Pardoe, Blaine
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1962- ) US journalist, business executive and author associated almost exclusively with the Battletech Wargame, which gradually expanded from its physical base into a Computer Wargame; he has written Ties for both the central BattleTech sequence, beginning with BattleTech 18: Highlander Gambit (1995), and the connected Mechwarrior sequence, beginning with Mechwarrior: Road of Honor (1999). His first title, however, was nonfiction: The BattleTech Technical Readout 3015 (1986), followed by many further manuals [very highly selected in Checklist], mostly for BattleTech but also for the Star Trek universe. [JC]
Blaine Lee Pardoe
born Newport News, Virginia: 6 November 1962
works
series
BattleTech
- BattleTech 18: Highlander Gambit (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 1995) [tie to the game: BattleTech: pb/Romas Kukalis]
- BattleTech 30: Impetus of War (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 1996) [tie to the game: BattleTech: pb/Bruce Jensen]
- BattleTech 33: Exodus Road (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 1997) [tie to the game: BattleTech: pb/Bruce Jensen]
- BattleTech: Measure of a Hero (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 2000) [tie to the game: BattleTech: pb/Doug Chaffee]
- BattleTech: Call of Duty (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 2001) [tie to the game: BattleTech: pb/Ed Cox]
- BattleTech: Operation Audacity (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 2002) [tie to the game: BattleTech: pb/Doug Chaffee]
BattleTech: Mechwarrior
- Mechwarrior: Roar of Honor (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 1999) [tie to the game: BattleTech: Mechwarrior: pb/Peter Peebles]
- Mechwarrior: By Blood Betrayed (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 1999) with Mel Odom [tie to the game: BattleTech: Mechwarrior: pb/Chris Moore]
- Mechwarrior: Dark Age: Target of Opportunity (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 2005) [tie to the game: BattleTech: Mechwarrior: pb/]
- Mechwarrior: Dark Age: Surrender Your Dreams (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 2006) [tie to the game: BattleTech: Mechwarrior: pb/]
- Mechwarrior: Dark Age: Fire at Will (New York: Penguin Books/ROC, 2007) [tie to the game: BattleTech: Mechwarrior: pb/]
nonfiction (very highly selected)
- The BattleTech Technical Readout 3015 (Chicago, Illinois: FASA Corporation, 1986) [nonfiction: BattleTech: pb/]
- Star Trek: The Next Generation First Year Sourcebook (Chicago, Illinois: FASA Corporation, 1989) [tie nonfiction: Star Trek: Star Trek: First Generation: pb/]
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