The Chatterweb: A BattleTech Podcast

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For our February episode, we're discussing the new BattleMech Lance Packs from Catalyst Game Labs, Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Grey Death Legion, and Ghost Dogs. Our middle segment cues with dim lights, dirty jazz music, and sultry tones as we discuss BattleTech's first romance novel: Hungry like the Wolf. We're diving into the story narrative and the book'...

AN EVENING WITH BRYAN YOUNG Buckle your seatbelts folks, because this episode is packed full of goodies. It's also a long one, so hit pause now, run to the potty, refill your drink, grab some snacks, and then settle in your favorite chair.

This month the Chatterweb Podcast is joined by BattleTech author and writer extraordinaire Bryan Young, talking about general geek stuff and his latest novel Voidbreaker, dropping TODAY!

Happy New Year MechWarriors!

We're closing out 2024 with a bang! Arbitration kicks off with a Year in Review before moving onto what we can hopefully expect to see in 2025. We'll dive into the depths of the recently released Hotspots: Hinterlands sourcebook and the ridiculously awesome MechWarrior 5: Clans.

If you can pardon our tears we'd like to thank every one of our listeners for joining us in 2024. We wish you all a hap...

"Hey all, it's Knightmare, your friendly neighborhood producer of the Chatterweb. I'm interrupting our regularly scheduled podcast introduction to take a quick moment and apologize for the lateness of October's episode. For those of you who don't know, I, like many others living along the Gulf Coast and in North Carolina, lost their homes to Hurricane Helene. Thankfully, myself and my family are safe, but the damage sustained from ...

GenCon 2024 is now and it's time for the Chatterweb's second GenCon episode!

Arbitration and the Chatterweb are bringing your last word in BattleTech. For Episode #2 of GenCon 2024 we're covering all the topics we completely forgot to cover in our first episode due to distractions, general fanboying, and the sheer number of awesome things to cover. Afterwards, Mrs Arbiter will drop a little GenCon and Dungeons & Dragons hist...

GenCon 2024 is now and it's time for the Chatterweb's first GenCon episode!

Arbitration and the Chatterweb is bringing your last word in BattleTech. For Episode #1 of GenCon 2024 we're discussing the enormous catalog of BattleTech merchandise available at the Catalyst Games Labs's booth, as well as a number of other games that have tickled our fancy.

We'll wrap up this episode with an introduction to a new segment called: Th...

That's right folks, with GenCon right around the corner it's time for the Chatterweb's pre-game episode, and do we have a show for you!

That's right. When MrsArbiter isn't creating new colors, we'll talk about the new digital content for the BattleTech Mercenaries Kickstarter, and the new metal BattleTech miniatures from our good friends at Ironwind Metals. We also take a look at the latest MechWarrior 5: The Clans promotional ...

Before we dive into this month's show contents, we'd like to apologize for not recording an April Podcast. Mea culpa loyal listeners. We slept for four weeks, but feel recharged, renewed, and ready to bring one hell of a May show as recompense.

This month we dive into the heavily awaited, anticipated, on the verge of landing, BattleTech Mercenaries Kickstarter, including the nothing burger fiasco of the oft derided cost of shi...

A message from the man, the myth the legend: "Greetings 'Mech Fans, Duncan Fisher here, and I find myself on Terra in a place called Kansas City, where I am supposed to be interviewed by your last word in BattleTech talk.  My agent assures me there will be plenty to drink, and plenty of women to keep me company." That's right, we have the incredible George Ledoux on the show.

As if Mr. Ledoux wasn't enough, BattleTech was a sma...

"Fuzzy Bunnies Forever!"

Catalyst Game Labs is getting ready for Adepticon, one of the largest gaming conventions in North America, but that doesn't mean we're lacking in BattleTech news!  This month we saw three (3) brand new pieces of BattleTech fiction released, a new DLC for MechWarrior 5 is coming (re: Smoke Jaguars), and Big Red's Epic is truly stunning in scope.

As great as this month's releases have been, we have some...

Can you believe it? We're going to hit this month's release on target. It must be a New Year! We're kicking off 2024 with a great episode brought to you by chud rage and online antics. On January 24th Catalyst Game Labs released what is arguably the most vanilla and least offensive community standards post in the history of online community moderation. Unfortunately, some really sad, angry, and very hurt folks couldn't finish the p...

New Year, same old problems (no thanks to Knightmare). First off, a very belated Merry 'MechMas from Arbitration Studios to everyone.  For this shortened end of year podcast we celebrate BattleTech news from Pax Unplugged, the release of Shrapnel Issue volume 15, and JP hurting himself while self-promoting. We also took a moment speaking with with the Valhalla Club Podcast. If you haven't heard of them, be sure to check them out!

We're coming in close to the deadline with October 2023's episode, but we've made it (no thanks to Knightmare). There's a lot to unpack in this episode, beginning with Paradox Interactive's release of Harebrained Schemes just five years after acquiring the studio. We'll dive into this stunning news and what it could mean for BattleTech. Then, we'll preview the BattleTech Universe book, the new Camospace Digital Magazine, as well as...

September might be over, but this episode is brand new. BattleTech tabletop news is a bit sparse, but won't stop JPArbiter from shamelessly self promoting his latest Shrapnel short. Join us as we take a little stroll through MechWarrior 5's Dragon's Gambit and The Clans, before we talk about some of the other games we' would'd like to see, and the difficulties translating the BattleTech universe to different electronic forms.

Be...

Arbitration returns to GenCon, our story doesn't revolve around BattleTech, but Disney.  In this episode we're giving you all of the facts we've been able to find that overwhelmed the convention. We'll regale you with tales of larceny, injuries, poor planning, scalping, and a missing palette jack. Truly, this was a GenCon unlike any other.

Then, it's on to the Chatterweb News Desk where we'll talk disrespect for the desert heat,...

We lost track of the clock, but we managed to get this episode in the bag before GenCon!

Speaking of GenCon. We're talking about all the cool BattleTech and other Catalyst Game Labs goodies you can expect to see at this year's convention; how to meet us, the Arbiters, at the Catalyst Game Labs booth. 

In this episode we have a quick and dirty review of the latest novellas from author Craig Reed and a look at some of the lates...

For our June Podcast on the Chatterweb we're examining BattleTech's biggest foray into the general gaming market yet: the Target Exclusive: BattleTech Essentials Box. After that we're chatting about author Craig Reed's latest novel, Elements of Treason, and then close out the section with a look at a big boy coming to MechWarrior Online.  Our middle segment tackles a closer look at various BattleTech combat vehicles and t...

The Arbiter's return a for a BattleTech Kickstarter After Action Report!  We dive into what extras got funded, and what we can expect from the who, what, when, and how for Kickstarter delivery and campaign end points. 

In our our middle segment we're discuss BattleTech's Alpha Strike Rules, and what they can bring to your BattleTech gaming experience. We'll tackle the positives and potential negatives of this increasi...

Welcome to New Beginnings

We've revamped the Arbitration Studios BattleTech Podcast to better reflect our love of of the BattleTech Game and Universe. The Chatterweb hopes to continue to be the last word in BattleTech talk every month, with new content, new features, and of course, everything BattleTech.  Join us as we dive into Catalyst Game Labs's Mercenary Kickstarter launch, our experience at Adepticon 2023, and a little ch...