# BattleTech: A Time of War – The BattleTech RPG

BattleTech: A Time of War – The BattleTech RPG is a board game for 2 players.

- **Players:** 2
- **Year published:** 2010
- **Categories:** Science Fiction, Book
- **Mechanics:** Cooperative Game, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Role Playing, Stat Check Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, Storytelling, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Paper-and-Pencil

**Artists:** Klaus Scherwinski, Liam Curtner, Neil Roberts, James Holloway (I), Matt Heerdt, Øystein Tvedten, Steve Walker, Jason Vargas, Chris Lewis, Will Nichols, Shane Hartley

**Publishers:** Catalyst Game Labs

## Expansions

- [BattleTech: Technical Readout – 3085](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-technical-readout-3085)
- [BattleTech: Tamar Rising](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-tamar-rising)
- [BattleTech: Empire Alone – An ilClan Era Sourcebook](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-empire-alone-an-ilclan-era-sourcebook)
- [BattleTech: Masters and Minions – The StarCorps Dossiers](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-masters-and-minions-the-starcorps-dossiers)
- [BattleTech: The First Succession War](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-the-first-succession-war)
- [BattleTech: Dominions Divided](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-dominions-divided)
- [BattleTech: Second Succession War](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-second-succession-war)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-1)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-2)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 3](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-3)
- [BattleTech: House Arano – The Aurigan Coalition](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-house-arano-the-aurigan-coalition)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 4](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-4)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 5](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-5)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 6](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-6)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 7](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-7)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 9](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-9)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 10](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-10)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 11](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-11)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 8](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-8)
- [BattleTech: Historical – Liberation of Terra vol 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-historical-liberation-of-terra-vol-1)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 12](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-12)
- [BattleTech: Historical – Liberation of Terra vol 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-historical-liberation-of-terra-vol-2)
- [Battletech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 13](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-13)
- [BattleTech: Handbook – Major Periphery States](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-handbook-major-periphery-states)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 16](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-16)
- [BattleTech: Era Report – 3062](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-era-report-3062)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 18](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-18)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 19](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-19)
- [Battletech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 14](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-14)
- [BattleTech: Handbook – House Kurita](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-handbook-house-kurita)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 17](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-17)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 20](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-20)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Tyrfing](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-tyrfing)
- [BattleTech: Plenty of Room in the Nebula California](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-plenty-of-room-in-the-nebula-california)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 21](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-21)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 22](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-22)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Granada](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-granada)
- [BattleTech: Clan Spaniel Sourcebook](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-clan-spaniel-sourcebook)
- [BattleTech: Field Report 2765 – CCAF](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-report-2765-ccaf)
- [BattleTech: Shrapnel Magazine – Issue 23](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shrapnel-magazine-issue-23)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Brownsville](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-brownsville)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Gulf Breeze](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-gulf-breeze)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Kerensky's Vision](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-kerenskys-vision)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Rigil Kentarus](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-rigil-kentarus)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Valencia](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-valencia)
- [BattleTech: Field Report 2765 – AFFS](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-report-2765-affs)
- [BattleTech: Field Report 2765 – DCMS](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-report-2765-dcms)
- [BattleTech: Field Report 2765 – FWLM](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-report-2765-fwlm)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Bob](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-bob)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Braunschweig](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-braunschweig)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Hall](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-hall)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Herotitus](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-herotitus)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Jardine](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-jardine)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Kandersteg](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-kandersteg)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Kaumberg](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-kaumberg)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Noisiel](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-noisiel)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Sherwood](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-sherwood)
- [BattleTech: Adventures – Ghosts of Obeedah](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-adventures-ghosts-of-obeedah)
- [BattleTech: Dossiers – Salazar Tsakalotos](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-dossiers-salazar-tsakalotos)
- [BattleTech: Field Report 2765 – LCAF](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-report-2765-lcaf)
- [BattleTech: Spotlight on Manyfold Paths](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-spotlight-on-manyfold-paths)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Benet III](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-benet-iii)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Bone Norman](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-bone-norman)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Butte Hold](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-butte-hold)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Inglesmond](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-inglesmond)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Ionus](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-ionus)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Iron Land](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-iron-land)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Lone Star](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-lone-star)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Manassas](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-manassas)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – McEvedy's Folly](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-mcevedys-folly)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Mizar](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-mizar)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Old Kentucky](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-old-kentucky)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Promised Land](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-promised-land)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Regis Roost](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-regis-roost)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Rocky](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-rocky)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Stotzing](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-stotzing)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Tortuga Prime](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-tortuga-prime)
- [BattleTech: Touring the Stars – Wynn's Roost](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-touring-the-stars-wynns-roost)
- [BattleTech: Dossiers – Jason Zaklan](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-dossiers-jason-zaklan)
- [BattleTech: Dossiers – Lamenkov's Liability](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-dossiers-lamenkovs-liability)
- [BattleTech: Dossiers – The Bounty Hunter](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-dossiers-the-bounty-hunter)
- [BattleTech: Dossiers – Youling Zhanshi](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-dossiers-youling-zhanshi)
- [BattleTech: Field Report 2765 – Periphery](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-report-2765-periphery)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-a-time-of-war-the-battletech-rpg)
- [BattleTech: A Time of War – The BattleTech RPG in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/battletech-a-time-of-war-the-battletech-rpg)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/350163)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-22. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._