BattleTech
Wargaming and military science fiction franchise / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the franchise. For 2018 video game, see BattleTech (video game).
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BattleTech is a wargaming and military science fiction franchise[1] launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2001, which was in turn acquired by Topps in 2003;[2] and published since 2007 by Catalyst Game Labs. The trademark is currently owned by Topps and, for video games, Microsoft Gaming; Catalyst Game Studios licenses the franchise from Topps.
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The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech (originally named Battledroids) by Jordan Weisman and L. Ross Babcock III and has since grown to include numerous expansions to the original game, several board games, role playing games, video games, a collectible card game, a series of more than 100 novels, and an animated television series.[3]