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Game Info

Title  Battletech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction
Editor  Randall N. Bills
Book Type  Gaming Fiction: Anthology
Rank: [ 10 / 89 ]
Genre  Science Fiction
Setting  Mechwarrior / Battletech
Awards  ENnie (Silver for Best Regalia, 2010)
Edition Info  Catalyst Game Labs (2009 Hardcover)
Stock: 35700
ISBN: 978-1-934857-53-3

Game Summary

From the publisher's website:
BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction is the ultimate chronicle of the BattleTech/MechWarrior universe. Full-color, hard-back and coffee-table-sized at over 10" by 12", its 304 pages are brimming with hundreds of color and B&W illustrations that span BattleTech's 25-year legacy. Additionally, the book contains:
  • An 8-page, detailed treatise on the evolution of the BattleTech/MechWarrior computer games and the creation one of the most successful franchises in history: from The Crescent Hawks Inception to MechWarrior 2, Virtual World Entertainment Cockpits to MechWarrior 4 and more!
  • A 25-page bibliography detailing every rulebook, box set, scenario pack and more ever sold for BattleTech/MechWarrior by FASA, FanPro, WizKids or Catalyst Game Labs; an era stamp with each entry allows for easy time period identification.
  • A universe timeline from the launching of Crippen Station in 2005 until the reformation of the shattered Free Worlds League in 3139
  • 18 all new stories from best selling, perennial authors Michael Stackpole, Robert Charrette, William H. Keith, Loren L. Coleman and authors; stories set from the time of the Star League to the Succession Wars, Clan Invasion to The Dark Age.
  • A look at a host of licensed products over the years, from comic books to the cartoon, toys to patches, and more.

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Notes on This Edition
304 pages, coffee table sized book (more than 10" x 12"), $59.99 print, $20.00 PDF. The book was initially made available at the BattleShop in August of 2009, but was quickly pulled when it was discovered that twelve of the images (of the so-called "unseen" or early edition Battletech mechs) were not properly licensed, and the images were removed.

Game Editions

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# Title System Publisher Released Stock Status
1 Battletech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction HCFiction 0Catalyst Game Labs 2009 35700 ---

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