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AT-43 has quite literally evolved as the self-proclaimed “Masters of Evolution” faction have arrived at Battlegrounds. The COGs are a highly mobile army with fearless robotic armoured fighting vehicles and elite squads of cloned troopers with amazing accuracy. The new 2000 point army box is ready to play right out of the box for a steal of a price and there are extra units, heroes, and attachments available, as well. Don’t forget the army book, too! Come on in and check out the COGS from Rackham for AT-43 and play in the campaign in September.

Looking to start a new army for AT-43? Good news! In a recent press release from Rackham it was revealed that AT-43 will soon feature army boxes wherein you get a 2000 point playable army with everything you need to play. The first two scheduled for release are Cogs and Red Blok and, according to Rackham, they will be available “as soon as the month of July.” You can click here to read the full article on Rackham’s site. Here is what you can expect to find in the Cogs and Red Blok army boxes:

• 1 unit of 4 Warmongers: basic super-soldiers
• 1 unit of 4 Sharpshooters: elite super-soldiers
• 1 Prowler: basic combat strider
• 1 Vandal: the most powerful Cog combat strider
• 3 heroes from the C-Naps line: C-Naps G09, C-Naps G36 and C-Naps G45
• 3 high walls
• 1 container
• Introductory Rules
• 1 Cog tactical manual
• 1 game poster
• 12 dice
• 1 Cog ruler
• 1 explosion template
• 8 game cards

• 1 unit of 12 Krasnye Soldaty: regular infantry containing three grenade launchers, two medics and an officer
• 1 unit of 8 Krasnye Soldaty: regular infantry containing one grenade launcher, two mechanics and an officer
• 6 Dragonov Kommandos: elite infantry with one sniper rifle, an electronic warfare specialist, a medic and an officer
• Odin O-1 and Manon O-2: the Red Blok’s two greatest heroes
• 1 Urod: Odin O-1’s and Manon O-2’s combat strider
• 1 Dotch Yaga: the most heavily armored combat strider to ever grace the battlefield
• 6 low walls
• 1 container
• Introductory Rules
• 1 Red Blok revolutionary forces tactical manual
• 1 game poster
• 12 dice
• 1 “Red Blok” ruler
• 1 explosion template
• 26 game cards

The Christmas holiday season is upon us and, in the spirit of the season, we’re doing a food drive at Battlegrounds during the month of December. If you bring in cans of food to any of the miniatures tournaments, each can you donate will get you a ticket to re-roll one die result you don’t like! Each die may only be re-rolled once and there is a maximum of five re-rolls per player per tournament. Once collected, the food will be dropped off at a Salvation Army food cupboard at a nearby grocery store. So come on out, help the hungry, and increase your victory odds by doing so! The following are the events where the cans-for-re-rolls will be in effect:

The King Mammoth arrived this month at Battlegrounds. Be prepared to face this awesome type 3 Karman vehicle as well as the Therians’ Baal Golgoth!

On 11-Oct-2008 we’ll be having an AT-43 tournament with a twist. Instead of our typical multi-round tournament we will be having an event in “Attack & Defend” format. At the beginning of the tournament, opponents will be paired off randomly on tables that will be deliberately set up so that the “defender” side of the table has a tactical advantage in terms of terrain and cover. Players in the defender position will score points by maintaining their position. If an attacker defeats a defender that attacker becomes the new defender at that table. Whenever a defender wins he will suffer losses due to attrition and begin the next game with an increasingly depleted army. The key to winning this tournament is to play as many games as you can!

Each player needs to arrive with a 1500 point army list which will be used for all games. No proxying of models or changing up of army lists between rounds is allowed. Players must bring a legible army list to the event that is to be shown to their opponent before each game. Players are expected to arrive with their own rulebooks, dice, measuring tape, and anything else needed to play the game.

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