The game includes two toy switchboards for simulating the experience of giving orders to your men by telephone from within your mobile headquarters because you can only issue orders to a handful of units per turn and the switchboard helps you keep track. When you give an order you have to roll to see what the unit's response is, if they are too panicked to follow your instructions, or even if they heard you correctly! And for the units that you didnt issue orders to this turn you have to consult the cardsYou can also tell a unit to become a messenger but don't be surprised if your orders get scrambled by the game of telephone #battletech