The Chatterweb: A BattleTech Podcast

Toto, I don't think we're in GenCon anymore...

GenCon has ended, and a tornado has whisked us back to our home in Kansas. It was quite a ride. In this episode we're talking about the upcoming BattleTech development roadmap from the Catalyst Game Labs Live Stream. After that we have a special interview. Joining us is Paul Clarkson and Jesse Kay of Focht Network and w...

Happy Anniversary! Thank you for making us the last word in BattleTech talk!

Happy Anniversary to Arbitration! For twenty years now, we've had the distinct pleasure of being your last word in BattleTech talk. And with any luck, we'll continue to do so for another twenty years! Today, on day one of GenCon, we're covering the contents of the new Battletech Box sets: t...

For Twenty Years! Your Last Word in BattleTech talk!

Recorded days before the Big Show: GenCon. For our Day Zero podcast, JP Arbiter and MrsArbiter review the last minute bits of BattleTech news and releases dropped before the convention. Then, we talk convention travel tips and tricks for the great pilgrimage every geek, nerd, dork, and dweeb must undertake at leas...

Chris Lowry is in the house!

The months of June and July are usually the still period between the spring conventions and the glory-that-is-GenCon, when rarely anything new is released and we look forward to the big show, but there was a late breaking Tuesday Newsday that kinda changed the game and we were hit with some unexpected new releases info, including details...

Information is Ammunition

Piranha Games gave us a fantastic rope-a-dope with the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Chaos Reigns DLC. We're also discussing Hot Spots: Draconis Reach, and chat about the awesome new Fire and Ice battle maps.

Our middle segment dives into Bryan Young's latest novel Ghosts of Timkovichi, and some of the stories...

Refit and Redeploy - AdeptiCon 2026

All Eyes on AdeptiCon streams! We're talking about the latest iteration of the BattleTech Starter Box, Core Box, Core Rulebook, and how they're using in new players into the ilClan Era.

Also, we're chatting up the newly coined Randall Leakverse, which brought us a new look at some speculative Aeros...

Breaking News...

We are back in the studio and beginning the 20th Anniversary of the Chatterweb Podcast and Arbitration Studios! (This episode is late because Knightmare was sick and FINALLY moving back into his Hurricane-damaged home. My bad y'all.) For this special episode, we're talking about the latest BattleTech fiction releases, including Star Crosse...

Play testing and a Spooky Season!

We recorded this episode a little later than intended, so enjoy some October in early November!

For us, October is always a goofy time for the podcast: BattleTech news is, historically, very limited. Fortunately, this year is a little different, and for this episode we're talking about the BattleTech: G...

GenCon 2025, the Gothic experience!

Well, if you saw our second GenCon 2025 episode, then you already know that GenCon is here. In our first episode (which Knightmare accidentally posted out of sequence), we're reflecting a little bit on some of our past GenCon experiences and those special times when we served as a volunteer.

After, we...

GenCon 2025 is here! DON'T WORRY, FOR WE ARE HERE!

For our second episode from GenCon 2025, we're talking all about Catalyst Game Labs's newest Kickstarter projects: My Hero Academia, Runefire, and Partha Wars. Afterwards, we're diving deep in the newest BattleTech Continuum universe, the biological nightmare that is BattleTech: Gothic.

GenCon 2025 is upon us! That means BattleTech, BattleTech, and more new BattleTech!

Welcome to the first of our GenCon 2025 episodes! Join us as we prepare for the largest tabletop gaming convention in the world! In this episode, Day Zero, we're talking about the amazing BattleTech, and other things we expect to see, do, and buy at the convention. We also drop how conv...

For the Silveroot!...

This month's Chatterweb Podcast is coming in HOT with our detailed discussion about the latest expansion for MechWarrior: The Clans, Ghost Bear: Flash Storm! We'll also talk about the surprise re-release of MechWarrior 1 and 2on XBox Game Pass.

Switching gears to our middle segment we have an overview of Big Red-40...

Cooking with MrsArbiter...

You're not going crazy or accidentally tuned to "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" with our man Guy. No, for our May 2025 episode of the Chatterweb, we're diving into MrsArbiter's BattleTech Cookbook, Chandresaker Kurita's: The Art of Food.

After receiving our fill, we'll move onto the newly released BattleTech For...

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In this month's Chatterweb Podcast we're digging into all of the news from Adepticon 2025. That means we're diving into BattleTech Aces, the new BattleTech Audiobooks, the latest BattleTech Novel, and other amazing BattleTech products headed our way.

This episode also tackles the latest ...

Darken the city, night is a wire... Steam in the subway, earth is afire...

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 t...

AN EVENING WITH BRYAN YOUNG Buckle your seatbelts folks, because this episode of the Chatterweb 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 a...

Happy New Year MechWarriors!

We're closing out Chatterweb Podcasts 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...

"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, ...

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 Arbit...