Tools
Five tools, all free, all in the browser. Nothing to install and no account to make. They were built because I wanted them at my own table and they did not exist.
Everything saves to the device you are on, so a refresh mid-game will not lose your place. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Before the game
Lance Builder
The force planner built for the table rather than the wiki. Filter by faction and era, watch Battle Value and tonnage as you go, and print or export the roster when you are done.
- 620 chassis and over 3,700 variants from the Master Unit List
- Battle Value and tonnage totals as you build
- Classic and Alpha Strike
- Print sheet, CSV, clipboard, and MegaMek export
During the game · your force
Game Tracker
Heat, armour and ammo for the 'Mechs you are piloting. It keeps a full lance straight across a long game so you are not rubbing out pencil marks between turns.
- Classic and Alpha Strike
- Imports a force straight from the Lance Builder, a .mul file, or pasted text
- Keeps the screen awake while you play
- Survives a refresh
During the game · their force
OpFor Command
A weapon-aware opponent, so you can play a real game with nobody on the other side of the table. It reads the actual variant you are facing, works out the range band that 'Mech wants to fight at, and gives you movement and fire orders each turn.
- Reads the real loadout, not a generic profile
- Movement and fire orders every turn
- Classic and Alpha Strike
Across many games
Campaign Tracker
Roll a campaign of five to ten missions and run it solo. You get a company of twelve with named pilots and you pick a lance for each mission. Damage carries between missions, salvage pays for repairs and replacements, wrecks can be recovered off the field, and pilots can die. Alpha Strike.
- Persistent company roster with named pilots
- Damage, salvage and repair economy between missions
- Feeds straight into the Game Tracker and OpFor Command
Away from the table
Paint Scheme Planner
Try a faction scheme on a 'Mech before you commit paint to plastic. Canonical colours for the Houses and Clans, with the nearest matches across the common paint ranges.
- Canonical faction colours
- Matches across Citadel, Vallejo and Army Painter
- Shareable link for a scheme you like
Works at the club
Add BattleTech HQ to your home screen and any tool you have opened before will open again without a connection. On Android that is Install app in the browser menu; on iPhone it is Share, then Add to Home Screen. Open the tools you want once while you still have signal and they will be there when the venue wifi gives up halfway through a game.