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When I originally pitched for Technical Readout: Golden Century, I envisioned the TRO as a new launch platform to springboard exploration into one of the last and least developed BattleTech eras: the Clans’ Golden Century. Centered around the Golden Century TRO, I conceived a basic plan to create a series of small supplemental Turning Points, Spotlight Ons, and even a …

It feels great to be back in the saddle! Before I begin, first let me apologize for the delay. Between relocating to the ‘Burg, building a brewery, personal illness, and changes at CGL, I’ve been distracted from personal writing and using the interwebs for anything other than business. Hopefully with a little luck, and a whole lot of toil I’ll …

Companies can always find parts of their business in need of improvement. Maybe it’s shipping, resource management, customer service or interpersonal communication and so on. In certain instances one part of the business might do seemingly well, while another—related part of the business—doesn’t. Take project management for example. Let’s say we have a game company that does a relatively good …

In my previous article—BattleCorps, Archive Content, Game Aids and Sales—I discussed some of the many ways we could rejuvenate the BattleCorps site into a positive revenue generator using already-published product and a minimal expenditure of resources. In this article, I want to spend a little time discussing the pros and cons of discounted sales and how it could benefit BattleCorps. …

Many of my little article rants only scratch the surface of any given topic. In part, my generalized articles are written in the interest of brevity, but the generalizations are also due to the interconnectedness of the intellectual property’s many problems and opportunities. Tackling the ins and outs of a new BattleTech box set can’t happen without discussing “other” things like …

In case you weren’t sure, I’m a big fan of the subscription model for businesses that offer content and services. I’m comfortable with the subscription approach, and I think it’s one of the best ways to provide a high-quality, low-risk product to a consumer in niche-markets. Subscription business models are perfect for web-and digital-content. So much so that I often …

In my earlier article I discussed a revision of the current BattleTech Introductory Box Set, which you can read here. As a follow up, I want to discuss the potential of a BattleTech entry into the tabletop miniatures game market. Spearheaded by the Alpha Strike game rules set, this future box set would be BattleTech’s first dedicated foray into miniature …

Over the years the BattleTech forums have seen a string of fan-generated threads discussing the merits of the current Introductory Box Set. Specifically, these threads revolve around the box set’s existing components and what improvements, if any, individual fans would make to the format. These introductory box suggestions, like all opinions, vary greatly. Objectively speaking, subjective fan desires offered through …