Crisis 2026 – Part 1
Last weekend, on Saturday November 7th, Crisis 2026, the Air Power Edition, was hosted in Sint-Niklaas, for the third time at the new location of 't Bau-huis. Crisis isn't hosted by the Tinsoldiers of Antwerp alone; once again they teamed up with the local HQ Gaming Club.
We travelled by car and, as you could read in Arriving in Sint-Niklaas for Crisis 2026, spent the night before in the town centre, so it was just a short drive to the venue in the morning. Admission was 15 EUR, and you could park for free right at the hall, with more spaces in the surrounding side streets.
Lots and lots of traders, as you can see on the floor plan, and plenty of gaming clubs as well. And as usual the club provided proper catering, with a bar for drinks and food, along with a frituur right in front of the venue.
As for the theme, I didn't really find much of the Air Power Edition at the show. Apart from Air Raid at the Ambush Miniatures table, it barely showed, and to be honest I had expected a lot more dogfights, dragons battling in the skies or something along the lines of Crimson Skies.
Crisis 2026 – Part 2
Now that we have covered the show and the traders in part 1 of our CRISIS 2026 coverage, let us move on to the clubs, their tables and the two trophy winners.
The Dutch/Belgian TooFatLardies Network, also known as Lard Arnhem or ClogLard, had It's not easy being King by Jasper Oorthuys on display, covering Dauncey's last stand at Oosterbeek, part of the Battle of Arnhem in 1944.
The scenario was played using the Chain of Command rules, and if you are interested in the Lardies rules, give ClogLard a try next year. It's an event for everybody who plays TooFatLardies games or wants to get to know them. You don't have to know the rules or bring miniatures, the game hosts take care of that!
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.
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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