BattleTech is a military science fiction franchise that includes a board game, video games, role-playing games, collectible card games, novels, and an animated television series. In the course, we will be going over the quick version Alpha Strike game play. Learning to play, talking about some of the Great Houses and Clans in the game. You do not have to have any minis to play, basic paper mech minis will be used. But if you have minis, go ahead and bring them to battle with.