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 convention goers can come and say "hi" to the Chatterweb Podcast crew (that's us!).

In our second segment, we have a short Arbitration News Desk where we chat about squirrels, seagulls, and how both critters continue to find a way to terrorize local human populations. (Honestly, squirrels and seagulls are pretty awesome, and Mother Nature continues to find interesting methods of "tagging us back.")

As Dr. Malcolm says, "Life, uh, finds a way."

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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 2 on XBox Game Pass.

Switching gears to our middle segment we have an overview of Big Red-40Tech's "Alternate Clan Invasion" video replete with our own opinions and impressions of it.

Afterwards we're onto "Things I Promised Note to Tell," where JPArbiter recounts the origin story of how Ace Darwin became a regular staple of BattleTech's Shrapnel Magazine.

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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 ForcePacks, and what you could expect from the new MechWarrior 5: The Clans Ghost Bear DLC. (If you haven't played yet, this segment should sell you on this incredible expansion.)

Then we'll move into an abridged version of Loren Coleman's statement regarding current U.S. tariffs, and the challenge this changing situation presents to the entire domestic table top game industry. We include CGL's response to the tariffs and their rationale, with analysis provided by JPArbiter's twenty-years of experience in financial services to back it up.

Finally, we'll move onto the Arbitration News Desk, where vultures and cats give us the good feels, and we uncomfortably laugh at a climber lost on Japan's Mt. Fuji.

Our Public Service Announcement of the Day: Don't drink necrosia and operate BattleMechs! Things go sideways, FAST...

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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 controversial product: BattleTech Gothic and what the BattleTech Continuum series has in store for our beloved franchise. We'll also take a moment to chat about Gothic's leak to the public at this year's Kerensky Con and how that might change CGL's approach to releasing news about new products in development in the future.

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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 the Wolf. We're diving into the story narrative and the book's wider implications.

In our segment, "Things I promised not to tell," JPArbiter tells the tale of the Shattered Rifleman before moving onto the Arbitration News Desk, where we're talking pancakes, ducks, and Pokemon snacks!

If you're in the Kansas City Area on March 21 for Planet ComicCon Kansas City, stop on by and come say "hi" to us, or better still, play in our BattleTech Grinder!

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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!

Following our awesome interview with Mr. Young, we're talking about the latest sourcebook produced by our very own Knightmare, ilKhan's Eyes Only, and the first companion novel, Trial of Birthright. After that, we'll discuss the new retail BattleTech Mercenaries box set, CGL's new Plastic Map-scale DropShips, and some unfortunate news regarding the developer of MechWarrior: The Clans, Piranha Games.

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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 happy, healthy New Year during your next "spin around the sun."

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"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 Hurricanes Helene and Milton threw a mighty big wrench in our normal production schedule, but we're back!

So, without further ado or gilding the lily, Arbitration and the Chatterweb are bringing you the last word in BattleTech."

For the Chatterweb's October episode, Arbitration is talking about new fiction, new books, new Force Packs, and BattleTech Mercenaries Kickstarter Updates. (Quick disclaimer: If you dislike game spoilers, fast forward through our next segment and go move straight to our News Desk. You were warned.) After plowing through all the awesome BattleTech newness, we move on to our in-depth review of the highly anticipated and ridiculously awesome MechWarrior 5: Clans.

Closing out this episode with the Arbitration News Desk, JPArbiter tells his origin story in, "things I promised not to tell," followed by a brief rant about raccoon cults, and wife carrying Olympics.

On a sadder note, we were devastated to learn that the Battletech community has lost another stalwart with the passing of Steven Mohan Jr. on October 23rd. Steven was a beloved author, a talented writer, and a wonderful human. May his memory be a blessing.

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