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Battletech lore is so lowkey.

It's not over the top beyond the fact that the setting runs on giant, bipedal* robots being the kings/queens/regents of warfare.

And also, in three or four eras, giant warships can orbitally bombard any ground combat which bores the operator.

And in one era cyborgs are literally trying to destroy anyone not aligned with them.

The rest of it is Game of Thrones in space where great knights wield legendary BattleMechs instead of legendary swords and the sexual/gender stuff is turned down to, like, a 1 of 10.

There's pseudo-China and pseudo-Russia and pseudo-United States and pseudo-Scandinavia and pseudo Catholic Church and pseudo-Japan, and a number of other cultures viewed through the lens of 1000 years of history and late twentieth century American board game writers and then again through early twenty-first century American board game writers, so there is a diversity of cultures.

I mean, sure Adian Pryde took down a company of ComStar 'mechs on Tukayyid, and Tukayyid was a heroic struggle of the untested Com Guards against the elite units of the Clans, and Victor Davion-Steiner might have used a katana to decapitate the last** of the Smoke Jaguar Khans, and there is that one Marauder 'mech which is a 4th dimensional projection of a being that lives in hyperspace trapped in our lower planes.

But mostly, it's not that over the top.

Does Battletech has lore as unhinged as 40k or did you mean it as just tabletop wargame?

I am already looking for fandom migration and Battletech doesn't sound bad but what captivated me about 40k is eclecticism and everything being over the top so

Battletech is a story about feudalism and bands of knights riding their steeds to victory against impossible odds. It's a story about the decay of technology after constant warfare. It's a story about racism and how extremism twists even the most righteous ideals into something wicked. It's a story about the Bell Telephone Company becoming a religion in order to preserve communications technology, and the schism of that religion causing every star to bleed. You also get super cool robots. And it's way cheaper than 40k.

I wouldn't say it's as over the top, but if you want to get into the lore, try reading the Blood of Kerensky series and see if you like that.

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Every dog with Republican owners today.

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New Looney Tunes Crew done did it again

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if you told vin diesel fast and the furious you were gay he'd be like "Some people like driving stick…some people like driving automatic…what matters is you cross the finish line.." and then he'd rev up a dodge challenger and drive through a building and kill 16 people

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How it started Vs How it's going

X-Men: The Animated Series

X-Men '97

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@nathanwpyle

I literally love this.

I couldn't stop laughing for 20 minutes.

No joke.

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day 1534

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#37 felonies #in a row