Fortress Miniatures and Games

06/29/2026

SOUTHERN ASSAULT 2026
It took a little longer than I wanted but the site is now live to sign up for Southern Assault 2026...year 6 is going to be bigger and better than every year before.

We are still growing and learning and adding more gaming fun for you all. We have the Premier 2-day Battletech Alpha Strike Tournament starting at 132 slots and the Classic Tournament coming in at 80 slots to start. Both can expand if needed.

We are dedicating the entire Grand Ballroom to all things Battletech and will have the Board Room for Open Painting. This year we are also adding a Batteltech Miniature Painting Competition called Excalibur.

Finally, we have expanded to the Ivy Room at the convention area and will have vendor booths & Fortress along with open gaming, learn to play and general mayhem for HALO: Flashpoint, BLKOUT, Warmachine, Leviathans, Heavy Gear, and other games.

If anyone is interested in running other events not listed for Battletech, leading one of these already established events, or possibly something else in the Ivy hall let us know. We want to expand and open up to a variety of awesome gaming fun while staying true to our heart and soul of Battletech.

Southern Assault is centered around our motto of "Have fun above all else...fun for you, fun for your opponent, and fun for those around you". We will continue to have amazing prize support and swag and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible that can make it out.

Click the link here for info and sign up: https://tabletop.events/conventions/southern-assault-2026

You will need a Badge for the Convention and then Tickets for the Events you want to participate in (the only tickets that cost money this year are the tournament tickets, everything else is free!)

November 6-10, 2026 at the Village Inn and Events Center in Clemmons, NC.

As always, thank you for your support of Fortress!

Bobby

05/26/2026

05/26/2026

NEW PRODUCTS AND UPDATES!
Hello everyone. Hope everyone had a safe and restful weekend. As summer swings into gear, I wanted to take a few minutes to point out new products we have up on the store and quick updates.

We have tons of Hot Spots: Draconis Reach available outside of the preorders that have already shipped. Throwing in Force Manual: Mercenaries adds some great reading and updates to your Battletech world.

We have some great restocks in from Metal Core Collectibles and restocks and some wicked new products from Cross Electric Designs like the new dice storage and Compatriot Dropships. Make sure to pick up the Landing Pad for your dropships!

We are continuing to expand the lines of Warmachine products and P3 paints and are an official Steam Forge merchant. New HALO: Flashpoint Noble Team sets should be arriving by the end of the week, fingers crossed.

We are now carrying our own Fortress exclusive line of paint brushes. Our first set is 5 sable brushes sizes (00, 0, 1, 2, 3) and 2 awesome drybrush's size S & M. We have had wonderful reviews on quality and best of all, no middleman so we can offer these at a much better price than you would normally find elsewhere.

Also, we are now an official merchant for BLKOUT. Check out this wicked, super-fast paced game.

Questions abound about when we will list for Preorder the upcoming Aces: Snow Blind... CGL has not released any information or details to distributors yet so until then we are all in limbo.

Finally, more information for Southern Assault VI will be coming very soon. Finishing up the school year with students this week and then I can focus on all that is holy, lol! I can tell you for sure it is November 6th-November 10th in Clemmons, NC at the same location, Village Inn Hotel and Event Center. We are expanding it even more this year. It will be a blast for sure!

Thank you as always

Bobby

05/24/2026

MEMORIAL DAY
Please take a moment to reflect and join in solidarity with our friends and families who lost someone dear during this Memorial Day weekend. I know it is often time to kick off summer, but more importantly it is a time of remembrance, mourning and honoring those who have fallen in military service to our country here in the USA.

You are never forgotten.

04/21/2026

DRACONIS REACH PREORDER IS LIVE
Super quick email to let you know we have the Battletech: Hot Spots- Draconis Reach sourcebook live for Preorder. Please note these are supposed to release May 13 if all goes well. If you order any other product with this Preorder the whole order will be held until the Draconis Reach is released for fullfillment.

Thank you all as always, truly.

Bobby

RELEASE DATE IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS May 13, 2026 (please note this could change subject to CGL) Due to the release schedule for this Preorder and shipping if ordered any other items in the order will be held until this product is released. BattleTech Hot Spots Draconis Reach is a campaign source boo...