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| name = BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat
 
| name = BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat
| type = [[BattleTech boxed set|Core Game Set]]
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| type = Boxed Set
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| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| productioncode = CAT3500D
 
| productioncode = CAT3500D
 
| year = 23 January 2019
 
| year = 23 January 2019
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| MSRP = $59.99
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| MSRP = 59.99
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| era = [[Succession Wars era]]
 
| era = [[Succession Wars era]]
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| series = [[BattleTech boxed set]]s
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| precededby = [[BattleTech: Beginner Box]]
 
| precededby = [[BattleTech: Beginner Box]]
| followedby = [[BattleTech: Clan Invasion]]
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==Description==
 
==Description==
The '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat''' is a physical game box containing necessary pieces, papers and material to play the general tabletop version of BattleTech.  The boxed set as a more developed introduction to BattleTech that complements the more compact [[BattleTech: Beginner Box]] boxed set (and its successor [[BattleTech Beginner Box, Second Edition]]).
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The '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat''' is a physical game box containing necessary pieces, papers and material to play the general table top version of BattleTech.  The boxed set is paired with the [[BattleTech: Beginner Box]] boxed set as the logical next step in an introduction to BattleTech.
  
 
==From the back cover==
 
==From the back cover==
{{quote|The galaxy awaits!
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{{quote|It is the dawn of the thirty-first century. You are a MechWarrior: master of a multi-ton, towering avatar of destruction that is the culmination of more than 3,000 years of battlefield technology development. A precious heirloom passed from parent to child across centuries, an unassailable mark of your station. Whether a soldier-of-fortune or a true-blue patriot, you drop into hot zones across a thousand worlds to expand the star-spanning empire of one of the noble Great Houses.
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It is the dawn of the thirty-first century. You are a MechWarrior: master of a multi-ton, towering avatar of destruction that is the culmination of more than 3,000 years of battlefield technology development. A precious heirloom passed from parent to child across centuries, an unassailable mark of your station. Whether a soldier-of-fortune or a true-blue patriot, you drop into hot zones across a thousand worlds to expand the star-spanning empire of one of the noble Great Houses.
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''Battletech'' is the world's greatest armored combat game. Inside this box you'll discover epic clashes, dynamic characters, and a myriad of gaming experiences for any type of player: miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond.
 
 
''BattleTech'' is the world's greatest armored combat game. Inside this box you'll discover epic clashes, dynamic characters, and a myriad of gaming experiences for any type of player: miniatures to RPG play, hobby painting to fiction, and beyond.
 
  
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''A Game of Armored Combat'' includes everything you need to start tossing dice and moving miniatures on your gaming table. Do you have what it takes to plant the banner of victory and become a legend? Leap into the action and find out!}}
 
''A Game of Armored Combat'' includes everything you need to start tossing dice and moving miniatures on your gaming table. Do you have what it takes to plant the banner of victory and become a legend? Leap into the action and find out!}}
  
 
==Contents==
 
==Contents==
*Eight high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) [[Miniatures - Catalyst Game Labs|miniatures]]
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*Eight unpainted, ready-to-play plastic BattleMech minis
 
*: ''[[Awesome]]''
 
*: ''[[Awesome]]''
 
*: ''[[BattleMaster]]''
 
*: ''[[BattleMaster]]''
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*: ''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
 
*: ''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
 
*: ''[[Thunderbolt]]''
 
*: ''[[Thunderbolt]]''
*: ''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]''
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*: ''[[Wolverine]]''
  
 
*One full-color rulebook
 
*One full-color rulebook
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** COM-2D ''Commando'' / COM-3A ''Commando''
 
** COM-2D ''Commando'' / COM-3A ''Commando''
 
** GRF-1N '' Griffin'' / GRF-1S ''Griffin''
 
** GRF-1N '' Griffin'' / GRF-1S ''Griffin''
** SHD-2H ''Shadow Hawk'' / [[Durant Carlyle]] ''Shadow Hawk''
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** SHD-2H ''Shadow Hawk'' / Durant Carlyle ''Shadow Hawk''
 
** WVR-6M ''Wolverine'' / WVR-6R ''Wolverine''
 
** WVR-6M ''Wolverine'' / WVR-6R ''Wolverine''
 
** CPLT-C1 ''Catapult'' / CPLT-K2 ''Catapult''
 
** CPLT-C1 ''Catapult'' / CPLT-K2 ''Catapult''
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*: [[Simon Beckner]] / [[Leutgard Wintar]]
 
*: [[Simon Beckner]] / [[Leutgard Wintar]]
 
*: [[Luna Takenaka]] / [[Kim Yaro]]
 
*: [[Luna Takenaka]] / [[Kim Yaro]]
*: [[Slavomir Kladivo]] / [[Wade FitzWarin]]
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*: [[Slavomir Kladivo]] / [[Wade Fitzwarin]]
 
*: [[Fay Fetters]] / [[Burkhardt Ganz]]
 
*: [[Fay Fetters]] / [[Burkhardt Ganz]]
*: [[John Hayes]] / [[Hafa Kaur]]
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*: [[John Heyes]] / [[Hafa Kaur]]
 
*16-page Universe Primer
 
*16-page Universe Primer
 
*24-page novella [[Eyestorm]]
 
*24-page novella [[Eyestorm]]
*Two 18″ x 22″ [[Mapsheet]]s (Double-sided)
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*Two 18″ x 22″ game- map (Double-sided)
 
** Grassland #2 / Desert #2
 
** Grassland #2 / Desert #2
 
** Grassland #3 / Desert #3
 
** Grassland #3 / Desert #3
*Two six-sided dice
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*Two D6 dice
 
 
==Foreign-Language Editions==
 
===Russian===
 
A Russian edition was published in 2020 by [[Hobby World]] as ''BattleTech: Настольная игра''.<ref> Hobby World publisher product page for [https://hobbyworld.ru/battletech-nastolnaja-igra BattleTech: Настольная игра]</ref><ref> Hobby Games retail store product page for [https://hobbygames.ru/battletech-nastolnaja-igra BattleTech: Настольная игра]</ref>
 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:BT-AGoAC Box Back.jpg|Back of Box for '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
 
 
File:BTAGoAC-Contents.jpg|'''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat''' Contents
 
File:BTAGoAC-Contents.jpg|'''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat''' Contents
 
File:BTAGoAC-Miniatures1.jpg|''[[Thunderbolt]]'', ''[[Awesome]]'', and ''[[BattleMaster]]'' plastic miniatures included in '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
 
File:BTAGoAC-Miniatures1.jpg|''[[Thunderbolt]]'', ''[[Awesome]]'', and ''[[BattleMaster]]'' plastic miniatures included in '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
 
File:BTAGoAC-Miniatures2.jpg|''[[Catapult]]'' and ''[[Shadow Hawk]]'' plastic miniatures included in '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
 
File:BTAGoAC-Miniatures2.jpg|''[[Catapult]]'' and ''[[Shadow Hawk]]'' plastic miniatures included in '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
 
File:BTAGoAC-Miniatures3.jpg|''[[Locust]]'' and ''[[Commando]]'' plastic miniatures included in '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
 
File:BTAGoAC-Miniatures3.jpg|''[[Locust]]'' and ''[[Commando]]'' plastic miniatures included in '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
File:BTAGoAC-Maps_PBs.jpg|Rendering of the maps and die-cut 'Mech & terrain tokens (all double-sided) included in the '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
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File:BTAGoAC-Maps_PBs.jpg|Rendering of the maps and die-cut 'Mech & terrain tokens (all double sided) included in the '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
File:BattleTech Настольная игра-cover.jpg|Cover of Russian edition.
 
File:BattleTech Настольная игра-contents.jpg|Contents of Russian edition.
 
</gallery>
 
===Miniatures===
 
<gallery>
 
File:A Game of Armored Combat - Awesome.jpg|''[[Awesome]]''
 
File:A Game of Armored Combat - BattleMaster.jpg|''[[BattleMaster]]''
 
File:A Game of Armored Combat - Catapult.jpg|''[[Catapult]]''
 
File:A Game of Armored Combat - Commando.jpg|''[[Commando]]''
 
File:A Game of Armored Combat - Locust.jpg|''[[Locust]]''
 
File:A Game of Armored Combat - Shadow Hawk.jpg|''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
 
File:A Game of Armored Combat - Thunderbolt.jpg|''[[Thunderbolt]]''
 
File:A Game of Armored Combat - Wolverine.jpg|''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]''
 
 
</gallery>
 
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*[[BattleTech Record Sheets: A Game of Armored Combat]]
 
*[[BattleTech Record Sheets: A Game of Armored Combat]]
  
==References==
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[[Category:Game Systems]]
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[[Category:Boxed Set]]
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Core Game Sets]]
 
[[Category:Rulebooks]]
 
[[Category:Russian Editions]]
 

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