Let’s Look at BattleTech Gothic!

As we close in on the release of BattleTech Gothic, we wanted to talk about the box set, Salvage Box, and the C-Scale Atlas revealed at Gen Con!

The Box Set

The BattleTech Gothic box set is PACKED with everything you need to start playing BattleTech, making this an ideal entry point for a non-traditional BattleTech collector or new person in the hobby! Here’s what’s included in this box set, for those that may be using an e-reader.

• 7 Fully Assembled Miniatures
• 1 Atlas with Build Options
• 120-page Rulebook
• 72-page Universe Primer
• 32-page Novella
• 22 Full-Color Premium Record Sheets
• 8 Pilot Cards
• 14 Alpha Strike Cards
• 5 Battlefield Support Cards
• 1 Reference Sheet
• 1 Full-Color Mapsheet
• 2 Punchboards
• 1 Laminated Poster
• 2 Six-Sided Dice

Let’s go through this loot!

The miniatures are some of the Inner Sphere’s most famous machines. You’ll find classic designs with Gothic’s signature twist. The box includes the stout UrbanMech, the blazing Firestarter, the four-legged Scorpion, the iconic Phoenix Hawk, the sniping Rifleman, the hunched Marauder, the clawed King Crab, and of course the brutal Atlas. All of these ’Mechs have designs that are reminiscent of their original look, and are easy to tell apart from each other. The Atlas is on a whole different level though!

We’ve designed several different head and bas-relief options for your Atlas! There is a set for each Great Realm, and it is easy to fit each one in place. It is even possible to paint all of the options and swap them going into every game! Each one is tailored to the culture of its Great Realm, such as the kabuto head for the Realm of the Blood Dragon and the spangenhelm of the Realm of Blood and Steel. 

Also included in the box is CGL’s first-ever decal sheet! Including icons of various sizes for each of the Great Realms, Privateers, and the Marauder States, this is a great way to customize your models and expand your Gothic forces with other ’Mech miniatures.

The rulebook included is our largest yet for a box set! It has all of the rules needed to pick up the core game of BattleTech, much like A Game of Armored Combat, but also expands on them to include rules for Abominations and unique rules found exclusively in this box set. Alongside that is the universe primer, an extensive booklet to help you explore the Human Sphere and learn how you want to interact with it! It is already available digitally here. You can dive even deeper into the universe with Herbert A. Beas II’s novella, Reclamation and Rise. There is plenty to comb through in this box set!

The included record sheets are a great way for you to pick up and start playing! They are dry-eraseable and are easily reusable with just the swipe of a terrycloth. The included pilot cards offer unique pilots for your ’Mechs, while the Alpha Strike cards enable you to take new ’Mech variants into your games of Alpha Strike! Battlefield Support cards provide easy-to-learn-and-use rules and stats to introduce Abominations into the game as well.

And we can’t forget about the gameplay pieces! Included in the box are two punchboards, chock full of ’Mech standees, terrain, and of course Abominations! You can easily use these boards to expand your games and even change the layout of the battlefield. What’s more, you also get a full-color, two-sided mapsheet. One side depicts what will likely become a city ruin once your battle starts, while the other features a true battlefield, with everything from ’Mech-sized trenches to artillery craters! And to make this all easier to use, we’ve included a heavy-stock reference sheet, similar to what you would find in A Game of Armored Combat, so you can check all of your numbers at a glance!

Phew. That was a lot, wasn’t it? We aren’t quite done yet though! Let’s move on to everyone’s favorite: SALVAGE BOXES!

Salvage Boxes

If you’ve been collecting BattleTech for a while, you know what these are, but if you haven’t I’ll give you a little explanation!

Salvage Boxes are randomized blind boxes. We have produced several themed Salvage Boxes in the past like the Clan Invasion and Battlefield Support series to name a few. We have also seen Salvage Boxes containing one specific unit, such as the Shilone or the Blood Asp. Most Salvage Boxes offer models seen in other packs (not including the specific-unit Salvage Boxes), so you can easily grab your favorite ’Mech or vehicle in those specific boxes, or you could take a chance and get a fun, new mini that you didn’t expect!

The BattleTech Gothic Salvage Boxes feature the eight BattleMechs found in the core box set. But there is a twist! With the multi-part Atlas, we had some fun and made sure that each Atlas came with just a single faction head, so rather than eight different possibilities, you can potentially find twelve different miniatures!

These are a great way to share your love of Gothic with friends and maybe even introduce them to the game. You could even use the included model and cards to have a pick-up game with random units. Or maybe you just want to add a Gothic-themed model to your collection. There are several possibilities here and they offer a fun way to expand your tabletop horizons!

The C-Scale Atlas

Now here’s the magnum opus!

When we launched the BattleTech: Mercenaries Kickstarter campaign, our production partner Liya International wanted to try something new for us. We worked with them to make something truly unique: a four-inch tall Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)! This mega-sized model, while not generally usable in games of BattleTech or Alpha Strike, was well detailed and offered a fun painting project and display piece for any BattleTech fan!

Thanks to that success, we are continuing the line with the Gothic-flavored Atlas! As it is crafted to be a similar scale to the Timber Wolf at 100 millimeters (roughly four inches), this is a fine sequel to that awesome project. You can thank Randall Bills for the fun naming on this one, as “C” is the Roman numeral for “100”.

This massive miniature includes everything to make your unique Atlas! With all five head and bas-relief options included at this large scale, you can easily pick out each and every detail. This statuette will be a miniature painter’s dream!

So there you have it: that’s everything coming for BattleTech Gothic! Team Catalyst is excited to get Gothic to you soon, especially with how loved it was at Gen Con this year!

BattleTech Gothic is a stand-alone entry in the BattleTech alternate universe series, Continuum. Continuum imagines the setting of BattleTech if some key elements were different from the core timeline of the more than forty-year-old universe. Using this series, we can all explore new and interesting takes on the Inner Sphere and beyond!

You can expect Gothic to become available on October 1, 2025, just in time for Halloween! Just don’t forget to dress up (paint) your models to play with them that day!

Meical Kingfisher