Editing Mecha (section)

=Mecha Games=
Mecha in tabletop games are usually implemented as vehicles with fluff about arms and legs. A reskin of Steve Jackson's [[Ogre (Wargame)|Ogre]] describes it as a giant robot, but the rules are no different than when it was a giant tank. Some games have the fluff baked-in so strongly it's hard to think of their mecha as mere tanks-with-arms.

* [[Battletech]] by [[FASA]] (now by [[Catalyst Game Labs]]) , the ur-example of tabletop giant robot wargaming.
* [[Robotech]] RPG by [[Palladium Books]]. Famous for introducing the idea of MDC, hit-points used only by mecha that are different from the SDC hit-points used by people, and having handguns(!) that could switch between SDC/MDC. Palladium lost the rights to Robotech which means the license has now been handed out to two different companies starting in Summer 2019.
* [[Rifts]] also by Palladium. Okay, so Rifts is a little bit of everything, and that includes Giant Robots and Power Armor. Nearly every major setting has some kind of mecha, with certain books being shameless mecha showcases. 
* [[Mechaton]] by [[Vincent Baker]]. Build unwieldy monstrosities out of LEGO blocks, pit them against each other.
* [[Mekton]] by [[R. Talsorian]]. Absolutely <s>batshit</s> [[Awesome|awesome]] RPG that goes all the way up to Demonbane levels of crazy.
* [[Gundam Senki]] by [[T.O.Y International Inc/Aspect]]. It uses a licensed version of the [[Mekton]] Zeta system with some modifications, namely with suit stats. Released in Japan in 2000, it has not been officially translated to English and remains in limbo, however fan translations do exist.
* [[Heavy Gear]] by [[Dream Pod 9]]. They're supposed to be exosuits, but might as well be midget-mecha.
* [[Jovian Chronicles]] also by [[Dream Pod 9]]. Where Heavy Gear operates more like the anime VOTOMS, Jovian Chronicles is their attempt at Gundam (specifically Zeta Gundam). Was originally a Mekton setting.
* [[Gear Krieg]] again, by [[Dream Pod 9]]. A [[Weird Wars]] game where modular tigers and shermans with legs battle and pulp is forever.
* [[Gamma Wolves]] by [[Osprey Games]]. A post apocalyptic Earth sees "frames" of various look and make duke it out for whatever garbage they can get their smelly, irradiated hands on.    
* [[Battle Century G]] by Gimmick Man. Tabletop RPG that focuses on cinematic feel with a tension gauge, which gives everyone bonuses to offense, essentially turning the game into rocket tag as the fight goes on. 
* [[Strike Legion]] includes frames as part of its quest to be every soft science fiction cliche at once.
* [[Lancer]] by Massif Press. The sorts of mechs you make are quite bizarre in both form and function, but the setting gives a feel more in line with Titanfall.

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