The BattleTech fan scene in one place.
Maps, games, tools, events and the latest posts from fan projects, gathered so you don't have to dig through a dozen Discords and subreddits to find out what's going on. Unofficial and non-commercial.
Directory
- Master Unit ListofficialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The official free database of every BattleTech unit, with a force builder, Alpha Strike cards and record sheets. No account needed.
- Camo Specs OnlineofficialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
A guide to regimental paint schemes with more than 5000 painted miniatures, sorted by faction and artist.
- Catalyst Demo TeamofficialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The volunteer demo network of Catalyst Game Labs: find a demo or a convention programme near you, or learn to run demos yourself.
- BattleTech Free DownloadsofficialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The publisher's free downloads, including the Quick-Start rules. The place to start before buying a box.
- MechWarrior 5: MercenariesofficialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The MechWarrior game for one player or a co-op lance: run a mercenary company across the Inner Sphere from 3015 and fight from the cockpit.
- MechWarrior 5: ClansofficialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
A story campaign told from the Clan side: a young Smoke Jaguar star fights through the Clan Invasion, from the cockpit.
- MechWarrior OnlineofficialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The free-to-play online MechWarrior: team battles piloted from the cockpit, with a mechlab for your own builds.
The turn-based tactics game by Harebrained Schemes: lead a mercenary company, refit your 'Mechs between contracts and fight lance against lance.
An interactive star map of the Inner Sphere showing who held which world from 2100 to 3152, with a timeline and animated borders. Planet data from Sarna.
A searchable catalogue of the planets and systems of the Inner Sphere, with the factories found on them. Handy when you need to look up a world quickly.
- btplanetsarchived
Open-source planet data and maps of the Inner Sphere in 3025, built on Sarna's planet records. No longer maintained, but the data is still there.
A free, open-source computer version of Classic BattleTech, played against bots or friends over the network. The centre of a whole family of fan tools.
- MekWarsarchived
A persistent online campaign built on MegaMek, where players fight for a Great House, a mercenary command or a pirate band. No longer maintained.
The home of the MechWarrior 4 community, keeping MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries running on current systems with patches and mods.
A large overhaul mod for the BattleTech video game that brings combat, heat and 'Mech building closer to the tabletop rules. Needs your own copy of the game.
The home of ModTek and the Community Asset Bundle, the groundwork most mods for the BattleTech video game are built on.
A unit designer for MegaMek that builds every unit type from support vehicles to WarShips and prints record sheets.
A campaign manager for running a mercenary command: personnel, finances, repairs and contracts. The battles are fought in MegaMek.
A force builder for Classic BattleTech and Alpha Strike that balances forces by BV or PV, with interactive and printable record sheets.
A free web app for Classic BattleTech and Alpha Strike with a 'Mech creator, rosters and a match generator, carried on by the community.
A free Alpha Strike force builder with a unit database, a digital hangar and print-ready cards. No sign-in needed.
Record sheets in the browser, printable or digital, with damage tracking and attack resolution. Players can link up over the network.
A free desktop designer for BattleMechs and other units, following the tabletop construction rules.
A searchable collection of unit colour schemes and palettes, for painters and artists.
A long-running blog about software for the tabletop game, home of an Alpha Strike card generator. Posts are rare but thorough.
The community wiki for everything BattleTech, from rules and units to planets and history, with its own news page and forums.
One of the oldest fan communities, with forums for rules, fan fiction and custom designs. Still active.
A German site with campaign ideas, rules articles and tips for Alpha Strike, with an English section as well.
- Pryde Rock Industriesarchived
An old repository of programs, files and record sheets for the tabletop game. No longer updated, still worth a dig.
The yearly German BattleTech convention run by the Phoenixguard, with tournaments, chapter fights and a running campaign.
The German BattleTech association, with local chapters, a chapter ranking and a calendar of conventions, tournaments and club weekends.
A UK podcast that also keeps track of UK events such as the Crown Tourney, with a getting-started page and its own Discord.
Home of the WolfNet 350 Alpha Strike tournament rules and the Drafted for War format, with event write-ups from the WolfNet Radio crew.
A BattleTech convention held aboard a battleship in Fall River, Massachusetts, with its schedule, events and photos from past years.
A fan site with articles on releases and tactics, fan-made alternate universes and the monthly Chatterweb podcast, plus round-ups of creators and news.
Fifteen fan-made era maps of the Inner Sphere from 2571 to 3130, with maps of wars and offensives, free to download.
Sarna's news side: monthly BattleTech round-ups, interviews and community features.
A German podcast about the BattleTech universe with news, product talk and convention reports, and a short Comstar Newsflash between episodes.
A German news site with reading lists, a guide for newcomers and returning players, and an overview of German releases.
The chat of the MegaMek, MegaMekLab and MekHQ community, where players and developers meet. Good for finding opponents and help.
The Discord of the Sarna wiki community, for lore questions, rules help and talk about the wiki.
A general, welcoming Discord for talking about BattleTech in all its forms.
A community hub with forums, fiction, tabletop resources and its own wiki.
How to run your own MegaMek server, with a list of public servers run by the community.
The German-speaking Clan Wolf community, playing in MechWarrior Online's faction play and running its own campaign tools.
The largest BattleTech subreddit: news, painted miniatures, rules questions and everything else the community shares.
A free, fan-made total conversion of Crysis Wars set in the BattleTech universe, multiplayer only, kept alive by its community since 2016.
An explorable 3D map of the Inner Sphere and the Periphery across 44 eras from 2271 to 3152, with the factions of each era and a system search.
An interactive map of the Inner Sphere in 3025 with a jump route planner, filters for borders and systems, and your own notes per system.
An interactive star chart of the Inner Sphere with the borders of about 45 moments between 2271 and 3152, and a search for systems.
The generator behind the SVG maps of the BattleTech universe on Sarna. It runs with Node on your own machine, with options to customise the maps.
- RogueMekarchived
A turn-based BattleTech game for the browser with player versus player battles, 3025 era units and more than 30 maps. You host the server yourself; the last release dates from 2016.
A German BattleTech forum with general discussion, news and event threads, readable without an account.
A turn-based BattleTech game in the browser, playable as a demo: tabletop combat rules, a look inspired by the 2018 video game, no download and no account. Desktop only for now.
A free campaign manager for groups that play every week: contracts, chained missions, live record sheets on every player's phone, repairs and the warchest. Open source.
A free standalone game built on the released MechCommander 2 source code: command a 'Mech lance in real time, with fan campaigns to add. No copy of the original needed.
A mod for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries with a fully unlocked mechlab, weapon upgrades, extra 'Mech variants and expanded salvage. Needs the original game.
A complete overhaul of combat and the mechlab in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries: through-armour criticals, gyro and knockdown rules, component damage, parts and logistics. Needs the original game.
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