Kick Off 2026
Welcome to 2026, everyone! I hope you all had a smooth start to the new year.
You can read our recap of 2025 on the blog, and listen to a special episode of the Games 'n Dice Podcast about it.
Shows, Conventions and real-life gaming meetups
I had the chance to visit a few events last year and I'm already planning the event schedule for 2026. The first event of the year starts next week at SzenarioCon, where I'll meet with Dino, Robert, Haucke and Holger.
- January 9th to 11th - Tabletop Szenario, Hackenheim GER (visits 2013, 2015, 2023, 2024 and 2025) BOOKED!
- February 21st - Dutch Oldhammer Games Day, Almelo NL (New Event) IN PLANNING
- March 7th to 8th - BembelMiniatureCup, Rodgau GER (2025) IN PLANNING
- March / September TBA - Bitbox, Mülheim an der Ruhr (visit 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) IN PLANNING
- April 18th to 19th - Chaosbunker Classic (New Event) BOOKED!
- April 24th to 26th - Warhammer Netherlands Open, Maastricht (New Event) BOOKED!
- May 9th - Ad Arma Con, Landau (visits 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019) IN PLANNING
- May 29th to 31st - CONflict Rheinland (visits 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) BOOKED!
- September 12th - 13th - Rhein Main Multiversum 2025 (visits 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025) BOOKED!
- November 7th - Crisis, Antwerp BE (visit 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024) IN PLANNING
- November 27th - 29th TTW Maltreff, Lützensömmern GER (2024, 2025) BOOKED!
Event Schedule for 2026
The event schedule for 2026 with potential events for the Chaosbunker.
List will be updated accordingly and focus around DACH and BeNeLux countries, with minor exceptions for special occasions:
These are the once that we will very certainly visit:
- January 9th to 11th - Tabletop Szenario, Hackenheim GER (visits 2013, 2015, 2023, 2024 and 2025)
- February 21st - Dutch Oldhammer Games Day, Almelo NL (New Event)
- February 28th to March 1st - Tactica, Hamburg (visit 2019 and 2023)
- March 7th to 8th - BembelMiniatureCup, Rodgau GER (2025)
- March / September TBA - Bitbox, Mülheim an der Ruhr (visit 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- April 18th to 19th - Chaosbunker Classic (New Event)
- April 24th to 26th - Warhammer Netherlands Open, Maastricht (New Event)
- May 9th - Ad Arma Con, Landau (visits 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019)
- May 29th to 31st - CONflict Rheinland (visits 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025)
- September 12th - 13th - Rhein Main Multiversum 2025 (visits 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025)
- November 7th - Crisis, Antwerp BE (visit 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024)
- November 27th - 29th TTW Maltreff, Lützensömmern GER (2024, 2025)
Happy New Year and December 2025 review
Happy New Year! In this post, we will look back at December and most of 2025, so we will cover more than just the last month.
You can also listen to our year-end recap on the Games 'n Dice Podcast, where Dino, Benni, Gregor and I discussed 2025.
2025 was packed with activities. To give you a few highlights:
- Hosting another demo table at CONflict, including painting lots of terrain and a warband.
- Publishing my 500th (English) review on here!
- Getting featured on Warhammer Community.
- Visiting an event with our whole family opens up new possibilities for the number of events I can cover per year.
After my Manticore Knight from Warhammer Quest was featured on the Warhammer Community website last month, my interpretation of the Da Red Gobbos Tinboy was selected for the Community Painters post this month! I'm very happy about this!
Star Wars Legion – Rebel Alliance Starter Set
The second Starter Sets for Star Wars Legion Asmodee sent us is for the Rebel Alliance. We will be unboxing the set itself and provide in-depths reviews of the individual kits (those are linked below within the article).
The SWQ01 Rebel Alliance Starter Set has a RRP of 99,99 USD and contains 36 miniatures, providing you with a 600 points Recon-Level Army. The printed content of each Starter Set is multilingual and covers English, German, French and Spanish.
These new starter sets contain the new hard plastic miniatures, as well as everything else you need to start playing Star Wars Legion: tokens, cards, dice and rulers. The only thing not included is the rulebook, which is available as a free digital download.
Star Wars Legion – Kashyyyk Wookiee Warriors
One of the kits included in the Rebel Alliance Starter Set was produced from hard plastic long before the new edition of Star Wars Legion was released. Now, we have the chance to review it and provide you with an overview of the SWQ18 Kashyyyk Wookiee Warriors (repacked from SWL83 with multilingual content).
This set of six Wookiees allows you to play different units and even armies. Due to the variety of options on the sprue, they can be used to represent either Rebel Alliance freedom fighters or Kashyyyk resistance fighters for the Galactic Republic, and you can also build a Wookiee chieftain. All of this is available at an RRP of 49.99 USD!
Star Wars Legion – Rebel Commandos
The second Rebel core unit in Star Wars Legion is the Rebel Commando, which, like the Rebel Trooper, has been upgraded to hard plastic. The SWQ16 Rebel Commandos come in a box of seven miniatures and are available as an individual kit or as part of the Rebel Alliance Starter Set.
The SWL21 Rebel Commandos have been replaced by the new SWQ16 set, with the fixed poses of the resin plastic replaced by a partially modular, multipart hard plastic kit. The unit size remains at seven miniatures and is available at an RRP of 52.99 USD. Upgrades include a proton charge and a sniper rifle.
Star Wars Legion – Rebel Troopers
In the new Star Wars Legion Rebel Alliance Starter Set, the Rebel Troopers and Rebel Commanders have been upgraded. In this review, we will take a closer look at the new SWQ15 Rebel Troopers multipart hard plastic kit, which is included twice in the new starter set.
Like many other new kits in this range, this one replaces an earlier version. The SWL05 Rebel Troopers are succeeded by the SWQ15 Rebel Troopers, with an RRP of 54.99 USD. The number of models in this kit has increased from seven to eleven, and the miniatures have been switched from restic (a type of spin-cast plastic) to injection-moulded hard plastic.
Star Wars Legion – Luke Skywalker
The Rebel Alliance Starter Set for Star Wars Legion is led by a Hero of the Rebellion, Luke Skywalker himself. This miniature is included in the starter set and is also available as part of the updated SWQ14 Heroes of the Rebellion Character Pack, which features Han Solo, Chewbacca, Leia and an additional pose of Luke Skywalker.
As with many of the heroes in Star Wars: Legion, there were multiple poses of Luke throughout the production run.
- Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight Alt-Pose in SWQ14 Heroes of the Rebellion)
- SWL56 Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight)
- Luke Skywalker Limited Edition (Snowspeeder Pilot)
- Luke Skywalker from the SWL01 Core Set (Hero of the Rebellion)
This pose shows him wearing the yellow ceremorial jacket from the end of A New Hope.
Star Wars Legion – Galactic Empire Starter Set
Asmodee sent us two of the new Starter Sets for Star Wars Legion, one for the Galactic Empire and one for the Rebel Alliance. We will be unboxing of both and provide in-depths reviews of the individual kits.
These boxes contain the new hard plastic miniatures, as well as everything else you need to start playing Star Wars Legion: tokens, cards, dice and rulers. The only thing not included is the rulebook, which is available as a free digital download.
The SWQ02 Galactic Empire Starter Set has a RRP of 99,99 USD and contains 37 miniatures, providing you with a 600 points Recon-Level Army. The printed content of each Starter Set is multilingual and covers English, German, French and Spanish.
Stargave – Automatons
Of all the recent Stargrave releases, I was particularly looking forward to the Automatons, which I am happy to share with you today.
Designed by Northstar Military Figures in cooperation with Osprey Games, these half-human, half-machine creatures have so much potential, which we are going to take a closer look at. Like the other multi-part plastic kits in the Stargrave range, this one contains 20 28mm scale miniatures and has an RRP of 22 GBP.
As usual, there are four identical sprues containing five miniatures each, as well as two sprues with flat, 25 mm round bases. These are very similar to the Renedra bases and do not have a lip or raised edge.
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