Catalyst Game Labs

BATTLETECH ALPHA STRIKE OPEN

DieCon 2025 June 7, 2025

Check-in begins at 0830 hrs.

Tournament begins at 1000 hrs sharp.

3 Rounds of 2 hours

Miniatures: WYSIWYG Rule

(What You See Is What You Get)
  1. Models must be of the correct chassis but may represent a different variant.
    (i.e. an AS7-K Atlas may represent an AS7-RS Atlas).
  2. All models must be on a hex base that is approximately 1.25” from flat end to flat end.
  3. Any duplicated models must be painted or marked in a distinguishable fashion.
  4. All models should represent an honest effort at painting to a three-color tabletop standard
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Force Construction Rules

  1. Force Registries must be generated from the Master Unit List (http://masterunitlist.info/). Each player must assemble their army out of a single Faction on the Master Unit List (including the corresponding General list, if any) and the designated Availability Era, if any. If there is no designated Availability Era for the tournament, then a player’s army must come from any single Availability Era.
  2. Maximum Points Value: 400 PV
  3. Maximum Skill:
    1. Maximum Number of Units: 16 – only the following unit types are allowed: BattleMechs
    2. OmniMechs
    3. IndustrialMechs
    4. ProtoMechs
    5. Combat Vehicles
    6. Conventional Infantry
    7. Battle Armor
  1. Half (rounded up) or more of a player’s total PV must be spent on ‘Mechs (Battle/Omni/Industrial).
  2. Players may use a maximum of 2 of any particular Unit Chassis. ‘Mech variants may not be duplicated, but non-‘Mech units may have 2 of the same variant.
  3. Players may include one Unique unit in their army. Trailer units must be deployed attached to a unit with HTC special ability.
  4. Maximum combined JMPS__ value: 2 – either 2 units with JMPS1, or 1 unit with JMPS2.
  5. Maximum combined ART__ value: 2 – either 2 units with ART__1, or 1 unit with ART__2. Any unit(s) with the ART__ special may not have a skill of less than 4.
  6. Units with the following Special Abilities may not be used: DRO, RBT, SDCS, LAM, BIM
  7. SPAs and Formation rules will not be used.