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| name = BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat
| type = [[BattleTech boxed set|Core Game Set]] 
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| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
| productioncode = CAT3500XL
| year = 2024
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| MSRP = $59.99
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| era = [[Succession Wars era]] / [[ilClan era]]
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| precededby = [[BattleTech Beginner Box, Second Edition]] 
| followedby = [[BattleTech: Mercenaries]]
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==Description==
The '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat 40th Anniversary Edition''' box set 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]]). This box set contains all of the contents of the previous  '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat''' set (SKU 3500D), but includes additional ilClan-era record sheets, rules, and a separate, additional ilClan era primer. It also features updated box art. All other contents such as the miniatures, fiction novella, miniatures, and maps are identical (including the Griffin card to go with the Starter Set). The rulebook is a 2024 edition with cover art to match the box. 

==From the back cover==
{{quote|The galaxy awaits!

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.

''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.

''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==
*Eight high-quality, fully assembled (unpainted) [[Miniatures - Catalyst Game Labs|miniatures]]
*: ''[[Awesome]]''
*: ''[[BattleMaster]]''
*: ''[[Catapult]]''
*: ''[[Commando]]''
*: ''[[Locust]]''
*: ''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
*: ''[[Thunderbolt]]''
*: ''[[Wolverine (BattleMech)|Wolverine]]''

*One full-color rulebook
*Record Sheets
*Eight double-sided, dry erase Alpha Strike Cards
** LCT-1V ''Locust'' / LCT-1E ''Locust''
** COM-2D ''Commando'' / COM-3A ''Commando''
** GRF-1S ''Griffin'' / GRF-1N ''Griffin''
** SHD-2H ''Shadow Hawk'' / [[Durant Carlyle]] ''Shadow Hawk''
** WVR-6M ''Wolverine'' / WVR-6R ''Wolverine''
** CPLT-C1 ''Catapult'' / CPLT-K2 ''Catapult''
** TDR-5S ''Thunderbolt'' / TDR-5SE ''Thunderbolt''
** BLR-1G '' Battlemaster'' / AWS-8Q ''Awesome''

*Eight double-sided MechWarrior Cards
*: [[Durant Carlyle]] / [[Audrey Saltat]]
*: [[Delmar Clay]] / [[Anton Karlevski|Anton "The Rock" Karlevski]]
*: [[Jenna Campbell]] / [[Piers Ballantine]]
*: [[Simon Beckner]] / [[Leutgard Wintar]]
*: [[Luna Takenaka]] / [[Kim Yaro]]
*: [[Slavomir Kladivo]] / [[Wade FitzWarin]]
*: [[Fay Fetters]] / [[Burkhardt Ganz]]
*: [[John Hayes]] / [[Hafa Kaur]]
*16-page Universe Primer
*24-page novella [[Eyestorm]]
*Two 18″ x 22″ [[Mapsheet]]s (Double-sided)
** Grassland #2 / Desert #2
** Grassland #3 / Desert #3
*Two six-sided dice
*ilClan Era Primer, record sheets, and rules

==ilClan era record sheets==
In addition to the original 3025 era record sheets, the 40th anniversary box set contains record sheets for the following mech variants:
** LCT-7S ''Locust'' 
** COM-9S ''Commando'' 
** SHD-7M ''Shadow Hawk'' 
** WVR-9R ''Wolverine'' 
** CPLT-K6 ''Catapult'' 
** TDR-7S ''Thunderbolt'' 
** AWS-11H ''Awesome'' 
** BLR-6G '' Battlemaster'' 


==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:
[[File:BattleTech-AGoAC-40th-Anniv-rear.png|thumb]]
|Back of Box for '''BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat'''
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-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-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'''

</gallery>
===Miniatures===
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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>

==Related Products==
*[[BattleTech Record Sheets: A Game of Armored Combat]]

==References==
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