# BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare

BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare is a board game for 2–6 players. It plays in 120 minutes. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 6.5 out of 10 by 1 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–6 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 120 minutes
- **Complexity:** 3.6 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1994
- **Categories:** Miniatures, Expansion for Base-game, Science Fiction, Wargame
- **Mechanics:** Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid
- **Ludoya rating:** 6.5 out of 10, from 1 reviews
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Wm. John Wheeler, L. Ross Babcock, III, Michael Mulvihill, Jim Musser, Samuel Brown Baker, Robert Cruz, Blaine Pardoe, Sharon Turner Mulvihill, L. R. "Butch" Leeper, Bryan Nystul, Jim Long, Sam Lewis, Jerry Stenson, Diane Piron-Gelman, Dale Kemper, Clare Hess, Bryan Librandi, Mike Nystul, Forest Brown, Chris Hussey, J. Andrew Keith, Boy F. Peterson, Jr., Chris Hartford, Jordan Weisman, Scott Jenkins, Michael Stackpole

**Artists:** Joel Biske, David McCoy, Larry MacDougall, John Paul Lona, Duane Loose, Steve Bryant, Mike Jackson, Jeff Laubenstein, Steve Venters, Doug Anderson, Mike Nielsen, Karl Denham, Mark Ernst, Bryan Librandi, Earl Geier, Richard Paine, James Nelson, Allen Nunis

## Expansions

- [BattleTech Technical Readout: 3050](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-technical-readout-3050)
- [BattleTech: Master Rules](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-master-rules)
- [Battleforce 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battleforce-2)
- [AeroTech 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/aerotech-2)
- [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: Technical Readout 3067](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-technical-readout-3067)
- [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 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: The Dragon Roars](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-the-dragon-roars)
- [Classic BattleTech: Map Set 7](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-map-set-7)
- [BattleTech: Twilight Of The Clans](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-twilight-of-the-clans)
- [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: Combat Operations](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-combat-operations)
- [Classic BattleTech: Handbook House Marik](https://www.ludoya.com/games/classic-battletech-handbook-house-marik)
- [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: AeroTech 2 Record Sheets](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-aerotech-2-record-sheets)
- [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)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/battletech-compendium-the-rules-of-warfare)
- [BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/battletech-compendium-the-rules-of-warfare)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/91943)

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