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Chris Hartford
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BattleTech Writer, boardgamer, RPG-player, larper, pc & console gamer.
A spaceport battle at Dragonmeet

#Battletech
#Dragonmeet
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Reposted by Chris Hartford
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Sometimes with support, sometimes alone, a vicious green 'Mech stalks the battlefields of the Inner Sphere, searching for their next pay day...

Tales of the Bounty Hunter is a #BattleTech anthology coming November 28th!

For a price...

bit.ly/BT-Tales-Boun...

#mecha
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Woot! Released at last!

[I wrote story #6 “CHŪSHINGURA (THE TREASURY OF LOYAL RETAINERS)” about Michi Noketsuna, Declan Fraser and Jenette Rand]

#BattleTech
#TalesOfTheBountyHunter
#Mercenaries
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
September 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Gundam Assemble minis in progress (UKGE freebie loot)

#Gundam
#Minis
#NotBattleTech
July 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
BattleTech and Leviathans at UK Games Expo last week

#BattleTech
#UKGE
#Leviathans
June 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Reposted by Chris Hartford
Alpha strike at Dragonmeet

#BattleTech #AlphaStrike #Dragonmeet
April 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My Easter Weekend project was painting up my Alpha Strike box minis for Dragonmeet on Saturday.

#BattleTech #AlphaStrike #Dragonmeet
April 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Back from playing an English Folk Horror larp, Rites of Spring, on the Danish island of Livø. Think Wicker Man meets Midsommer, Witchfinder
General and Blood on Satan’s claw
All mashed together 😜

#larp #adventure #denmark
April 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Alpha strike at the Wargames Club last night -clan vs IS, 350 points per side.

(Clanners all new Catalys minis. IS all bar one - which was FASA PlasTech - Ral Partha metals from the 1980s and 90s)
March 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A nice collection at Fantasiapelit in Helsinki :)

#BattleTech #Mercenaries #Fantasiapelit
March 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
More Alpha Strike - a company of the 1st Ghost vs two lances of the Grey Death Legion plus some infantry - set on Altais in 3039, with two players to a side.
March 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“It is happening again … “ Happy Twin Peaks Day

Where is my coffee and damn fine Apple pie?

#TwinPeaks #DavidLynch #TwinPeaksDay
February 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Something I helped with last summer

“Red alert! Incoming jump detected! All hands to action stations!”

#larp #odysseus #finland

youtu.be/-6xNUyijCis?...
Among the Stars - Odysseus 2024 (Minidocumentary)
YouTube video by Odysseus Larp
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Who woulda thunk’d Forbes would cover BattleTech 🥳🦾🤖

(In the interested of transparency, I should mention I wrote a few tiny pieces of this book)

www.forbes.com/sites/robwie...

#BattleTech #EgoSurfing
Over 400 Years Of Battletech History Comes Home In One Single Book
Battletech Universe collects the future history of the Battletech setting in a single book for new and old fans alike.
www.forbes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Stoori yesterday was great fun - great people and great games. Hopefully more of the same in 2026!

#larps #helsinki

stooriorg.wordpress.com
Stoori
A festival for free form role playing games, short larps, and other kinds of shorter participatory storytelling.
stooriorg.wordpress.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Last summer I had the privilege of crewing run 3 of the Odysseus larp in Helsinki (which I played in 2019).

The attached music video of the Odysseus theme, sung by Helena Haaparanta, gives a small insight into the game

#larp #OdysseusLarp

youtu.be/tCkf9Zc2Xkw?...
Through the Stars - Odysseus 2024 (Music Video)
YouTube video by Odysseus Larp
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Familiar to all miniature painters ;)
Drink it up! It's a DORK TOWER TUESDAY! Glossy new strip up now at the Mothership:

www.dorktower.com/2025/01/21/1...

Repost/Reblog/Repaint/Repeat, 'k thanx bye!
January 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Reposted by Chris Hartford
One of the best larp photographers I have ever known, my friend and artistic collaborator Kai Simon Fredriksen has died. Many may also know him from the wise presence he brought to the documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, which is warmly recommended.

www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/yEy...
Kai Simon Fredriksen, kjent fra «Ibelin», er død
På torsdag skulle Kai Simon Fredriksen og «Ibelin»-teamet samles for å følge Oscar-nominasjonene. Nå blir det i stedet en minnestund.
www.aftenposten.no
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Nope - next time is a city fight ;)
There is, ah, not a lot of cover there.
January 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two games of Alpha Strike this evening (8 Inner Sphere vs 5 clan, and 4 is vs 2 clan) - lost both to double-6 crit rolls (unit destroyed!) 😹

#BattleTech #AlphaStrike #AylesburyWargamesClub
January 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It's here !

"How long do you think you can hold your little Star League together when everyone already wants you deposed?"

Read and find out 😜
#BattleTech #IKEO #ilClan
January 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Larping lost a great photographer this week - you’ll be missed Kai Simon Fredrikson

He took all of the below at the Redemption larp in Finland in September, and I was privileged to be photographed by him at several other larps
January 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM