# BattleTech tags: #game/wargame/battletech ![BattleTechCover|inlR|300](https://bg.battletech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BattleTech-Primer-Cover.jpg) BattleTech is a science-fiction “space opera”: a factional, militarized universe set in the thirty-first century, a future where humanity has spread to the stars and spawned titanic interstellar empires, each nation controlling hundreds of worlds across a region of space stretching a thousand light years and beyond. Initially published over thirty years ago as a tabletop board game, *BattleTech* has gone on to become one of the gaming industry’s most important and longest-lasting science-fiction universes. Be sure to check out the latest [BattleTech Releases](https://bg.battletech.com/books/available-now/) and the [Coming Soon](https://bg.battletech.com/books/upcoming-releases/) page for the newest BattleTech products ## Links **URL:** https://bg.battletech.com