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Greetings 'mecjocks, we had an idea. A daring idea and actually did something about it! In this episode we get in touch with the organisers who keep your local BattleTech scene going.

We kick off in the land down under with our good friend Darren aka Chimer_Prime. He's the organiser of Melbourne Hotspots and manh other events.

MASH THE PLAY BUTTON!

Visit the Nunawading Wargames Association

https://nwa.org.au/

Hotspots Melbourne 2026

https://nwa.org.au/hotspots-melbourne-2026-wrap-up/

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Greetings 'mecjocks! After the bombshell of a new rulebook deployment coming we thought we better jump quick and give you our gut reaction to what we're seeing on the horizon.

Enough said, HIT PLAY!

Timestamps

00:00:19 Intro

00:01:32 Starter Box

00:06:22 Core Box

00:12:07 Core book changes

00:27:57 Index

https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/blogs/news/catalyst-game-labs-battletech-refit-redeployment

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Greetings 'mecjocks, it's to get down to plastic tacks! Toy tacks! That's right 'mechjocks it's 6am saturday morning and it can mean only one thing cartoon time.

In this episode we take a stroll down memory lane and review the entire BattleTech cartoon. That show that birthed the most memed line in BattleTech history, you know the one!

Enough said, HIT PLAY!

Timestamps

00:00:19 Intro

00:04:00 Episodes 1-10 Review

00:22:20 Watching highlights

00:25:18 Episodes 11-13 Review

01:18:30 DropShip Thunder

01:21:00 Bloopers

Watch the cartoon here:

https://www.youtube.com/@HelmMemoryCore

Visit Travis at Renegade HPG

https://www.youtube.com/@RenegadeHPG

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For all those Mechjocks down under ... GOOD NEWS! Hotspots Melbourne is back and bigger than ever.

https://nwa.org.au/event/hot-spots-melbourne-2026/

This alpha strike casual narrative campaign tournament looks amazing and previous years people have had a whale of a time!

So book your slot now and get planning!

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Greetings and welcome back 'mecjocks! In this episode Jason Hansa invited us to review his book A Skulk of Foxes and we were only too eager to oblige!

For ease we have included a spoiler free section, with plenty of warnings before we hit the book.

So check those chapter times and enjoy!

Enough said, HIT PLAY!

Timestamps

00:00:19 Intro

00:02:45 Spoiler Free Review

00:10:55 Spoiler Review

02:30:49 DropShip Thunder

02:33:37 Bloopers

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For ease we have included a spoiler free section, with plenty of warnings for when we hit the book.

So check those chapter times and enjoy!

Enough said, HIT PLAY!

Timestamps

00:00:30 Intro

00:01:25 Guest Intro

00:03:00 New Years Resolutions

00:07:45 Admin Board

00:08:20 Mystery ‘Mech

00:11:54 Games Played

00:24:00 Spoiler Free

00:24:07 Book Blurb

00:25:26 Homework Reading

00:37:39 Spoiler Free Section Ends

00:37:52 Book Review with Spoilers

02:52:09 Favourite Scenes

02:56:09 Song Choices

03:03:12 DropSHip Thunder

03:06:04 Outtakes

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OR

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Timestamps

00:08 Welcome Back

01:51 Announcements

04:25 Book review

02:18:14 DropShip Thunder

02:21:04 Extra bits and bloopers

Buy the Book:

https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-without-question-by-bryan-young

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Timestamps

00:30 Welcome Back

01:28 Announcements

02:07 Hobby News

06:00 Beautiful 'Mechs

53:38 DropShip Thunder

56:28 Extra bits and bloopers

Links

Interactive Sheet

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Read Falk's Story here

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=86457.0

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Timestamps

00:17 Welcome Back

01:12 Announcements

01:50 Battle Armour Review

1:34:23 DropShip Thunder

1:37:14 Extra bits and bloopers

Links

Interactive Sheet

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Timestamps

02:40 Welcome Back

03:40 Announcements

05:42 Hobby Progress

10:38 Top 10 Ugliest 'Mechs

52:26 DropShip Thunder

55:19 Extra bits and bloopers

Links

Tex Talks BattleTech

https://youtu.be/Fa1rfZsKfa0?si=VBj7EiTvH00l1Jct

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