Alpha Strike

Overview

Alpha Strike is a quick play version of Battletech. Alpha Strike uses a "card" instead of a standard record sheet and is usually played using miniatures rules instead of hexes. Alpha Strike also uses its own rule book, Alpha Strike 2nd edition and Alpha Strike Companion.

Alpha Strike allows players to play a small game (lance on lance for example) to completion very quickly (in under an hour) or to play very large games (battalion on battalion) which are normally not realistically possible in classic Battletech.

Everything listed as just Battletech refers to Classic Battletech while everything that uses the Alpha Strike rules is listed as Alpha Strike Battletech.