# AeroTech: The BattleTech Game of Fighter Combat

AeroTech: The BattleTech Game of Fighter Combat is a board game for 2–8 players. It plays in 120 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 7 out of 10 by 2 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–8 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 120 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1986
- **Categories:** Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Aviation / Flight
- **Mechanics:** Hexagon Grid, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Simulation, Bias
- **Ludoya rating:** 7 out of 10, from 2 reviews
- **Owned by:** 7 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 3
- **Unique players:** 2

**Designers:** L. Ross Babcock, III, Stuart Johnson, Jordan Weisman

**Artists:** Dana Andrews, James Holloway (I), Todd F. Marsh, David R. Deitrick

## Expansions

- [Classic BattleTech: Technical Readout 3025](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-technical-readout-3025)
- [BattleTech Technical Readout: 2750](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-technical-readout-2750)
- [BattleTech Manual: The Rules of Warfare](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-manual-the-rules-of-warfare)
- [BattleTech: Maximum Tech](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-maximum-tech)
- [BattleTech Technical Readout: 3057](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-technical-readout-3057)
- [BattleTech: Mercenary's Handbook 3055](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-mercenarys-handbook-3055)
- [BattleTech: Objective Raids](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-objective-raids)
- [Classic BattleTech: Map Set – Compilation 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-map-set-compilation-2)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: Federated Suns](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-federated-suns)
- [BattleTech: Shattered Sphere](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shattered-sphere)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: The Periphery](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-the-periphery)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: Lyran Alliance](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-lyran-alliance)
- [BattleTech Reinforcements: BattleMech Record Sheets 3025](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-reinforcements-battlemech-record-sheets-3025)
- [BattleTech: Hot Spots](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-hot-spots)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: Mercenaries](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-mercenaries)
- [BattleTech: Twilight Of The Clans](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-twilight-of-the-clans)
- [Classic BattleTech Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-field-manual-mercenaries-revised)
- [BattleTech Record Sheets Volume One: Light 'Mechs](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-record-sheets-volume-one-light-mechs)
- [BattleTech: Map Set 5](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-map-set-5)
- [BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Four: Assault 'Mechs](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-record-sheets-volume-four-assault-mechs)
- [BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Three: Heavy 'Mechs](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-record-sheets-volume-three-heavy-mechs)
- [BattleTech Record Sheets Volume Two: Medium 'Mechs](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-record-sheets-volume-two-medium-mechs)
- [Classic BattleTech: Mercenaries Supplemental II](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-mercenaries-supplemental-ii)
- [BattleTech: Record Sheets – 3025 & 3026](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-record-sheets-3025-and-3026)
- [BattleTech: Handbook – House Steiner](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-handbook-house-steiner)
- [BattleTech: Map Set 6](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-map-set-6)
- [Classic BattleTech Field Manual: Updates](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-field-manual-updates)
- [Classic BattleTech: FedCom Civil War](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-fedcom-civil-war)
- [BattleTech: AeroTech 2 Record Sheets](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-aerotech-2-record-sheets)
- [BattleTech: Handbook – House Davion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-handbook-house-davion)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/aerotech-the-battletech-game-of-fighter-combat)
- [AeroTech: The BattleTech Game of Fighter Combat in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/aerotech-the-battletech-game-of-fighter-combat)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8196)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-27. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._