Tales of the Black Widow Company
Tales of the Black Widow Company is a game supplement for BattleTech published by FASA in 1985.
Contents[edit]
Tales of the Black Widow Company is a supplement describing the mercenary company known as The Black Widow Company of Wolf's Dragoons.[1] Tales of the Black Widow Company details the history, organization, individual mechwarriors and BattleMechs of Natasha Kerensky and her mercenary unit; it also includes 12 short scenarios.[2]
Publication history[edit]
Tales of the Black Widow Company was written by Jordan Weisman, L. Ross Babcock III, Patrick Larkin, Richard Meyer, J. Andrew Keith, and William H. Keith, Jr., with a cover by Jim Holloway, and was published by FASA in 1985 as a 48-page book.[2]
Shannon Appelcline stated that FASA was "looking into how to market Battletech more like an RPG, with more constant releases than a normal wargame could support" and that "This new strategy started off with saddle-stitched books of wargaming scenarios such as Tales of the Black Widow's Company (1985) and The Fox's Teeth (1985)."[3]: 69
Reviews[edit]
- White Wolf #7 (1987)
References[edit]
- ^ "Tales of the Black Widow Company".
- ^ a b Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 296. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6.