A Classic Battletech Revisit
David, Ziggy and I got together for a refresher game of traditional Battletech on Saturday afternoon. It had been at least a year since the last time we played that version. There's something about the "crunchiness" of the game that scratches a particular gaming itch. I pulled six similar point-valued mechs from my collection and we randomly drew our mechs for the game, which was the always maligned three-player free-for-all. They usually turn into a 2 v 1 but somehow this time we managed to avoid that. I drew a Wolverine, David got an Executioner and Ziggy got the white PPC-armed Catapult. Initially, David and I chased each other around a bit, initiative being king in this scenario. We were both very hesitant to engage Zig's pair of death rays. David ended up skirting around Z's left side and Zig pursued. I had backed off after being smacked and heating up a bit much. At one point we did back Z into a corner but it wouldn't last and David took advantage of t...
