Ring Side Report-Board Game Review of Battletech Alpha Strike Box Set

About BattleTech: Alpha Strike Box Set, from BoardGameGeek:

In Battletech: Alpha Strike, you take command of large-scale engagements, fueled by tabletop miniatures gameplay designed for the modern wargamer. Inside is everything you need to start tossing dice and moving miniatures on your game table. BattleTech is the world's greatest armored-combat game. And in Alpha Strike, you take command of large-scale engagements with tabletop-miniatures gameplay designed for the modern wargamer. Inside includes everything you need to start tossing dice and charging toward the enemy on your gaming table. The follow Battlemech Miniatures are included in this box: Fire Moth, Nova, Pouncer, Timber Wolf, Warhawk, Archer, Atlas, Blackjack, Locust, Phoenix Hawk, Warhammer, Wasp, Wraith The Wraith and Pouncer are the new releases, the rest are new poses or variants. Contents: 13 high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) miniatures 40-page rulebook 24-page fiction novella 16-page Universe Primer 13 Alpha Strike cards 13 MechWarrior cards 25 Battlefield Support cards 1 heavy-stock reference sheet 2 Punchboards of trees and game counters 9 small fold-up cardstock buildings 6 large fold-up cardstock buildings 2 six-sided dice -description from the publisher