ScrapYard Armory

And I am less than impressed.

Honestly, it’s great to have a little extra exposure for the game and it is also nice that they have made each token available separately as well as in a set.

However, I just don’t think that the token set is going to prove useful for most players.  Lets take a look at what is being offered.

Core Breach Marker

Interesting, but this piece is almost useless for 95% of Battletech players.  How many people honestly use the Stackpole rule for catastrophic ‘Mech engine failure?  And even if you do play with the Stackpole rule and get it to trigger, you are going to put out this token for what?  To mark the spot where the exploding mech is until you resolve all of the damage?

If you needed a nuke token, they already have them available in their store, and they look cooler also.

Mech Destroyed – Salvage

Potentially useful if you play with ‘Mech rubble (or double-rubble Oh My!).  But I think most players don’t need to be reminded that a ‘Mech is salvaged, just ask for the record sheet.

Shutdown

Very useful.  Fits under your ‘Mech as well.  Good idea.  If only they came in different colors.

Torso Twist

We haven’t had a reaction phase for years.  And since hit locations do not depend on torso twisting, these tokens are about as useful as a set of screen doors on a submarine.

Run- Walk

Useless.  Movement dice do everything you need including jump and movement mods.  A truly unnecessary token.

To Ground – Standing Up

If you need a token to remind yourself that your ‘Mech is standing, you have other problems.  To Ground sounds like something an infantry unit would do. Maybe I never got to that section of TacOps yet.

Prone – Kneeling

Prone is useful and kneeling only if you and your players are actually using such rules from TacOps.  Ultimately confusing for someone who may not have TacOps and not realize that such a rule exists for players who must have everything.

Jump – Skid

Jump is useless as described above.  Skid is nice to have if you run lots of urban games or hovercraft or VTOLs.

What’s NOT Included

• Pilot Roll Markers?
• Target Assignment Markers?
• Pilot Unconscious?

There are a bunch more I’m sure.  Chime in with a comment if you think of any more that would be useful.

I’m not here to bash on Litko.  I think they make good products but this set misses the mark.  I am still a fan of their Custom Token Sets for all things Battletech, Aerospace, and everything in between.  You can have all of the control you really want by creating your own custom token set with the colors you want, the text you want.  You can make it work for your game rather than be forced to use a token set built for somebody else’s game.

Find out more about Litko Custom Token sets here.