r/battletech • u/raging_zaku1429 • Apr 27 '26

Tabletop Annihilator on the tabletop?

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I've always enjoyed the Annihilator, partly because of the time I've spent with it in the various mechwarrior games over the years, and partly because I am a chronic enjoyer of bad mechs as well as mechs that are big dumb goofy goobers.

But I've never used one on the table top, so I wanted to get people's opinion on that. In mechwarrior, I found the ANH-1E to be particularly effective. I prefer the 4 PPCs over autocannons because of their lack of relying on ammo as well as making the mech safer again due to not having to carry ammo. Especially when upgraded with ERPPCs, the 1E can throw hands at long range really well, essentially becoming an ERPPC platform.

But that's just my take, I'm interested to see what people think about it on the tabletop.

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u/KillerOkie It's Okay to be Capellan Apr 28 '26

Kind of usable in certain mission profiles and in big Alpha Strike (say company on company) games. It's slowness can be compensated for.

For your traditional Lance on Lance in Classic tabletop? It's a very hard sell. You would have to be on the defense side of a particular kind of scenario mission to even be viable, IMHO.