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BattleTech.com then click on Downloads. It's not on the Boardgame site. Just the main site.

Here's the link.

http://www.battletech.com/downloads-2/

Interestingly, since there's a -2 that means they had an original downloads page that was moved/deleted and they didn't bother to change the permalinks. Funny.

Oh look at that sexy Operational Report: Lyran Alliance.

Thanks ken any news on objectives FWL?

Thanks ken any news on objectives FWL?

Not that I know of, I pushed pretty hard to get LA out, doing some formatting work to get it done. I'm sure it's still in the production cycle, though.

The (in-game) timing of the Objectives series is in such an odd spot. It's too early to have enough details on what survives for production in the Republic, but late enough that most of the Jihad actions are finished. Then you have another whole round of things that get wrecked with the whole Bloody Bicentennial attacks from Jihad: FR. It seems like the production info would have been a lot more useful to the player base to either know what the Republic managed to get along with what the Houses kept intact after all the worlds changed hand and the attacks ceased. As it stands, you get production info that is up to date and correct...but only for a couple of years. Odd design choice.

The initial plan was to compile all the 3085 production data into a print product, but that product has since slipped into development hell.  We'll have to see if it ever sees the light of day.

Sometimes that can't be helped. Still, I appreciate the series. Even without being "definitive" by the current in-game year, it's still nice to see what goes where for even the 3085 time period.

It certainly fits in with the philosophy that seems to be growing with CGL products. Shorter turn around time, smaller products, lots of little releases. I'll be curious to see if it works on the fiction side. There's been a lot references in the past that limited page count was a big problem for the ROC novels. I'm not sure how lesser page count helps address that issue.