BattleTech is a science-fiction space opera: a factional, militarized universe set in the thirty-first century, a future where humanity has spread to the stars and spawned titanic interstellar empires, each nation controlling hundreds of worlds across a region of space stretching a thousand light years and beyond. Initially published over thirty years ago as a tabletop board game, BattleTech has gone on to become one of the gaming industry's most important and longest-lasting science-fiction universes.Contents - Eight unpainted, ready-to-play plastic BattleMech minis (Awesome, BattleMaster, Catapult, Commando, Locust, Shadow Hawk, Thunderbolt, Wolverine), One full-color rulebook, Record Sheets, Eight double-sided, dry erase Alpha Strike Cards, Eight double-sided MechWarrior Cards, 16-page Universe Primer, 24-page novella, Two 18 x 22 Double-sided Mapsheet