CityTech

1986 board game

CityTech
Front cover of CityTech, 2nd edition
Designers	Jordan Weisman L. Ross Babcock III Forest Brown
Publishers	FASA Corporation
Years active	1986 to 2001
Players	2+
Setup time	5 - 30 minutes
Playing time	No exact time
Chance	Dice rolling
Age range	12+
Skills	Tactical, Arithmetic
Website	https://www.battletech.com/

CityTech is a FASA wargame first published in 1986 and set in the BattleTech fictional universe.

Gameplay

CityTech provided additional rules for simulating combat with infantry and vehicles rather than just BattleMechs, which were the focus of the original game.

Publication history

CityTech was the first official expansion to the BattleTech board game.

FASA published a second edition in 1994.

Reception

Scott Tanner reviewed CityTech in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 78.^[1] Tanner commented that "It is in City Tech that infantry come into their full potential. Standing around in open country and getting slaughtered seems to be the poor infantryman's lot until City Tech came out."^[1]

Reviews

Adventurer (Issue 7 - Feb 1987)^[2]
White Wolf #7 (1987)
Different Worlds #45
White Wolf Inphobia #57 (July, 1995)
Shadis #20 (July 1995)^[3]
Casus Belli #94^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Tanner, Scott (April–May 1987). "Infotech on Battletech". Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer (78). Diverse Talents, Incorporated: 15–16.
^ "Adventurer Magazine : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive".
^ "Shadis Magazine : Alderac Entertainment Group : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". January 1990.
^ "Casus Belli #094". 1996.