MechWarrior includes the rules and other game information necessary to role play the men and women who pilot these monsters of destruction. Lists of skills and equipment, as well as extensive rules for personal combat are provided. Also included is substantial background information on MechWarriors and their 'Mechs and on the Successor States and their endless wars. Descriptions of each major house, its leaders, major planets, and its best regular and mercenary 'Mech units provide the beginnings of endless adventures and campaigns. There are also enough facts and figures to run a mercenary unit, including extensive mission tables and: random encounter events. The information on titles and nobility - the goal of every MechWarrior - describes land holdings and, more importantly, annual revenues collected by typical holdings. The most spectacular section of MechWarrior is the 16-page full-color section illustrating some of the uniforms and equipment used by major houses and mercenary units.