The BattleTech fan scene in one place.
Maps, games, tools, events and the latest posts from fan projects, gathered so you don't have to dig through a dozen Discords and subreddits to find out what's going on. Unofficial and non-commercial.
An interactive star map of the Inner Sphere showing who held which world from 2100 to 3152, with a timeline and animated borders. Planet data from Sarna.
An explorable 3D map of the Inner Sphere and the Periphery across 44 eras from 2271 to 3152, with the factions of each era and a system search.
A collection manager for your miniatures: what you own, what you have painted and what you want to bring to the table, with forces built from your collection. Made by a player for players, free, in English, Dutch and German.
A searchable catalogue of the planets and systems of the Inner Sphere, with the factories found on them. Handy when you need to look up a world quickly.
Fifteen fan-made era maps of the Inner Sphere from 2571 to 3130, with maps of wars and offensives, free to download.
An interactive map of the Inner Sphere in 3025 with a jump route planner, filters for borders and systems, and your own notes per system.
The history of the BattleTech universe told like real military history, its rulers and dynasties, with a new video every few days.
Open-source planet data and maps of the Inner Sphere in 3025, built on Sarna's planet records. No longer maintained, but the data is still there.
- Camo Specs Online (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
Painting guides for the official paint schemes of the BattleTech universe, faction by faction.
Hex maps by FederWyrm, inspired by the Scouring Sands pack and made for his campaign: a numbered series of free PDFs for A0 print, with printing advice in the posts.
A free browser editor for hex boards: paint the terrain, then export the map as PNG or PDF to print. Made for several games, BattleTech among them; no account needed.
MechWarrior 5 and modded BattleTech campaigns such as RogueTech, with tutorials and news.
A free campaign manager for groups that play every week: contracts, chained missions, live record sheets on every player's phone, repairs and the warchest. Open source.
A long-running blog about software for the tabletop game, home of an Alpha Strike card generator. Posts are rare but thorough.
The Polish BattleTech community on Discord.
A Polish portal to the Polish BattleTech scene, pointing to its forum, Discord and MegaMek, with a download page for a fan-made 'Mech.
The German-speaking Clan Wolf community, playing in MechWarrior Online's faction play and running its own campaign tools.
MechWarrior Online gameplay and live-action MechWarrior and BattleTech fan shorts.
A community hub with forums, fiction, tabletop resources and its own wiki.
- Irregulares de Cranston Snord (opens in a new tab)In SpanisharchivedNo longer updated. Listed for its history.
A Spanish blog with scenarios, battle reports and downloads. Quiet since 2011, the posts are still there.
A free web app for Classic BattleTech and Alpha Strike with a 'Mech creator, rosters and a match generator, carried on by the community.
The series "Why do we love the ...": the lore and history of single 'Mechs, plus miniature painting.
A free standalone game built on the released MechCommander 2 source code: command a 'Mech lance in real time, with fan campaigns to add. No copy of the original needed.
A Discord for match play and pick-up games of Classic BattleTech and Alpha Strike, with shared standard rules, list building criteria and quick scoring.
- MechWarrior Online (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The free-to-play online MechWarrior: team battles piloted from the cockpit, with a mechlab for your own builds.
A free, fan-made total conversion of Crysis Wars set in the BattleTech universe, multiplayer only, kept alive by its community since 2016.
A free, open-source computer version of Classic BattleTech, played against bots or friends over the network. The centre of a whole family of fan tools.
A force builder for Classic BattleTech and Alpha Strike that balances forces by BV or PV, with interactive and printable record sheets.
A persistent online campaign built on MegaMek, where players fight for a Great House, a mercenary command or a pirate band. No longer maintained.
Three small browser games with 'Mech art from MegaMek, among them a roguelike and a take on Missile Command. No longer updated since 2014.
A BattleTech convention held aboard a battleship in Fall River, Massachusetts, with its schedule, events and photos from past years.
A large overhaul mod for the BattleTech video game that brings combat, heat and 'Mech building closer to the tabletop rules. Needs your own copy of the game.
The generator behind the SVG maps of the BattleTech universe on Sarna. It runs with Node on your own machine, with options to customise the maps.
Lessons on 'Mech design, lance building, mission planning and tactics for Classic BattleTech and Alpha Strike.
One of the oldest fan communities, with forums for rules, fan fiction and custom designs. Still active.
Tabletop reviews, tutorials, battle reports and tactics, most of them BattleTech.
Free homebrew for Classic BattleTech by one player: Instant Action for quick pick-up games where agendas decide the scenario, Hextech Empires for campaigns without a game master, mercenary contracts and battle reports.
A fan group of BattleTech painters: a gallery of members' painted 'Mechs, tutorials, and a Discord to ask for advice.
A German podcast about the BattleTech universe with news, product talk and convention reports, and a short Comstar Newsflash between episodes.
- BATTLETECH (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The turn-based tactics game by Harebrained Schemes: lead a mercenary company, refit your 'Mechs between contracts and fight lance against lance.
A general, welcoming Discord for talking about BattleTech in all its forms.
- BattleTech Free Downloads (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The publisher's free downloads, including the Quick-Start rules. The place to start before buying a box.
An unofficial Japanese rules wiki for Total Warfare, covering 'Mech combat, damage, common mistakes, unit lists and formations, with a large section on the setting and its history.
The home of ModTek and the Community Asset Bundle, the groundwork most mods for the BattleTech video game are built on.
An interactive star chart of the Inner Sphere with the borders of about 45 moments between 2271 and 3152, and a search for systems.
Live streams and videos on BattleTech lore, one 'Mech at a time, plus news on the games and products.
- Camo Specs Online (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
A guide to regimental paint schemes with more than 5000 painted miniatures, sorted by faction and artist.
- Catalyst Demo Team (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The volunteer demo network of Catalyst Game Labs: find a demo or a convention programme near you, or learn to run demos yourself.
- Catalyst Game Labs (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The publisher of the tabletop game: the Tuesday Newsday news show, playtests and convention streams, for BattleTech and its other games.
- Classic BattleTech Italia (opens in a new tab)In ItalianarchivedNo longer updated. Listed for its history.
An Italian BattleTech site from 2006 with background, factions and links. Last changed in 2008.
A free computer version of BattleTech: Alpha Strike for Windows and Android, in active development, with pilots who gain abilities, get wounded and can die.
Practical tabletop videos for Classic BattleTech and Alpha Strike: what to buy, how to build a force, common mistakes.
Record sheets in the browser, printable or digital, with damage tracking and attack resolution. Players can link up over the network.
A French site for Shadowrun, Earthdawn and BattleTech. Its BattleTech section has release news, starter guides and game aids.
LEGO BattleTech 'Mechs by Kevin Hansen: Catapult, King Crab, Uziel and Ryoken, each with free PDF building instructions and a parts list.
A German news site with reading lists, a guide for newcomers and returning players, and an overview of German releases.
A turn-based BattleTech game in the browser, playable as a demo: tabletop combat rules, a look inspired by the 2018 video game, no download and no account. Desktop only for now.
A Japanese BattleTech site running since 2000, with history, rules, product lists and a bulletin board. Still updated.
- Master Unit List (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The official free database of every BattleTech unit, with a force builder, Alpha Strike cards and record sheets. No account needed.
The German BattleTech association, with local chapters, a chapter ranking and a calendar of conventions, tournaments and club weekends.
A German site with campaign ideas, rules articles and tips for Alpha Strike, with an English section as well.
- MechWarrior 5: Clans (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
A story campaign told from the Clan side: a young Smoke Jaguar star fights through the Clan Invasion, from the cockpit.
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (opens in a new tab)officialMade or licensed by the rights holders. Listed because newcomers look for it.
The MechWarrior game for one player or a co-op lance: run a mercenary company across the Inner Sphere from 3015 and fight from the cockpit.
The chat of the MegaMek, MegaMekLab and MekHQ community, where players and developers meet. Good for finding opponents and help.
How to run your own MegaMek server, with a list of public servers run by the community.
A unit designer for MegaMek that builds every unit type from support vehicles to WarShips and prints record sheets.
A campaign manager for running a mercenary command: personnel, finances, repairs and contracts. The battles are fought in MegaMek.
The home of the MechWarrior 4 community, keeping MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries running on current systems with patches and mods.
A video podcast on the mercenary units of the Inner Sphere and on the new Core Rulebook.
A complete overhaul of combat and the mechlab in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries: through-armour criticals, gyro and knockdown rules, component damage, parts and logistics. Needs the original game.
News, patch breakdowns and interviews with the people behind MechWarrior Online, MechWarrior 5 and the tabletop.
Free modular hex terrain for BattleTech by Alex Montero, made for ordinary FDM printers: baseplates, risers and toppers for a 3D table.
A fan site with articles on releases and tactics, fan-made alternate universes and the monthly Chatterweb podcast, plus round-ups of creators and news.
The yearly German BattleTech convention run by the Phoenixguard, with tournaments, chapter fights and a running campaign.
An old repository of programs, files and record sheets for the tabletop game. No longer updated, still worth a dig.
A Spanish forum for BattleTech fans, with boards for rules, news, events, MegaMek, modelling and fiction.
- Quick-Start Rules in French (opens in a new tab)In FrencharchivedNo longer updated. Listed for its history.
A French fan translation of the BattleTech Quick-Start Rules. Last updated in 2020.
The largest BattleTech subreddit: news, painted miniatures, rules questions and everything else the community shares.
Spanish short stories set in Rasalhague's fight for independence. Quiet since 2010.
A BattleTech channel with interviews, a roundtable of miniature painters and episodes on the card game.
A hex grid laid over the classic children's road play mat, by DrJay12345. An image rather than a print file, for anyone who wants to fight across the carpet of their childhood.
A turn-based BattleTech game for the browser with player versus player battles, 3025 era units and more than 30 maps. You host the server yourself; the last release dates from 2016.
The Sarna wiki's video channel: the series "Bad 'Mechs" and interviews with the people behind the games.
The community wiki for everything BattleTech, from rules and units to planets and history, with its own news page and forums.
The Discord of the Sarna wiki community, for lore questions, rules help and talk about the wiki.
Sarna's news side: monthly BattleTech round-ups, interviews and community features.
A free desktop designer for BattleMechs and other units, following the tabletop construction rules.
A Polish portal and forum for military science fiction with BattleTech at its heart, with articles, discussion and meetups.
The BattleTech section of Tabletop Battles, the wargaming site formerly known as Goonhammer: 'Mech overviews, list reviews, tactics columns and fiction, with new articles every few days.
A UK podcast that also keeps track of UK events such as the Crown Tourney, with a getting-started page and its own Discord.
Painting guides for BattleTech: the best paint schemes of each house, battle damage and single units, with the lore behind them.
A free Alpha Strike force builder with a unit database, a digital hangar and print-ready cards. No sign-in needed.
A German BattleTech forum with general discussion, news and event threads, readable without an account.
A searchable collection of unit colour schemes and palettes, for painters and artists.
Home of the WolfNet 350 Alpha Strike tournament rules and the Drafted for War format, with event write-ups from the WolfNet Radio crew.
A mod for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries with a fully unlocked mechlab, weapon upgrades, extra 'Mech variants and expanded salvage. Needs the original game.
Fresh from the projects' own sites. Every link goes straight to the source.
- Battlemechs der ilClan-Ära (opens in a new tab)MechStrategen
- Bad ’Mechs - Volkh (opens in a new tab)Sarna.net News
- BattleTech Mech Overview: Scorpion (opens in a new tab)Tabletop Battles
- Revista PERDITECNIA #4 (opens in a new tab)Punto Nadir
- BattleTechnical: Mook Mechs (opens in a new tab)Tabletop Battles
- Periphery Assault Player and Scenario Packs (opens in a new tab)Tales From The Periphery
- Die Geschichte des Golem (Aufruf) (opens in a new tab)MechForce Germany
- Umfrageauswertung (opens in a new tab)MechForce Germany
- New MechCommander Omnitech (opens in a new tab)MechCommander OmniTech
- Capital Crown Tourney resuls (opens in a new tab)Tales From The Periphery
- The New MUL (opens in a new tab)Solaris7
- Deutsche Alpha Strike Meisterschaft 2026 (opens in a new tab)MechForce Germany