
- BGG rank
- BGG #13,049
- BGG rating
- 8.2
BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare
- 2–6 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.6/5
- 1994

Rules assistance for Renegade Legion: Leviathan – Capital Ship Briefing
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Renegade Legion: Leviathan – Capital Ship Briefing is an expansion for Renegade Legion: Leviathan released in 1989 ages 12 and up. It was designed by Jim Musser, Boy F. Peterson, Jr., Blaine Pardoe, Dale Kemper, James D. Long, Jim Brunk, and Mike Hebert and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.
Taken from back page: "The Leviathan Capital Ship Briefing is a recognition manual loaded with information about Leviathans of the Terran Overlord Government and its opponents, the Commonwealth and Renegade Legion. This technical briefing is a guide to the huge interstellar battleships that provide the mobile force to control the giant galactic empires of Renegade Legion. Full ship statistics, weaponry listings, defensive complement, power, and maneuvering information is provided. "The Leviathan Capital Ship Briefing provides information about 55 Leviathans, including Battleships, Cruisers, Frigates, and Interceptor Carriers." Expands: Renegade Legion: Leviathan
The catalogue lists Renegade Legion: Leviathan – Capital Ship Briefing for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Renegade Legion: Leviathan – Capital Ship Briefing 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.
Renegade Legion: Leviathan – Capital Ship Briefing belongs to these categories: Wargame, 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 credited designers of Renegade Legion: Leviathan – Capital Ship Briefing are: Jim Musser, Boy F. Peterson, Jr., Blaine Pardoe, Dale Kemper, James D. Long, Jim Brunk, and Mike Hebert. 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 Renegade Legion: Leviathan – Capital Ship Briefing as an expansion for Renegade Legion: Leviathan. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Renegade Legion: Leviathan to use it. Check that your edition of Renegade Legion: Leviathan is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.