Since I got a supporter bonus, I'll buy a Liao badge, just 'cuz I'm contrary like that.

A Kurita microbadge would be swell!

A Kurita microbadge would be swell!

I knew there were more of you moustache-twirling villains out there.

Can I make the dragon look like a dragon, or will it end up looking more like a worm? We'll see! If I can't do it justice, I'll find someone who can.

I would snap up a Kurita mb as well..... As a matter of fact I would suggest starting with the GREAT houses before the lesser states like teh Cappellens and Free Worls League

I would snap up a Kurita mb as well..... As a matter of fact I would suggest starting with the GREAT houses before the lesser states like teh Cappellens and Free Worls League

or even a Steiner iron fist.

How many of you have read the fluff up to and including Wars of Reaving?

It's kinda pertinent since Ghost Bear and Raselhague joined forces. Do we need a badge for each faction that's ever existed, such as the previously mentioned Raselhague Dominion or the Davion-Steiner merger, the Federated Commonwealth? What about factions like the Capellans, that have an old design and new? Should I do both? I'm of the opinion that one of each that's ever existed should be made for posterities sake, and let the fans dictate what's popular and what's not through their purchases. What say ye?

I probably should have just put up some polls, but what's done is done.

The problem is, House Steiner has their insignia and the Lyran Commonwealth has theirs. Both feature the iron fist you speak of, but there's a few stylistic differences, including the background emblem.

Trust me folks...I'm taking this very seriously and want to do it right, but doing it right might mean we end up with 20-30 microbadges, some with 10+ owners, and some with little to none. Do I really need to make both if the point is made that it's a Lyran/Steiner badge by displaying an iron fist?

I'd like as much feedback from the BGG Battletech fan community before I go through and make a bunch of extraneous badges.

I would buy a House Steiner microbadge. I'm not sure how I would feel about a Lyran / Steiner combo logo - while I'm a Steiner fan, I've never been particular to Lyrans.

As far as this goes, I'm talking about the classic Ghost Bear insignia - the six pointed logo with the bear's head in the center. I don't dislike the Rasalhague Dominion triangle, but I don't have the same nostalgia for it, and I don't care enough about it to buy a microbadge of it. In general, I think you'll find that most people here at BGG are not super active BattleTech players, especially if you are talking about people who play with the Jihad and post-Jihad factions. The vibe I get around here is that most people are either old players who may not play much (or at all) any more or newbies who haven't spent much time at the CBT forums (and yes, I realize the name changed) or Lords of the Battlefield.

My gut feeling is that the best recieved badges will be from the the classic, 3025 era great houses, the four "first wave" invading clans, and a few other major factions that play a big role in the fiction (ComStar, Kell Hounds, FRR, etc).



I thought the differences in logo were basically the brown fist for the Lyran Commonwealth and the blue fist for the Lyran Alliance. While I am partial to the older logo, I think the blue fist is going to be more recognizable at the small size.

The rust-colored fist on the square background is the House Steiner crest; the blue fist on the "oblongated pentagram" is the Lyran Alliance State emblem. I just meant that the House Steiner logo was more meaningful / memorable to me - it matched the House Steiner sourcebook, patches, dog tags, etc. from when I played a lot of Battletech. I think most Battletech players had a favorite house, clan, merc unit, etc.

I thought you had asked if we would prefer separate microbadges or just the one. I just gave my opinion - you're the one potentially making them and obviously you have to decide what you want to do.

My biggest concern would be visibility when shrunk to the size of a microbadge. Though FPG can print these things tiny, I don't know how much definition some of them will keep at microbadge resolution.