Prelude to Crisis 2026
The days are getting shorter, the evenings at the painting desk longer, and there is one date in November that has been marked in my calendar for quite some time now. On Saturday, November 7th, the Tinsoldiers of Antwerp and HQ Gaming open the doors for Crisis 2026, and of course we will be there.
Here are the key facts for the show:
- Date: Saturday, November 7th 2026, 10:00 to 17:00
- Venue: 't Bau-huis, Slachthuisstraat 60, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
- Admission: 15 EUR
- Organisation: Tinsoldiers of Antwerp and HQ Gaming
- Traders: more than 40 exhibitors
- Floor plan: available as PDF on the event website (subject to changes)
- No event miniature and no bring & buy this year
Crisis has been a fixed point in my event year for a long time. My first visit was back in 2011, when I still drove to Antwerp in the early morning and back home the same evening. It did not take long until we realised that a single day is simply not enough, and the show turned into a proper guys weekend with an arrival on Friday, a tour through the Flemish city and the traditional evening at the Bier Central. If you want to dive into that history, have a look at my Throwback to Crisis in Antwerp from 2020, a year in which the show was cancelled like so many others.
The years after were not easy. Covid forced a break, and Brexit made things a lot more difficult for the British manufacturers and traders, who used to be one of the defining features of Crisis. In 2022 we went to LARDwerp instead, a smaller convention at the club house of the Tinsoldiers, organised together with the TooFatLardies. And in 2024 Crisis was finally back, with HQ Gaming joining the organisation and a new home outside of Antwerp.
Asmodee Event Exclusive at SPIEL 2026 for Star Wars Legion and Marvel Crisis Protocol
Two Convention Exclusives at SPIEL 2026: Concept Boba Fett and Mephisto
Asmodee is bringing two of this year's Atomic Mass Games convention exclusives to SPIEL in Essen, and for once you don't have to sprint to the booth on Thursday morning to get one. Both miniatures can be reserved in advance through a ticket system, so the usual first come, first served scramble is off the table.
Star Wars: Legion, Concept Boba Fett
Before Boba Fett became the battered green bounty hunter we know from The Empire Strikes Back, he was a very different design. This exclusive recreates Fett as he appeared in the original concept art for Empire Strikes Back, in the all-white look of the early design. The resin miniature comes with two helmet options, showing how the design evolved from concept to screen, plus foil game cards. It is meant as a stand-in for the regular Boba Fett in your games, so there are no tokens in the box. Price: 40 EUR.
Marvel: Crisis Protocol, Mephisto
Bitbox 2026 – Tabletop Flea Market and Haul
After a pause that was far too long for my taste, last Sunday, September 20th, it was finally time again – time for the Bitbox! Franz invited us to Mülheim an der Ruhr, to the children's and youth center St. Barbara, or "der springende Punkt" as it is now called. It has been the same trusted location for a good 10 years, and there were plenty of familiar faces, too.
Over the years the time window has been tightened a bit, since a few hours are plenty for both visitors and sellers. These days it runs from 10 am to 1 pm. Right at 10, Franz opened the autumn Bitbox 2026 and the rooms filled up quickly. As always, the long table of Franz and Werner stood at the head of the hall in front of the stage, and once again there was plenty of pewter and plastic with a lot of history to be had.
Rhein Main Multiversum 2026
For the 12th time now, the Rhein Main Multiversum, run by the Tabletop Club Rhein Main, opened its doors this weekend, and numerous hobbyists made their way to Nidderau to check out the gaming tables and trader stands.
The Multiversum has been held for a few years now at the Kultur- und Sporthalle Heldenbergen in Nidderau, Hesse, and was open to visitors on Saturday, 12 September 2026, from 10am to 8pm, as well as on Sunday, 13 September 2026, from 10am to 3pm. You can find an overview of past events and my show reports going back to 2018 here: Rhein Main Multiversum, so we'll skip going over the car park situation again and get straight into the event.
Prelude to Rhein Main Multiversum 2026
On September 12th and 13th, 2026, the Tabletop Club Rhein-Main once again invites you to the Rhein Main Multiversum at the Kultur- und Sporthalle Heldenbergen (Friedberger Str. 92, 61130 Nidderau). It's open Saturday from 10am to 8pm and Sunday from 10am to 3pm, and just like in previous years there will be plenty of dealers on site alongside the game demos.
I've attended quite a few editions over the years, from the 6th edition back in 2018 at the old Willi-Salzmann-Halle up to the 11th edition of the Rhein Main Multiversum last year at the by-now well-established new venue. The fact that the event in 2022 was held without any dealers at all, as an open gaming weekend only, shows just how much it has bounced back since then. Anyone wanting to catch up can find the previous coverage of the Rhein Main Multiversum here in the archive.
Save the Date: The Bitbox in Mülheim is back!
The Bitbox is opening its doors again: Franz has just announced the new date for the tabletop flea market in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
The key facts
Date September 20th, 2026
Uhrzeit: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Kath. Pfarrheim St. Barbara, Schildberg 93, 45475 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Admission: free
Entry is free as always, all you need to bring is a bit of time for browsing and haggling.
Wheels & Tracks – Living Legends 2026
Last weekend, on August 8th and 9th, 2026, Wheels & Tracks - Living Legends took place in Laubuseschbach. This was the third time this gathering of historic military vehicles has been held, with the venue being the motocross track of the MSC.
Since it's already been 10 years since we attended Stahl auf der Heide, the big open day of the German Tank Museum, and since Tankfest in Bovington or Militracks in Overloon hadn't worked out for us so far, it was once again time to take a close look at the various vehicles in "large scale". Since Laubuseschbach is only three-quarters of an hour away from me, I packed up my son, father-in-law, and Holger (who had also joined some of our other trips, e.g. Stahl auf der Heide) and met up on-site with Evi and Tobias from Ancient Tracks.
Admission was 20 EUR per day ticket, or 30 EUR for both days. Children up to 12 years old had free admission. On top of that came the cost of the ride-alongs, which cost 5 or 8 EUR depending on the vehicle class.
Regular readers know the drill: a photo of the parking lot is a must for our event reports. In this case, even with a small before-and-after picture of the car. We'll explain why further below.
The parking lot itself is spacious, since you park in a field right next to the large display area. Parking came to an extra 3 EUR.
CONflict Rhineland 2026
Last weekend, the latest installment of CONflict Rheinland took place in Langenfeld near Leverkusen. Just like in previous years, we had our own table, this time covering some retro gaming of Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition.
CONflict is a closed, invite-only event that runs from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon, with some people, just like the three of us, only staying for Saturday. We covered things like the location, car park, and so on over the last few years, so I’ll skip that in this year’s coverage. If you’re interested, just check out the coverage since 2022:
As catering was expanded this year, we had more room in the car for miniatures and such, and I brought along two IKEA Samla boxes of sprues and kits for the bring & buy. Once we arrived around 10:30 am, a lot of gaming was already going on, and we did a quick browse before we set up our own table.
Right next to us, Lion Rampant was being played, covering a battle from the Italian Wars with lots of Landsknechts.
Warhammer Open Maastricht 2026 – Part 1
It's been a while since the last event that was hosted in Europe by Games Workshop, if you exclude the Golden Demon at the SPIEL. And it is the first ever Warhammer Open in Europe, hosted at the MECC in Maastricht!
And since we really liked Warhammer Fest Europe 2018 in Düsseldorf, we were excited for the announcement of Warhammer Open in Maastricht, since it is just two hours away from us.
From April 24th to 26th, 2026 at Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre in The Netherlands, there was a whole weekend filled with gaming events for Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Kill Team, Underworlds and even an narrative format.
Warhammer Open Maastricht 2026 – Part 2
In the second part of our coverage on Warhammer Open Maastricht 2026 we continue with more tables and impressions from the event.
In a corner of their own was the Narrative Event, and they really caught my eye as they went above and beyond to really bring the narrative across, most of them wearing costumes fitting to their army.
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