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BattleTech: Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition

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In the BattleTech universe there remains one constant: the drums of war. And where there is war, valiant military commanders from the Great Houses, the Clans, and other interstellar nations lead the charge of hulking BattleMechs, brave infantry, and daring aerofighters to certain victory or crushing defeat on the sprawling battlefields of distant worlds. Rally your troops onward into the fray, and surge forth to triumph over the enemy.

Alpha Strike: Commander’s Edition collects into one handy volume the revised fast-play rules from the original Alpha Strike and the expanded rules from Alpha Strike Companion. Take command of large-scale engagements with tabletop-miniatures gameplay designed for the modern wargamer. Use the force-creation rules to marshal your armies, charge them into battle, and either reap the rewards of conquest or taste the bitter pill of defeat. The future of the Inner Sphere is in your hands!

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Wes C September 06, 2022 6:03 pm UTC
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Is there a record of what changes between updates? I also own the printed copy and would like to print out the changed pages as errata.
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Joshua F October 01, 2022 4:04 am UTC
https://bg.battletech.com/errata/ scroll down to Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition and download. there's a number in a circle next to each entry, that's which printing that change was made in.
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Jeremy H March 04, 2022 4:38 pm UTC
Is this playable as is? In other words, in this single volume are there stats for the Mechs (etc.) no other books necessary?
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David G April 21, 2022 9:10 pm UTC
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You need to either got to the Master Unit list online (which is free) to get the A.S. Stats or have the cards from the actual minis that you get when you buy the new ones.
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Facundo L August 26, 2021 8:06 pm UTC
What is the difference between the Alpha Strike book? and AS Commander edition? Which one should I have buy to learn to play this type of game? Thanks
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Joshua F December 22, 2021 1:32 am UTC
https://bg.battletech.com/news/exploring-alpha-strike-commanders-edition/ Is an old announcement of what was added to the Alpha Strike rulebook to make the Alpha Strike Commander's Edition. in general, AS:CE is the newer printing, and adding about half the old Companion as well. Definitely get the AS:CE and not the old AS rulebook.
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Jonathan M May 16, 2021 9:33 am UTC
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Like Trevor E, I'm curious if this is the 3rd or the 2nd printing?
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Joshua F December 22, 2021 1:33 am UTC
The PDF gets updated for free as its released.
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Gilles D January 22, 2021 5:23 am UTC
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Hi, does this version require the companion manual?
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John H January 22, 2021 5:04 pm UTC
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Depends. Do you NEED the Alpha Strike Companion manual with this book? No. You can definitely play unlimited variations of BTech to your heart's delight without it. HOWEVER... there is material ONLY found in the Alpha Strike Companion. For example Alpha Strike and Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition do not have the expanded rules for using the Void Signature System (MAS and STL).

So if you HAVE to know the rules for every exotic thing in BTech, then yeah... you'll want to grab the Alpha Strike Companion for every possible contingency. But I think people are perfectly fine without it. Only one person in my entire gaming club even uses a 'Mech with Void Signature System, and he only does it once every blue moon. 99.9% of your gaming pals should be fine with just Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition.
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Gilles D March 21, 2021 10:33 am UTC
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cheers!
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Derek L July 21, 2021 9:32 pm UTC
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STL is in the AS CE rulebook.
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Derek L July 21, 2021 9:33 pm UTC
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There is no need for the companion unless you want to manually convert units from TW to AS. And even then it involves several errata publications.
Or if you want some rarely used optional rules.
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Trevor E January 15, 2021 4:30 am UTC
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The errata page from CGL says “There have been three printing of Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition to date: 2019, 2020, and 2021. All errata here is for the first printing (2019) of Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition. All items marked with a ② were corrected in the second printing, and all items marked with ③ were corrected in the third printing.

The Full-size preview here says “corrected second printing”, is the preview old and this is really the corrected third printing? Thank you for any help, I just don’t want to buy a brand new pdf that’s already outdated and needs 10 pages of errata if it’s the second printing.
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Derek L July 21, 2021 9:41 pm UTC
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The PDFs are typically updated for free shortly before or after the errata release.
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Manuel P March 17, 2020 12:08 pm UTC
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What are the changelist for March 2020 versión?
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Samuel T July 27, 2019 2:19 am UTC
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Is the file printer-friendly? Or will it chew through my toner? Also, is this the new one?
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Josh K August 01, 2019 2:53 am UTC
This should be the new one. Commander's Edition is the new hawtness.
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