# BattleTech: Battleforce

BattleTech: Battleforce is a board game for 2–20 players. It plays in 120 minutes and is meant for ages 10 and up. It plays best with 2.

- **Players:** 2–20 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 120 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 10+
- **Complexity:** 3.2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1987
- **Categories:** Science Fiction, Wargame
- **Mechanics:** Grid Movement, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Secret Unit Deployment
- **Owned by:** 3 Ludoya players

**Designers:** L. Ross Babcock, III, Cory Glaberson, Jordan Weisman

**Artists:** Dana Andrews, Todd F. Marsh, Jeff Laubenstein, Steve Venters

**Publishers:** FASA

## Expansions

- [BattleTech Technical Readout: 3050](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-technical-readout-3050)
- [Classic BattleTech: Technical Readout – 3050 Upgrade](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-technical-readout-3050-upgrade)
- [Classic BattleTech: Map Set – Compilation 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-map-set-compilation-1)
- [BattleTech: 20 Year Update](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-20-year-update)
- [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)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: Free World's League](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-free-worlds-league)
- [Classic BattleTech: Map Set – Compilation 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-map-set-compilation-2)
- [BattleTech: BattleForce – The Galtor Campaign](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-battleforce-the-galtor-campaign)
- [BattleTech: Map Set 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-map-set-2)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: Federated Suns](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-federated-suns)
- [BattleTech: Map Set 3](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-map-set-3)
- [BattleTech: Shattered Sphere](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-shattered-sphere)
- [BattleTech BattlePack: Fourth Succession War](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-battlepack-fourth-succession-war)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: The Periphery](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-the-periphery)
- [BattleTech: The Kell Hounds](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-the-kell-hounds)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: Lyran Alliance](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-lyran-alliance)
- [BattleTech: Map Set 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-map-set-1)
- [BattleTech: Hot Spots](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-hot-spots)
- [BattleTech: The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-the-fourth-succession-war-military-atlas-volume-2)
- [BattleTech: Map Set 4](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-map-set-4)
- [BattleTech: The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-the-fourth-succession-war-military-atlas-volume-1)
- [BattleTech: The Fourth Succession War Scenarios Volume One](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-the-fourth-succession-war-scenarios-volume-one)
- [Classic BattleTech: Historical – War of 3039](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-historical-war-of-3039)
- [House Steiner: The Lyran Commonwealth](https://www.ludoya.com/games/house-steiner-the-lyran-commonwealth)
- [House Davion: The Federated Suns](https://www.ludoya.com/games/house-davion-the-federated-suns)
- [BattleTech Field Manual: Mercenaries](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-field-manual-mercenaries)
- [BattleTech: The Battle for Twycross](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-the-battle-for-twycross)
- [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: Rolling Thunder](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-rolling-thunder)
- [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)
- [Classic BattleTech: Handbook House Marik](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-handbook-house-marik)
- [House Marik: The Free Worlds League](https://www.ludoya.com/games/house-marik-the-free-worlds-league)
- [BattleTech: Handbook – House Steiner](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-handbook-house-steiner)
- [BattleTech: Record Sheets – 3050](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-record-sheets-3050)
- [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)
- [Classic BattleTech: Historical – Brush Wars](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-historical-brush-wars)
- [BattleTech: Historical Turning Points – Galtor](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-historical-turning-points-galtor)
- [Classic BattleTech: Record Sheets 3067](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-record-sheets-3067)
- [BattleTech: Handbook – House Davion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-handbook-house-davion)
- [BattleTech: Twycross Battlemat](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-twycross-battlemat)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-battleforce)
- [BattleTech: Battleforce in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/battletech-battleforce)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3616)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-02. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._