ScrapYard Armory

What a week.

I’ve written and deleted this post about a dozen times now.  I’m at a loss for exactly what to say.

From Adam Jury via the CBT.com forums;

The details of my business relationship at Catalyst is irrelevant to the general public, but the fact that it no longer exists isn’t. I absolutely love the games I worked on, and I think that we accomplished great things in a short time, including my graphics work [with David Stansel and Matt Heerdt] on BattleTech, such as the the Box Set, Total Warfare, TechManual, and Tactical Operations. The entire crew — from writing to art to development to the camospecs crew and everyone else — put much blood, sweat, and tears into that series of books, and all I hope for now is that everyone continues to enjoy them for what they are.

Catalyst Game Labs is moving on from this.  There has been a very healthy flow of PDF products and Randall has posted up pictures of a brand new print product, HexPacks: Lakes and Rivers.  Maps have so far been the missing link with Catalyst.  Maps for the game have only been available as FanPro branded releases.  Maps will soon be back.  The product lineup from source books, fiction, miniatures and maps will be in place and available for new comers to get in the cockpit and fire their first PPC.

From Randalls blog post;

I believe in Catalyst, I believe in the team we have, I believe we’ll over come what’s occurred and come out of this down the road stronger than ever. Most importantly I believe in the strength of BattleTech and the community, and that’s a rock I’m using personally to help move forward.

Time to move on.  This blog will follow suit.  I have a review for JTP: Dieron, two battle reports from Cold Wars 2010, and enough draft posts to feed this blog for the next two years.

One last quote from the CBT.com forums, courtesy of Razziberry;

BattleTech is what cockroaches will be playing after humans die-off.

Hell yes.  Lock and load.