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Battletech: Battletroops box art
1989 Ranked #14,573

Battletech: Battletroops

Spend limited actions each turn to balance movement, setup, and scoring.

Wargames Science Fiction Wargame Action Points Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

3.07/5

Rating

6.28

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Battletroops is a game of man-to-man combat in the 31st century. Players can command up to 28 foot soldiers in city battles. Optional rules provide for integrating Battle Troops with FASA's Battle Tech and Mech Warrior games.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Action Points

Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Science Fiction Wargame

Mechanism

1
Action Points

Family

3
Game: BattleTech Players: Two-Player Only Games Theme: Mech Warfare

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
90 min
Age
10+
Complexity
3.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

3
L. Ross Babcock, III Sam Lewis Jordan Weisman

Artists

4
Dana Andrews James Holloway (I) Jeff Laubenstein John Marcus

Publishers

1
FASA

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