BattleTech: Starter Box

Fight on the battlefields of the Inner Sphere with this all-new introductory experience for BattleTech. This box set includes everything needed to get started with the game, from ‘Mechs to map sheets to tokens and more.

Features:

• Try out the latest era of the classic universe of BattleTech.
• Includes the Hammerhead and Kontio BattleMechs.
• Play in the ilClan era right out of the box with map sheets, tokens, record sheets, and more.

The BattleTech Starter Box is one of a pair of new boxed sets released by Catalyst Game Labs in 2026, alongside the larger BattleTech Core Box and a new primary rulebook, the BattleTech Core Rulebook which was the first real BattleTech board game rules revision in over 40 years. Another notable change is that for the first time ever, the entry level box sets are not set in the late Succession Wars era of ca. 3025, but in the ilClan era of 3151 and beyond.

First copies of the two boxed sets were made available at GenCon 2026 which opened its doors on 30 July 2026.

The Starter Box builds off of the success of the Beginner Box and Essentials, but ups the ante. As a starting point for new players, it eases novice MechWarriors into the BattleTech game as smoothly as ever. But now, the reverse of each half-page record sheet offers a taste of the exciting equipment and rules that the full BattleTech game brings to your table. The box includes two fan-favorite, ilClan-era BattleMechs: the dogged Hammerhead and the brutal Kontio!

As with previous core set pairings, the Starter Box will be released alongside a more comprehensive BattleTech Core Box. This time, it is also joined by a new primary rulebook, the BattleTech Core Rulebook.

LEAP INTO THE ACTION

BattleTech is the world's greatest game of armored combat, filled with a mriyad of epic stories and gaming experiences to satisfy any player: from miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond.

The BattleTech Starter Box is the first step on that fantastic journey, and includes everything you need to get started: two high-quality miniatures, quick-start rules, a mapsheet, cards to represent your MechWarrior's unique skills, dice, and more.

Contents

• Two high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) miniatures:

Hammerhead

Kontio

• 12-page Quick-Start Rulebook
• 4-page Lore booklet
• 8 half-page, laminated Record sheets

Hammerhead

Kontio

Solitaire 3

Uziel 9S

• 2 MechWarrior Pilot Cards

Casimir

Hanna

• Punchboard tokens
• Mapsheet

Muddy Grasslands (being the same layout, but with remastered art, of Grasslands #1 from the Beginner Box)

Dessicated Badlands (being the same layout, but with remastered art, of Desert #1 from the Beginner Box)

• Two six-sided dice