So, about this game. Already known as #AvalancheCompany’s last stand. I’ll lose it so hard that the campaign will be over. :ohno: #BattleTech #AlphaStrike

My victory goals were to have 50% of my force left over after turn 15 (impossible) and to destroy all WoB forces (very hard).

Getting there! #AvalancheCompany #BattleTech #paintingMinis

Playing a round of #BattleTech #AlphaStrike to get used to the rules.

Next round in the #AvalancheCompany will be played with Alpha Strike rules, because the new CO Glitch plans to go in with the full force of AC’s enhanced company plus infantry support.

Matriarch fired a PPC into the cockpit of the enemy commander’s Marauder 2 cockpit, killing them instantly. In the same second, the enemy Marauder 2 shot her Awesome’s cockpit with a PPC, triggering an auto-ejection into the tornado.

#AvalancheCompany needs a new CO. RIP Matriarch. #BattleTech

#AvalancheCompany’s command lance and the newly commissioned assault lance are fighting on Spica. They’re defending the local government against “Stone’s Lament” while a tornado is raging.

Matriarch, #AvalancheCompany CO expresses her regret for the comrades of Fuster-Lizard, but is proud he died while kicking Blakist ass.

Glitch, the company’s XO, reports that the mission was a financial success, and the salvaged Word of Blake battlemechs will more than pay for the necessary repairs.

Tyre Fire, the Thunderbolt’s pilot, was quoted: “He should’ve punched out when his ‘mech was crippled, as I did. Fuster always had more bravado than sense.”

Fuster-Lizard, a veteran of the #AvalancheCompany, was killed today, 2073-01-26, during the battle for Tharkad city. His ‘Mech was hit in the head three times, and he died from the automatic ejection when it was destroyed. RIP Fuster-Lizard. #BattleTech

Finally; after an illness related hiatus, we’re continuing #AvalancheCompany‘s mission against the Word of Blake. #Battletech

My streak of bad luck continues. Squirt in their Battlemaster was supposed to secure the retreat of the rest of the lance. Instead they got four leg crits and then a cockpit crit from an ER PPC. 🪦 :d6: :d6:

We played two rounds of #BattleTech today before World War 2 forced us to evacuate.*

#AvalancheCompany‘s Orion was destroyed by a lucky headshot. Most of the other front line Mechs are also very damaged. It’s time to get the heck out of there, even if we won’t be paid. Damage limitation is the name of the game.

*Well, a bomb from that war.

Now Squirt‘s Griffin has been destroyed by a fluke ammo explosion. Oops. #AvalancheCompany seems to be losing. #BattleTech

Played for 89 minutes today; one round. 😅 That’s about three and a half minutes total per 'Mech, so not like we played slowly… Just too many units.

Well, now it’s one unit less, after #AvalancheCompany‘s Jenner was cored. #BattleTech

I think we’re through turn four? Such a big game really plays quite slowly. We might need to use the chess clock again. 😅

I‘m trying to lure the WoB forces into a valley, the problem is that their weapons are longer range than mine, so they could just keep their distance if they want.

I have to say, I’m really happy with most of the minis #AvalancheCompany uses being painted in a consistent scheme.

In turn two, the first shreds of armour have been peeled of, while #AvalancheCompany is trying to take an advantageous position in the mountains. #BattleTech

Long range engagement. #AvalancheCompany vs. Word of Blake. #BattleTech

Okay, so… two 'Mechs completely destroyed, one shut down and dead pilot, but I managed to get my one objective.

Doesn’t feel like a success, but financially, it barely was one for the #AvalancheCompany. #BattleTech #AAR

In today’s #BattleTech game one of #AvalancheCompany‘s Mechs was cored, so it can’t be repaired. Luckily the pilot survived only lightly injured.

It was a Wasp that I hadn’t painted yet, so I think I‘ll replace it with a different model. The Alpha Strike starter box I just bought has a nice Locust #mini. I hope AC will be able to afford that after the current mission.

It‘s going badly, so far. I only need to get one objective to mostly break even… 😅 :thisisfine:

This week‘s #BattleTech game got so large that we needed three hours yesterday for setup and need an extra table for the record sheets. 😅

#AvalancheCompany will be one of six lances fighting over some industrial complex on Luthien.