2026 Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar Tournaments and Painting Events

Okeanos Rising in Bergen was the headline early-season event, carrying World Championship Qualifier status and one golden ticket for the tournament winner when it ran Feb 13-15. Organizers sold 84 tickets for 2000-point ITC games, staged five matches of three hours each, and automatically entered every 40K attendee in the Best Painted Army competition; all terrain at Okeanos Rising was printed on Bambu Lab 3D printers, and lists were made public on the morning of Feb 7 after a codex cutoff and list/payment deadline of Feb 6.

The Okeanos Rising pairing and placement rules were run through Best Coast Pairings. Pairings used Wins, Win Path, Opp. Win%, Random, and final placing used Wins, Win Path, Opp. Win%, Battle Points. The event explicitly stated that list submissions and payment had the same Feb 6 deadline and that participants awarded refunds tied to Nidaros Grand Tournament attendance would receive those refunds after NGT staff confirmed attendance at NGT in May 2026.

January weekend calendars showed competing draws. The Las Vegas Team Tournament took place Jan 10-11 at The Worldview at the World Market Center as a 5v5 team event; promotional copy promised "big dice rolls, and the electric energy of downtown Vegas" and billed the weekend as a test of team pride and clutch wins. The Jan 31-Feb 1 weekend hosted multiple separate tournaments: a Crown Plaza Providence-Warwick Strike Force event at 801 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, RI with 2000 points, 60" x 44" boards, singles format, five rounds at three hours a round, GW Rules and Balance Dataslate, and a $60 ticket plus $60 badge fee; and the Miniature Market / LMC Missouri Grand Tournament at 1077 Cave Springs Boulevard, St. Peters, MO run by Conner Tucker with judges David Clark and Scott Geldermann, a 32-player cap, a $50 entry fee, Chapter Approved mission decks, and a Day 1 registration window starting at 10:00 with rounds scheduled through the evening.

Spikeybits’ Warhammer World Events Calendar lists a broad spring slate that includes Warhammer 40k Into the Breach on March 11, Warhammer Underworlds Weekender March 13-15, Warhammer: The Old World Grand Melee March 18, and a Grand Tournament for Middle-earth March 28-29, while AdeptiCon is noted as occurring in March in Milwaukee and described as "one of the biggest tabletop gaming conventions, now in a larger venue in Milwaukee that formerly hosted GenCon." Spikeybits also lists month-only items such as Nottingham GT and the Cherokee Open in February without specific dates, and a Rocky Mountain Open in March hosted at a fairgrounds complex.

European entries from Tabletoptournaments give a busy mid- and late-year picture. June 27 features multiple events including L'Arène de Crussif GT 2026 in Pamiers listed for 100 players and Invulnerable Berlin III - Reanimation Protocol Kill Team in Berlin with 6/16 registered. September and October lines include Namur En Force 40K Chapître XXII in Namur on Sept 27 with 4/16 registered and the Traunstein Cup on Oct 3 in Vorchdorf listed as 10/60. November entries show a crowded calendar with Reikland Revolte Nov 15 in Dachau 0/24, WH40K Masters of the Universe Nov 15 in Lübeck 0/26, and Zweiter Canes Belli WAR Nov 20 in Sinsheim showing 39/120.

Event organizers are relying on a mix of GW Chapter Approved 10th Edition materials, GW Balance Dataslate, LMC rules, WTC FAQ clarifications, and Best Coast Pairings for scoring and tie-breaks. Where sources list only a month or show truncated venue lines, the listing should be treated as preliminary; Nottingham GT, Cherokee Open, The Manchester GT, Rocky Mountain Open, and several Tabletoptournaments lines appear in source snippets without full dates or address details and need verification against official listings before travel or lodging is booked.