The Mechbay
Tabletop BattleTech podcast featuring tips and tricks, lance reviews, community spotlights, interviews, and more. Whether you are brand new to the world of BattleTech or a veteran pilot looking to learn a few new tricks we promise there’s something for you. https://linktr.ee/themechbay
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 98 minutes
- Episodes
- 95
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Ep 32: Looking for Loadouts
The Mechbay does a listener request and gives their opinions on how to pick mechs when you suffer from decision paralysis. They talk Master Unit List, Random Assignment Tables, lance composition, and…
Ep 31: Exodus Roadmap 2022 to 2023
The Mechbay breaks down the Catalyst Game Labs news dump with the newest BattleTech releases, a BattleTech Alpha Strike Box, Mercenaries Lance Packs, and of course everyones favorite Kickstarter Wave…
Ep:30 Listening to Mechs Dry with Mike and Dan
The Mechbay continues their hobby motivation rollout and has Mike and Dan on from the show "Listening to Paint Dry" to talk about elevating our hobby from Battletech miniature painting to miniature a…
Ep 29: Intro to C3, 5G, and Tin Foil ECM
The Mechbay takes a look at the most controversial technology in the Inner Sphere since the invention of the Battlemech. They take a birds eye view at C3, C3i, and boosted C3 in the context of tablet…
Ep 28: Hobby Reactor Startup and Staying Motivated
The Mechbay does some hobby roundup talking about how to stay motivated when you are between deployments. They talk the new wolfhound IIC from catalyst, shilones, and a whole lot of hobby progress. K…
Ep 27: Happy Birthday MegaMek!
The Mechbay does a raid on the MegaMek homeworld and gets an exclusive interview with one of the lead developers, Hammer, on the ins and outs of MegaMek, MekHQ, and MekLab. We cover the history, day …
Ep 26: Ammunition is Information
Welcome to the Ammo Buffet! The Mechbay is here to serve you all the ammo you could ever want. We've got Cluster, Armor Piercing, Inferno and even Mag Pulse SRMs for the little MechWarriors. Pull up …
Ep 25: Uncivil War
The Mechbay goes over getting out of the Clan Invasion and into the next era, Civil War. They discuss the biggest leap in tech for BattleTech since the start of the game in the shortest time period.…
Ep 24: Year In Review and Merry Crit-MASC
The Mechbay goes over their thoughts on BattleTech for the last year. Their thoughts on IlClan, Hour of the Wolf, the last Rec Guides, and the Wave 2 Miniatures. Then they do some wish listing for wh…
Ep 23: Batchallin' on a Budget
The Mechbay goes over running low BV Clan games and making the best out of some ugly ducklings. They cover their favorite bargain omnimechs for each weight class, then discuss the lesser taken clan b…
Ep 22: Tournament Time
The Mechbay goes over their time at the Southern Assault 2021 Battletech Tournament by Fortress Miniatures. They cover their time from Day 0 with prepping for a full scale drop, how they made their l…
Ep 21: Taking Your Mech On Campaign
The Mechbay goes over the basics of running a Battletech Campaign and carrying those walking C-Bill holes from one game to the next. They cover the roles of a GM, Experience points and turning that r…
Ep 20: Ugly Mechlings of the Tabletop
The Mechbay goes over the mechs they would hate to ride into battle on the tabletop discussing what is wrong with the chassis and playstyle endemic to some classics of the Clan Invasion. They cover t…
Ep 19: Tactics Talk and Separating the Mechs from the Men
The Mechbay breaks out the chalkboard and goes over how to keep you greenhorns alive for another drop. They talk the ins-and-outs of initiative, focusing fire vs dividing and conquering, maneuvering …
Ep 18: Overheating about Alpha Strike
The Mechbay sits down and finally play their first true game of Alpha Strike. They discuss building a list from scratch, deployment and moving, and what works in the combat phase in comparison to cla…
Ep 17: It's Elemental My Dear Freebirth
The Mechbay gets out of their mechs and takes a stroll around the battlefield in everyone's favorite battle armor, the Elemental. They deep dive into the history of BattleTech's armored infantry up t…
Ep 16: Fight the Clans 101
The Mechbay brings on Brent from the On the Origin of Battlemechs to talk about life, battlemechs, and his descent into content creation but mainly to pick his brain on the basics of IS vs Clan warfa…
Ep 15: What The Faction, Clans
The Mechbay covers all of the new kids on the block in 3052, with the introduction of the Clans, FRR, and Comstar. They give a deep dive into what each faction's motivation is, what mechs and tech th…
Ep 14: Clans, Invading your Sphere!
The Mechbay gets invaded from beyond the periphery with the introduction of the Clans, remnants of the Star League. Josh and Dustin discuss the basics to Clan society and what makes them fun to talk…
Ep 13: Pimp Your Mech, Custom Creations
The Mechbay channels their inner Xzibit and talks about all of the ins-and-outs about custom mechs. They go over the design, construction, and ways to play on the tabletop with either a brand new mec…