From the publisher

THE GALAXY AWAITS!
It is the dawn of the thirty-first century. You are a MechWarrior: master of a multi-ton, towering avatar of destruction that is the culmination of more than 3,000 years of battlefield technology development. A precious heirloom passed from parent to child across centuries, an unassailable mark of your station. Whether a soldier-of-fortune or a true-blue patriot, you drop into hot zones across a thousand worlds to expand the star-spanning empire of one of the noble Great Houses.

BattleTech is the world's greatest armored combat game. Inside this box you'll discover epic clashes, dynamic characters, and a myriad of gaming experiences for any type of player: miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond. 

A Game of Armored Combat includes everything you need to start tossing dice and moving miniatures on your gaming table. Do you have what it takes to plant the banner of victory and become a legend? Leap into the action and find out!

New 40th Edition A Game of Armored Combat now comes with new Ilclan variation!

New Content

4-page Ilclan Primer

1-page Ilclan Rules Sheet
8 Ilclan Record Sheets of Ilclan variants already in the box
CONTENTS

8 high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) miniatures 
56-page Rulebook
16-page Record Sheet Booklet
16-page Universe Primer
24 page fiction novella
8 Pilot Cards
heavy-stock reference sheet
Two 18" x 22" full-color paper maps (double-sided)
Punchboard of additional BattleMechs and terrain
2 dice