In 2023 a member of the Waystone community introduced me to a miniatures game called Battletech.
As I delved deeper into the game, I found myself wishing our group could tell continuous stories about the forces we had all lovingly painted. While official materials already existed for campaign-style play in Battletech, nothing quite fit my expectations for the level of crunch and versatility needed for long-term campaign play. So with help and feedback from local Battletech players, I made my own!
Inspiration for the system came from the Battletech PC game by Harebrained Schemes, Battletech’s official Campaign Operations book, and tactical games like XCOM 2: Enemy Unknown.
The Force Command Primer has been my biggest personal project to date, and has already reached thousands of Battletech players. I’m excited to continue iterating on it and hope that one day it will be a physical book that players can have with them at the table.
For now, it is an evolving digital document that can be found for free at forcecommandprimer.com.