Tried Alpha Strike for the first time at the local club by running it for two people who have never played any form of Battletech before. Both enjoyed the game and want to try it again and I found it so much quicker than the standard game but with the same feel which is great.
We had sixteen mechs on the table, Kell Hounds vs my own homebrew House Kurita force known as the 47 Ronin. It ended up as a win for the Hounds.