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.