From the archives

Short pieces on fan sites and projects that shaped the community, each with a link to its copy in the Internet Archive. For the wider history, Sarna has it covered and we link there.

MekTek and the MekPaks
MekTek began in 1999 as an online community around the MechWarrior games, founded by Vince McMullin.
MekWars and MegaMekNET
MekWars turned MegaMek from a game you played with friends into a campaign you lived in.
MechWarrior: Living Legends
MechWarrior: Living Legends started in December 2006 as a free, fan-made total conversion of Crysis Wars, set in the BattleTech universe.
Solaris7, the resource site
Solaris7 went online in 1998 and grew into one of the large homes of the tabletop community.
classicbattletech.com, from fan site to official home
classicbattletech.com started as a private fan site run by Warner Doles, well known and widely used by the community.

From the archives

MekTek and the MekPaks

MekWars and MegaMekNET

MechWarrior: Living Legends

Solaris7, the resource site

classicbattletech.com, from fan site to official home