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Recently Approved Submissions |
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Below are the fifty most recently approved ( ) or updated ( ) submissions on Mordel.Net. These entries are gathered from the following sections: Calendar, Downloads, Links, Products and Technical Readouts. Clicking on the entry will bring you to that entry in the appropriate section. The Date indicates the approval date of the entry, and may not always be the same day on which it was submitted.
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NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2 |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-02-10 19:54 |
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Wolf's Dragoons |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-02-10 19:54 |
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TechManual Errata |
Mordel |
Errata |
2013-02-04 15:48 |
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Divinity DIV-WOBX |
Kraken |
BattleMechs |
2013-02-04 15:33 |
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Erasmus (Divinity II) ERS-127 |
Kraken |
BattleMechs |
2013-02-04 15:33 |
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Tactical Operations Errata |
Mordel |
Errata |
2013-02-02 22:19 |
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The Kell Hounds |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-02-01 17:02 |
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Strategic Operations Errata |
Mordel |
Errata |
2013-02-01 13:00 |
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Total Warfare Errata |
Mordel |
Errata |
2013-01-31 22:20 |
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Rolling Thunder |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-23 19:15 |
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NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-23 19:11 |
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PlasTech |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-23 19:08 |
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Camo Specs |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-22 17:31 |
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The Star League |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-22 17:31 |
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Gunslinger GUN-1ERD |
Mordel |
BattleMechs |
2013-01-22 16:38 |
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Grand Dragon DRG-C |
Mordel |
BattleMechs |
2013-01-22 16:25 |
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Grand Dragon DRG-7K |
Mordel |
BattleMechs |
2013-01-22 16:25 |
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Avatar AV1-OC |
Mordel |
BattleMechs |
2013-01-22 15:24 |
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Arctic Wolf 2 |
Mordel |
BattleMechs |
2013-01-22 14:51 |
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Arctic Wolf |
Mordel |
BattleMechs |
2013-01-22 14:50 |
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Anvil ANV-5M |
Mordel |
BattleMechs |
2013-01-22 14:43 |
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Technical Readout: 3026 |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-16 15:45 |
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The Periphery |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-16 15:31 |
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Sorenson's Sabres |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-16 15:22 |
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BattleTech Reinforcements |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-16 15:19 |
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BattleTech Manual: The Rules of Warfare |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-15 15:17 |
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The Spider and the Wolf |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-15 15:07 |
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House Liao |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-14 18:34 |
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House Davion |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-14 18:33 |
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House Marik |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-14 18:32 |
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Map Set 2 (Paper) |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-13 16:18 |
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Technical Readout: 3025 |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-13 14:24 |
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Map Set 2 (Cardboard) |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-13 14:20 |
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Map Set 1 |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-13 14:07 |
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House Steiner |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-13 09:50 |
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House Kurita |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-12 19:19 |
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BattleTech Technical Blueprints (Folded) |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-12 19:16 |
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DropShips and JumpShips |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-12 09:03 |
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CityTech, 2nd Edition |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-12 09:01 |
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BattleTech, 4th Edition |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-11 12:18 |
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BattleTech, 3rd Edition (Thick Box) |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-11 12:05 |
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BattleTech, 3rd Edition (Thin Box) |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-11 10:29 |
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BattleTech, 2nd Edition |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-11 10:25 |
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Gray Death Legion |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-11 10:22 |
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Mercenary's Handbook |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-10 11:31 |
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BattleForce |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-10 11:28 |
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CityTech |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-10 11:28 |
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BattleTech Technical Blueprints (Rolled) |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-10 10:43 |
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Cranston Snord's Irregulars |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-09 20:38 |
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The Galtor Campaign |
Mordel |
Game Materials |
2013-01-09 20:32 |
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[2013-02-24 11:59] Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 2 is now available for PDF/Print Pre-Order |
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 In 2777—after ten years of savage fighting in the Periphery—General Alaksandr Kerensky and the Star League Defense Force launched the final phase in the war against Stefan Amaris, the Usurper of the Star League. For two more years, the greatest army ever forged by humankind would wage a planetby-planet war for the heart of the League itself, ultimately landing on mankind’s homeworld of Terra. [...]
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In 2777—after ten years of savage fighting in the Periphery—General Alaksandr Kerensky and the Star League Defense Force launched the final phase in the war against Stefan Amaris, the Usurper of the Star League. For two more years, the greatest army ever forged by humankind would wage a planetby-planet war for the heart of the League itself, ultimately landing on mankind’s homeworld of Terra. As the single greatest campaign ever fought in human history, Operation LIBERATION would change the fate of generations to come.
Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 2 describes the final years of the civil war that ultimately brought about the end of the first Star League. Covering the fighting that followed Kerensky’s conquest of the Rim Worlds Republic and the early stages of the Hegemony campaign to the final conclusive battles on Terra itself, this book provides a hard look at the last days of the Star League Era, and the fateful decisions that would eventually pave the way for centuries of Succession Wars to come.
Check out a free PDF preview on this book’s page.
Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 2 PDF (Buy From BattleShop)
Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 2 PDF (Buy From DriveThruRPG)
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[2013-02-07 09:32] Topps & Catalyst Announce Long-Term License Extension |
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The Topps Company and Catalyst Game Labs are pleased to announce a long-term extension for the Shadowrun and MechWarrior/BattleTech licenses. This deal facilitates Catalyst’s goals of continuing to support and grow the MechWarrior/BattleTech and Shadowrun brands and will see them continue to produce high quality role-playing games and outstanding fiction.
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The Topps Company and Catalyst Game Labs are pleased to announce a long-term extension for the Shadowrun and MechWarrior/BattleTech licenses. This deal facilitates Catalyst’s goals of continuing to support and grow the MechWarrior/BattleTech and Shadowrun brands and will see them continue to produce high quality role-playing games and outstanding fiction.
“Everyone involved at Catalyst has a decades-long love affair with these two fantastic universes,” said Randall N. Bills, Managing Developer for Catalyst Game Labs. “To work creatively with hundreds of writers and illustrators around the world, and driving the game and storylines forward remains a dream come true. In this Year of Shadowrun, that dream has reached new heights as we’re working with phenomenal industry veterans from Mike Elliot to Rob Heinsoo to Ross Watson (and a host of others) to bring Shadowrun to gaming tables in all new ways. To see that vision and dedication recognized by Topps through a license extension is incredibly gratifying.”
Catalyst Game Labs continues its full support of BattleTech through numerous, already announced book titles. Additionally, 2013 is The Year of Shadowrun, with Shadowrun Fifth Edition announced, along with Crossfire, an adventure deck-building game, Sprawl Gangers, a table-top miniatures game of gang warfare, and more.
“The folks at Catalyst have a passion and enthusiasm for these brands that is hard to match”, said Adam Levine, Topps’ Licensing Manager. “Our continued association illustrates our commitment to our most important partners as well as our renewed focus on the MechWarrior/BattleTech and Shadowrun brands.”
Catalyst Game Labs offers a variety of online sources for information, from its company website, www.catalystgamelabs.com, to its BattleTech-related websites in www.battletech.com (all things BattleTech-related) and www.bgbattletech.com (the board game), to its Shadowrun-related websites in www.shadowrun.com (all things Shadowrun-related), www.shadowrun4.com (all things Fourth Edition-related) and www.shadowruntabletop.com (all things Fifth Edition-related, as well as Crossfire, Sprawl Gangers and more).
About Catalyst Game Labs
Catalyst Game Labs is dedicated to producing high quality games and fiction that mesh sophisticated game mechanics with dynamic universes-all presented in a form that allows beginning players and long-time veterans to easily jump into our games and fiction readers to enjoy our stories even if they don’t know the games.
Catalyst Game Labs is an imprint of InMediaRes Productions, LLC, which specializes in electronic publishing of professional fiction. This allows Catalyst to participate in a synergy that melds printed gaming material and fiction with all the benefits of electronic interfaces and online communities, creating a whole-package experience for any type of player or reader. Find Catalyst Game Labs online at www.catalystgamelabs.com.
About The Topps Company, Inc.
Founded in 1938, The Topps Company is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of sports cards, entertainment products, and distinctive confectionery. Topps leading sports and entertainment products include Major League Baseball, National Football League, English Premiere League, Bundesliga, Indian Premier League, WWE, UFC, Mars Attacks, Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids and other trading cards, sticker album collections, and collectible games. The Company’s top confectionary brands include “Ring Pop,” “Push Pop,” “Baby Bottle Pop,” “Bazooka” bubble gum, “Sharkies” and “Juicy Drop Pop” products.
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[2013-01-15 15:00] Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised is available |
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MechWarriors receive all the glory; aerospace fighters are a close second; vehicles are considered the workhorses of any military; infantry are even given their day in the sun in the minds of the common citizen. But no battle could be waged, nor won, without the mammoth apparatus of support vehicles that feed the war machine of the Great Houses. [...]
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MechWarriors receive all the glory; aerospace fighters are a close second; vehicles are considered the workhorses of any military; infantry are even given their day in the sun in the minds of the common citizen. But no battle could be waged, nor won, without the mammoth apparatus of support vehicles that feed the war machine of the Great Houses. From cargo trucks to tanker airships, airborne MASH to communications satellites, armored transport rails to coastal patrol boats, hauler exoskeletons to AgroMechs, even hover and wheeled police cruisers or civilian vehicles conscripted to the military: the support vehicle is the true backbone of any military machine.
Built using the construction rules in TechManual and Tactical Operations, BattleTech Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex provides a never-before-seen look at the support vehicles behind the militaries of every faction, as well as a slice of daily life in the BattleTech® universe. This revised edition has been updated with an overview of the Jihad and Republic era, up to 3084, covering its effects on support vehicle production and various efforts to use them as weapons of war.
Check out a free PDF preview on this book’s page.
Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised Edition PDF (Buy From BattleShop)
Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised Edition PDF (Buy From DriveThruRPG)
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[2013-01-14 21:01] Experimental Tech Readout: Boondoggles is now available |
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For as long as there have been wars, mankind has been on a quest for ever more efficient means to kill. Yet even as the technologies improve, there are always missteps, unexpected—and, sometimes, unexplained—flaws in engineering that can transform a promising new weapon into a setback costing billions of credits, years of progress, and perhaps even a few lives. [...]
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For as long as there have been wars, mankind has been on a quest for ever more efficient means to kill. Yet even as the technologies improve, there are always missteps, unexpected—and, sometimes, unexplained—flaws in engineering that can transform a promising new weapon into a setback costing billions of credits, years of progress, and perhaps even a few lives.
Experimental Tech Readout: Boondoggles samples some of the most infamous failures in military experiments made by the Inner Sphere and Clan powers throughout history. Each design featured in this book demonstrates a disastrous (or merely abandoned) combination of prototype technology or engineering employed on BattleMechs, combat vehicles, and aerospace units from the Star League age to the Jihad era. Statistics and (where useful) Record Sheets are included for 14 BattleMechs, vehicles, and aerospace units presented in this book, ready to use (if possible) in advanced BattleTech games.
Check out a free PDF preview on this book’s page.
Experimental Tech Readout: Boondoggles PDF (Buy From BattleShop)
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[2013-01-14 20:59] Objective: The Clans is now available |
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Since the coming of the Clans, the military, industrial, and command complexes of the Inner Sphere have raced against the invaders—and each other—to out-produce one another in battle-worthy manpower and materiel. [...]
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Since the coming of the Clans, the military, industrial, and command complexes of the Inner Sphere have raced against the invaders—and each other—to out-produce one another in battle-worthy manpower and materiel. Factories that were smashed in the Succession Wars were reborn and revitalized, churning out ever more cutting-edge equipment, while academies expanded their curriculums and sent generations of fresh warriors into battle. At the pinnacle of the arms race, new wars erupted, first against the Clans, and then between the Great Houses and Periphery states of the Inner Sphere. In the fires of the Word of Blake Jihad, destruction reached a level not seen since the early Succession Wars…but the stricken realms persevered.
Objectives: The Clans describes the state of the major factories, training centers, and command centers of the Clans in the wake of the events described in Jihad Hot Spots: Terra. Including detailed stats on every key system, this supplement also includes basic rules to help guide players in developing BattleTech scenarios focused on defending—or attacking—these critical sites.
Objectives: The Clans is an excellent resource for running a campaign set among the Clans with Total Warfare and A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG.
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[2013-01-13 09:30] Interstellar Operations Open Beta Test: Creating A Force |
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With the holidays over and kids back into school, much less a huge weight of marketing off my shoulders with the announcements of all we’re doing with Shadowrun this year, I can get back to IO work.
As before, fore those that might have missed it , the Open Beta Test for Interstellar Operations [...]
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With the holidays over and kids back into school, much less a huge weight of marketing off my shoulders with the announcements of all we’re doing with Shadowrun this year, I can get back to IO work.
As before, fore those that might have missed it , the Open Beta Test for Interstellar Operations is underway! (Check out the first blog post surrounding this long-awaited rulebook.)
As with Creating a Force, the Force Operations may be the most anticipated part of this rulebook. And as with that other rules set, these are designed to be more open and free-form, allowing players to build any type of force they like.
Dive in: Interstellar Operations Open Beta Test: Force Creation.
Also, the two associated threads are live: Interstellar Operations Open Beta Test: Force Operations: Discussion AND Interstellar Operations Open Beta Test: Force Operations: Errata.
Enjoy…and I’m hard at work polish up the utterly massive Alternate Eras section…hope to have that one to you next…
Thanks!
Randall
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[2008-12-13 10:23] CGL Announces New Assistant Line Developers |
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 Catalyst Game Labs Announces New Assistant Line Developers: Jennifer Harding, and Ben Rome.
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Over the last two years Catalyst Game Labshas successfully re-invigorated the seminal BattleTech and Shadowrun game lines, with a host of new product releases, including eagerly awaited core rule expansions and the publication of the Origins’ Award winning Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set. This dedication will only continue as Catalyst heads into 2009, the 25th and 20th anniversaries of BattleTech and Shadowrun, respectively.
As Catalyst Game Labs begins to expand its catalog with the launches of several new properties in 2009 (including the Eclipse Phase RPG, casual games like Paparazzi! and High School Drama and more), it is well aware of the need to maintain a strong release schedule of quality books for its core lines. “Stepping up from the BattleTech Line Developer position to Managing Line Developer last year was the first step in allowing Catalyst to begin expanding,” says Randall Bills. “However, the size and scope of the BattleTech and Shadowrun game lines means that something more is needed beyond the line developer and their excellent stable of freelance writers. A dedicated assistant line developer ensures we can continue an aggressive publishing schedule of quality rulebooks, sourcebooks and so on, while we expand into other areas (other games, novel publishing, and so on).”
Jennifer Harding has accepted the post of Shadowrun Assistant Line Developer, while Ben Rome has accepted the post of BattleTech Assistant Line Developer.
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We are proud to announce that we have started a Kickstarter to bring the Word of Blake Spectral LAM's to life. They will be based on the 3D CAD designed by Stephen Huda. The project will be for all three of the Spectral LAM's and all three modes (Ground, Air, and Hybrid). See the link to the Kickstarter for more information about the project and what the rewards are for pledging money to the project. [...]
