BattleTech: DropShips and JumpShips

BattleTech: DropShips and JumpShips has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.

BattleTech: DropShips and JumpShips belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Role Playing, and Hexagon Grid. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.

The credited designers of BattleTech: DropShips and JumpShips are: Clare Hess and L. Ross Babcock, III. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.

The catalogue lists BattleTech: DropShips and JumpShips as an expansion for BattleSpace: The BattleTech Game of Space Combat. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need BattleSpace: The BattleTech Game of Space Combat to use it. Check that your edition of BattleSpace: The BattleTech Game of Space Combat is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.