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Rules assistant for BattleTech: MapPack – Deserts
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BattleTech: MapPack – Deserts is an expansion for BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat released in 2021. Its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
Created using the same brilliant aesthetics of the new box sets and Grasslands and Battle of Tukayyid mapsets, these maps include a variety of terrain elements that deliver interesting battlefields for players of every skill level. Each map is 17” x 22”, paper, and may be placed side-on or edge-on with other maps for expanded battlefields.
Questions and answers
BattleTech: MapPack – Deserts belongs to these categories: Science Fiction and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are 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 catalogue lists BattleTech: MapPack – Deserts as an expansion for BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat to use it. Check that your edition of BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.