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.
A visit to … Kutami
During my trip to Bremen, I took the opportunity to visit Kutami at their new location in Lloydstraße, at the corner of Lloyd-Straße and Hans-Böckler-Straße. There is a tram stop nearby and a parking lot behind the building, which makes it easy enough to reach.
Before you get there, though, it is worth knowing that this is not a regular store with a broad shop front. Instead, Kutami's new location is rather a walkable warehouse for wargaming and tabletop hobbyists.
As they recently moved, not everything was in its final place yet, but I was allowed to take a few pictures and give you an impression of what is going on there. The space includes a checkout area, several cabinets, and plenty of tables. Especially on the weekends, there is a lot happening, and with boxes full of terrain they are easily able to host mid-sized to larger events.
Warhammer 40,000 – Chaosbunker Classics
If you have followed my Imperial Fists project log over the last few weeks, you will probably have read about the CHAOSBUNKER CLASSICS. But let me give you a brief introduction.
In autumn of last year, I moved forward with my idea of hosting a small get-together to play some Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition, mainly to provide a proper deadline for an army project - because you have a motivational problem until you have a time problem. What initially started as a simple “let’s see if we can get 4 to 6 people committed” quickly gained momentum. More people joined (and some unfortunately had to cancel due to time constraints), but we still ended up with ten people fully committed to painting a 1,500-point army for a weekend of retro gaming.
The idea behind the Chaosbunker Classics is to bring back the aesthetics of the old games and recapture some of the magic of Bring Out Your Lead here in Germany. The events won’t be limited to 40k 2nd Edition - this one was, but future events will explore the look and feel of classic games and miniatures, possibly using different rulesets to recreate certain settings. Since 1,500 points of 40k was already a challenge, I don’t see 2,000-point Warhammer Fantasy Battles armies as a viable scope for upcoming events.
These are narrative events, not focused on meta-gaming or a tournament mindset. The first Chaosbunker Classics featured a narrative story arc, which I’ll cover in a separate article.
Over the past year, the idea became more and more tangible. With people like Zigor already hosting 40k 2nd Edition demos at Rhein-Main-Multiversum, and support from Tobias and Evi of Team Würfelkrieg (who also support Torsten with CONflict Rhineland), things really got rolling. More people joined: Holger / Indigo, Florian / Celebration Parallax, Christian / Fritz, Tom / Rekrom, Flip, and another Christian - each with a fully painted army.
I looked for a suitable location, and the local parish centre turned out to be perfect. It offered proper infrastructure: parking, a small kitchen with a fridge, plenty of tables, and a central location between Cologne and Frankfurt, just minutes from the Autobahn - which was especially convenient for players coming from Franconia and even Berlin (!).
Szenario Con 2026
The first event of the year for us is Szenario Con 2026! Despite the poor weather conditions, we made it to Hackenheim. We discussed the location in last year's coverage. Nevertheless, no event report would be complete without a shot of the car park.
As usual, the event was hosted at the Bonnheimer Hof in the Palatinate region, near Bad Kreuznach.
Digital ticket booking was used to manage the available space and keep track of the number of people coming to SzenarioCon.
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)
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