come over to FanPro to work on it,
and they basically picked up right where FASA left off with the storyline.

Mechwarrior, FASA's RPG, is getting renamed to something like "Classic
Battletech Role Playing Game" due to Wizkids use of the Mechwarrior
name. Otherwise, that game will be the same as FASA's 3rd edition.

That answer the questions? :]

Bull

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