The Mechbay

About The Mechbay

Tabletop BattleTech podcast featuring tips and tricks, lance reviews, community spotlights, interviews, and more. Whether you are brand new to the world of BattleTech or a veteran pilot looking to learn a few new tricks we promise there’s something for you. https://linktr.ee/themechbay

Publisher

MechWarrior Josh, Denham, & Steve

Category

leisure · leisure · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Dec 2020

Latest episode

11 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 112 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Ep 109: Old Bay and Alpha Strike

   The Mechbay and special guest Dave talk about Brawl in The Bay Alpha Strike Tournament. Buy a Mechbay Shirt Here Talk with the Mechbay and other BattleTech fans on their Discord Archons Jeremy "Splash" Johnson piloting Starslayer 3CCataphract 40 piloting Nightstar NSR-9JJohn "Kill 5000 Crab-Backs" WeitzelAron "Skyfox" SergeantAndrew WeisnerJacob HassSam "DesertDream2" BurlingDanny "Kyro" Loss piloting Flashman FLS-8KWill DontaJolly Tall GuyAshpinMechwarriors Duncan RhodesBob piloting Chimera ...

2. 

   27 Aug 2026

   Ep 108: My Sword and my Shield

   The Mechbay reviews the new Battletech Core Rules for new Mech armors and Physical Weapons. Buy a Mechbay Shirt Here Talk with the Mechbay and other BattleTech fans on their Discord Archons Jeremy "Splash" Johnson piloting Starslayer 3CCataphract 40 piloting Nightstar NSR-9JJohn "Kill 5000 Crab-Backs" WeitzelAron "Skyfox" SergeantAndrew WeisnerJacob HassSam "DesertDream2" BurlingDanny "Kyro" Loss piloting Flashman FLS-8KWill DontaJolly Tall GuyAshpinMechwarriors Duncan RhodesBob piloting Chim...

3. 

   12 Aug 2026

   Ep 107: BattleTech Core Starter Box and Updated Offensive Equipment

   The Mechbay reviews the new Battletech Starter Box, the LoreScape Kickstarter, and then they deep dive into the new and updated ranged offensive options in the new BattleTech Core Book. Buy a Mechbay Shirt Here Talk with the Mechbay and other BattleTech fans on their Discord Archons Jeremy "Splash" Johnson piloting Starslayer 3CCataphract 40 piloting Nightstar NSR-9JJohn "Kill 5000 Crab-Backs" WeitzelAron "Skyfox" SergeantAndrew WeisnerJacob HassSam "DesertDream2" BurlingDanny "Kyro" Loss pil...

Inside a recent episode

Ep 104: Advanced Battle Armor Rules

Published 15 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I love how they do that. I like the the vehicles a lot except for battle armor. I know that they have battle armor in there, but the way that they distill it down into into its basic components, I think it just doesn't capture the essence of the battle armor. And it just becomes just another vehicle instead of something cool. So although I will use battlefield support vehicles a whole lot, I will never, ever, ever willingly use battle armor as a BSP ever. Yeah. I played a bunch and it suffered from a immediately out of gate. Like why would I use this? Because battle armor has to be very high in the initiative or I should say very close to the end because they have a lot more limited movement and BSPs have to move before max. […]

Who has been a guest on The Mechbay

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jeremy Johnson
• John Weitzel
• Aron Sergeant
• Andrew Weisner
• Jacob Hass

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

5,941

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

64 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

137 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

51

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

95