Fortress Miniatures and Games

09/17/2026

Thank you all for signing up for SA and specifically the Alpha Strike and Classic Tournaments. Due to the high demand we have just added 20 more slots to Classic (now 100) and 18 more to AS (now 150)

If you are still interested in playing and haven’t had a chance to get signed up. Go for it now.

Also we still have the BLKOUT tournament slots available if that’s more your style.

Thank you again. This is going to be EPIC!!!

Southern Assault is now a full 5 day convention which hosts the premier Battletech Alpha Strike and Classic Tournaments in the United States.

09/06/2026

NEW PRODUCTS IN STOCK
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Labor Day weekend here in the States. I always enjoy a good 3 day weekend.

We have some updates and new products have arrived. Let's start with the new products. Starcraft is all in stock. Our intial order arrived with less than we ordered due to issues from product arriving to the distributors from overseas but this will clear up as I'm working with 2 different distributors to even out inventory. So if we run low or out of something it should see restocks in the near future as more arrives.

We also saw the first wave of Leviathans arrive. Unfortunately these will arrive in small waves spread out over months, even into next year so it will be very piecemeal every few weeks. But Wave 1 had the Starter Box, Rulebook, Dice sets, Aircraft Tokens, Mappacks, and the French Paris Battleship. Again, more will be coming as it releases.

We received a huge reorder of Proxie bases for all your mini needs. As well we still have tons of the new Battletech Starter Boxes and Battlemat Volcano #4 is in. Reminder the Core Rulebook will release end of this month and Core Box Set end of October.

Restocks are on hold from DP9 for Heavy Gear and from Metal Core Collectibles as their lines are affected by the 50% tariffs on Canadian goods...just stupid, but we will restock as soon as they go away or we find a different solution to get them stateside without increasing our costs to customers. Sorry!

Update on Southern Assault! Tournament tickets for Alpha Strike and Classic Battletech are almost sold out, but we now have other adventures lining up for the entire time including official demos from Heavy Gear, Oasis, Steel Rift, Battletech (huge variety of games), BLKOUT, Leviathans, HALO: Flashpoint and more. We are also having a painting competition and have added a BLKOUT Tournament for Sunday. We are also working out a Friday night session with some Battletech authors on how to write for Shrapnel. We may add some other sessions with authors depending on their schedules. Alpha Strike Tournament has 103/132 slots filled and Classic 69 of 80 so far. The other events will be listed soon, sign up for demos and open play will not be needed most likely.

The store/market area will have a HUGE amount of product for Battletech and games from the past 40 years. The most we have ever had. Those that were there last year...its going to be bigger this year.

Thank you as always...truly you all make this an amazing job for me to have (along with Principal, lol)!
Bobby

08/12/2026

Southern Assault Alpha Strike and Classic Packets are now available. With all things there may need to be a tweak here or there but this is the main information for both. Thank you for your patience as we had to make tweaks and get things in order. If you go to the Fortress Battlegrounds site and click on Southern Assault you will see information links for both packets and the painting competition categories.

Southern Assault is now a full 5 day convention which hosts the premier Battletech Alpha Strike and Classic Tournaments in the United States.

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...

03/29/2026

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03/29/2026

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