Games Workshop adds Kraków and Atlanta to Warhammer Open calendar

If you are chasing a Golden Ticket or planning a 40k trip, Games Workshop just widened the road to Barcelona. Kraków joins the Warhammer Open calendar as the first stop in Poland, while Atlanta lands as the final official qualifier before the World Championships of Warhammer.

Tickets for Kraków, Atlanta and the previously announced Palm Springs event go on sale at 7pm UK time on 12 June. Kraków is scheduled for 11-13 September 2026 at EXPO Kraków, which Games Workshop describes as one of the largest event spaces in Poland. Atlanta follows from 20-23 November 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.

Kraków is the most interesting new stop for players who care about more than just a podium finish. Games Workshop is pitching it as a Team Warhammer-focused weekend that still covers Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar and Kill Team. It will also pack in painting classes, the Hobby Challenge and the travelling Warhammer store, so attendees can buy 2026 event miniatures on site, including Cadia Unbroken and Dawner’s Reward. That matters if you are the kind of player who likes to leave an event with both a trophy run and a carry case full of plastic.

Atlanta is a different beast. The qualifier piece gives the weekend real competitive weight, but the Grand Narrative, Edge of the Maelstrom, is what makes it feel like a proper hobby convention instead of another GT with side events bolted on. Games Workshop says more than 400 commanders will take part, with costumed players, story-based objectives and immersive narrative play shaping the weekend. For anyone who follows the circuit, that is the sort of scale that makes narrative Warhammer feel like part of the main event, not an afterthought.

The bigger signal is where Games Workshop is placing its bets. Warhammer Open 2026 already started with Palm Springs, California, from 16-18 January 2026, then moved to Maastricht, The Netherlands, the first ever Warhammer Open event in Europe. Kraków adds another European anchor, and Atlanta keeps North America firmly in the mix. Together, the stops show a company treating live events as a serious pillar of the hobby, not just a bonus for the already-connected.

That still leaves the same hard truth for players outside those hubs: the circuit is growing, but it is not evenly spread. For now, the path to Barcelona runs through a handful of major cities, and Kraków and Atlanta are the latest places where the road gets a lot more interesting.