1 Introduction

BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes: Chaos Campaign provides a framework for a narrative BattleTech league and events based upon BattleTech: Chaos Campaign from the Hot Spots: Hinterlands sourcebook or the BattleTech: Mercenaries box set. BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes extends the BattleTech: Chaos Campaign rules by adding DropShip customization as well as optional rules for force maintenance. These rules can be used with existing BattleTech: Chaos Campaign content and tracks.

Players take the role of a commander for an independent combined arms force. In BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes narrative tracks, commanders are searching the Outworlds Wastes region of the Periphery for LosTech and glory. Commanders can play scenarios in multiple formats, such as BattleTech and Alpha Strike. This framework can be modified to meet the goals of the organizers and players.

The original format of BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes with a logistics system more similar to BattleTech: Campaign Operations is available online at https://outworlds-wastes.jeremylt.org.

Goals

• Foster a friendly and welcoming environment
• Create personalized lore for your BattleTech forces
• Track the struggles and accomplishments of these forces
• Explore BattleTech lore, equipment, and rules

Contents

This website covers background information, player rules, organizer information, and reference material.

Players who want to start with smaller scale or event play, where each commander controls a mixed combined arms lance, should read the Event Play Force Construction rules. Players who want to start with larger scale or league play, where each commander controls a combined arms company, see the League Play Force Construction rules. The DropShip Customization rules describe how to modify your DropShip to better support their forces, and the Force Maintenance rules provide additional options for maintaining your force.

Organizers should read the Event Play and League Play sections for information on how to organize and run events and leagues. Sample tracks are available as downloads and the tracks rules include for creating and running tracks.

The reference materials include region maps, a combat vehicle primer, and a list of references.

Rulebooks

The minimal rules for BattleTech: Chaos Campaign with mercenary contracts are located in many separate rulebooks.

• Chaos Campaign

  • Mercenary Contracts: Hot Spots: Hinterlands or BattleTech: Mercenaries box set
  • ’Maintenance: Hot Spots: Hinterlands

• BattleTech

  • ’Mechs: BattleTech: Total Warfare or BattleTech: BattleMech Manual
  • Full combined arms units: BattleTech: Total Warfare
  • Battlefield Support Assets (optional): BattleTech: Mercenaries box set

• Alpha Strike

  • Alpha Strike: Commander’s Edition

Disclaimer

BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes is fan-made and based upon the official BattleTech rules from Catalyst Game Labs. See the References for a list of official Catalyst Game Labs products that BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes specifically references. BattleTech is a registered trademark of The Topps Company, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Questions and Downloads

BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes: Chaos Campaign is available online at https://outworlds-chaos.jeremylt.org. The BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes: Chaos Campaign GitHub repository is at https://github.com/Eudicods/outworlds-chaos. You can post feedback or ask questions as GitHub Issues or email outworlds-chaos@jeremylt.org.

Acknowledgments

BattleTech: Outworlds Wastes would not have been possible without hours of discussion and editing on the Colorado BattleTech Discord server or the months of gameplay and testing.

Editor: Jeremy L Thompson

Contributors: Listed in PDF

Art: Tera Arguello • bleptarts, Jared Blando, Matt Plog

Fiction: Listed in PDF

Version

This website is current as of December 19, 2024.