Treadheads get ready for some hobby fun with the new Tank Shock Organized Play league that’s rolling into a local store near you.
To kick off the Tank Shock event stores are being encouraged to do a parade day (like a mini armies on parade) for any items players may have picked up to play in the league, and a seperate building activity that feeds into the linked events for the actual Tank Shock missions themselves.
Source: Captain Citadel
Tank Shock Organized Play Synopsis:
Each kit contains:
- 4 Missions of various engagement levels
- 1 Painting Competition
- 1 In-Store Building Activity
- 3 sets of participation certificates for the hobby-centric Engines of war build, and the Armored Escalation Painting events (one set for veterans and Youngbloods alike)
- Badges (the pins pictured below)
- Tank Shock Tokens (the punch token cards for vehicle damage, etc.)
Tank Shock will be a series of four linked events that look to culminate in a full on tank battle tournament played out 2 vs. 2 on 4×6 tables. This is not just happening folks, it will be in stores this spring!
The cost for the kits ($500 or $1000) is a package deal of merchandise at a BIGGER discount level than normal on a selection of Tanks and other vehicles to stock the shelves for this quarterly event.
Are you down for painting, building, or BOTH? Leave it in the comments folks – let’s see what everyone thinks about the new details!
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Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
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