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The Second Circuit: A Casual BattleTech Hangout is a chill, low-intensity chat with folks from the Focht's Network Events Team about the world's greatest way do to math on charts that makes big stompy robots shoot at each other. Also sometimes planes.
Stay tuned for new episodes every Monday morning!
Episodes
2 days ago
2 days ago
1 hr 5 min
Jesse, Extended-Range Jo, and Avalyn are revisiting an old beef due to new cards. The reporting names were always bad, come at me. When did new reporting names get added? Why are there NEW reporting names for brand new 'Mechs? Solving problems with time travel. Hey TRO 3058 was pretty great. Clan Nova Cat Nova Cat. Some cool campaign ideas coming out of Barrie. Avalyn's DeckWarrior format! Spina Khanate, but damn if I can remember it during the recording. The Hansa Handshake.
Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated.
Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing!
Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu
Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork
Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social
Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
Aug 17, 2026
Aug 17, 2026
1 hr 3 min
Jesse, Scott, and Extended-Range Jo are trying to get the core of just what makes something BattleTech. Does it need big stompy robots? If not, isn't it just anything else? A love story with 'Mechs is a BattleTech story, but what if they're in planes? Can they also be in C&C or Star Wars? This Romeo and Juliet but also Marik tankers idea has legs; or treads rather. Jesse gets hungry!...again.
Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated.
Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing!
Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu
Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork
Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social
Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
Aug 10, 2026
Aug 10, 2026
1 hr 7 min
Jesse, Scott, and Extended-Range Jo are back from GenCon 2026! We're catching you up on all the adventures, from new BattleTech products to the one-two punch of flood and tornado! We're talking events, the streaming setup, cool games, personalities, and people, Pop Darts (!?!?!?), demos, Lorescape tiles, DropShips, and more!
Check out all the live streaming we did with Catalyst Game Labs, including creator interviews, product demos, and some good old fashioned ribbing here:
https://www.youtube.com/@catalyst-game-labs
Check out the amazing and hilarious grudge match between Paul Clarkson and Jason Hansa here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gh-pdfukY8&
Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated.
Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing!
Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu
Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork
Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social
Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
Aug 3, 2026
Aug 3, 2026
1 hr 1 min
It's another fireside chat with your very loud pal Jesse Kay, as the crew is busy prepping for GenCon and Jesse has thoughts about the future of BattleTech.
Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated.
Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing!
Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu
Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork
Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social
Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
Jul 27, 2026
Jul 27, 2026
1 hr 22 min
Jesse, Scott, and Extended-Range Jo are looking at art with their eyes and describing it for your ears! Retro-futurism. Updates over time. Washer dials. Feel and nostalgia. Just some guy. Big robots, little cover space. Weight and feel. Warrior House Imarra? Camo versus parade. Minimum range. The big banner.
Take a look at the work of the artists we discuss:
Marco Mazzoni - https://www.marcommazzoni.com/
Alan Blackwell - https://www.instagram.com/ablackwe/
Eldonious Rex - https://astray3.bigcartel.com/
Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated.
Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing!
Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu
Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork
Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social
Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
Jul 19, 2026
Jul 19, 2026
1 hr 3 min
Jesse goes of on a bit of a tangent with Extended-Range Jo! We're talking everything from our convention setups, to campaigns being run. Using Aces as a teaching tool. Table and game etiquette. Competing Periphery intelligence agencies. Being open to new and exploding things. And of course it's been far too long since Jesse reminded everyone about the long suffering Federated Suns and how badly they could use a win.
Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated.
Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing!
Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu
Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork
Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social
Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
Jul 13, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
1 hr 7 min
Jesse, Scott, and Extended-Range Jo are talking about the all new BattleMech variants included in the record sheets that come with the new BattleTech Core Box! There are SIX new variants (Jesse mistakenly says seven until we figure out the thing with the Eris / Hel) covered:
- Solitaire 3
- Hollander BZK-W4
- Uziel-9S
- Mad Dog Mk IV E
- Rakshasa MDG-3D
- Mad Cat Mk II 7
You can get a close look at the new minis here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcEY7xTZ5yI
Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated.
Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing!
Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu
Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork
Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social
Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/
Jul 6, 2026
Jul 6, 2026
1 hr 10 min
Jesse, Jo, and Avalyn are talking the first major public play of Aces Legacy: A narrative organized play experience! We're talking what it was and how it worked, what went well, what we could refine, and how everyone did! We're hoping to refine this until it becomes a major event experience so come and tune in to find out how it all started! Huge thanks to the folks at Torchlight Games & Hobbies and the Southern Ontario BattleTech Society for putting on a great event where we could get everyone together to get this thing run!
Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated.
Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing!
Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu
Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork
Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social
Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/