Spikey Bits Publishes 2025 and 2026 Warhammer World and Open Tournaments Calendar

Spikey Bits has assembled a single-page roadmap for competitive play across 2025 and 2026, putting Warhammer World fixtures and the biggest Open/Grand Tournament stops into one list that players, store owners, and tournament organisers can use to plan travel, practice blocks, and roster builds. The article appears on Spikey Bits with the byline "By Travis Pasch | February 13th, 2026" and promises an inclusive sweep of Games Workshop and Warhammer World events alongside 40k and AoS Open tournaments.

What the guide covers Spikey Bits sets the scope up front: "Your calendar for all the Games Workshop and Warhammer World events, along with the 40k and AoS Open tournaments in 2025 and 2026!" That line is the article’s explicit mission statement and signals it tries to combine official Warhammer World dates with popular regional and national Opens. The published page sits in Spikey Bits’ Guides and Tournament Coverage categories, which frames it as a resource for competitive and hobby organisers as much as players.

Warhammer World 2026 highlights Spikey Bits reproduces a Warhammer World events calendar for 2026 that includes key competitive and hobby fixtures through late spring. The list in the supplied extract runs from February into May and captures both single-day and multi-day events that commonly attract GT players and hobbyists to Warhammer World in Nottingham.

• Kill Team Strategic Operations – February 5th
• Warhammer 40k Throne of Skulls Doubles – February 7th-8th
• Battles in Middle-earth – February 11th
• Warhammer Underworlds Weekender – March 13th-15th
• Warhammer 40k Into the Breach – March 11th
• Warhammer: The Old World – Grand Melee – March 18th
• Grand Tournament for the Middle-earth – March 28th-29th
• Blood Bowl Quick Snap – April 4th
• Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament – April 18th-19th
• Hous Heresy Clash of Arms – April 22nd
• Warhammer 40k Shifting Fronts – April 29th
• Warcry Return to the Gnarlwood – May 6th
• AoS Grand Tournament – May 9th-10th
• AoS Spearhead Sand & Bone – May 20th
• Warhammer Old World Grand Tournament – May 23rd-24th
• Blood Bowl Full Beard Cup – May 30th-31st [...]

This block shows the mix: GT-format war events like the Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament (Apr 18–19) sit alongside themed hobby weekends and specialist systems (Blood Bowl, Kill Team, Warhammer Underworlds). The extract ends with an ellipsis after May 30–31, which indicates the Spikey Bits page continues the Warhammer World listing beyond the supplied excerpt.

Major Open and regional tournaments (2025 & 2026) After the Warhammer World section the guide lists the larger Open, Major and Grand Tournament circuit dates players commonly use as checkpoints for lists and travel calendars. Several events include city or state details; many are month-only entries in the extract, so planners should treat months as a cue rather than final scheduling.

• NATC Championship – July 2026
• Salt City GT – July 2026
• Silver State Major July 2026, Reno, NV
• Show Me Showdown – July 2026
• The Leeds GT – July 2026
• Palm Springs Open 40k GT – August 2026
• Birmingham GT – August 2026
• Utah Cup August 2026
• NOVA Open – August-September 2026
• Challengers Cup – September 2026 Salt Lake City, UT
• Crucible – September, 2026
• London GT – September 2026
• Warzone Houston – September 2026
• Flying Monkey Con – September 2026
• Las Vegas Open – October 2026, Las Vegas
• Michigan Grand Tournament – October 2026
• Battle for Salvation Grand Tournament – October 2026
• Coventry GT – October 2026
• The California Cup ’25 – November 2026
• DaBoyz GT – November 2026
• Renegade Open – November, 2026
• Warhammer Grand Narrative & World Championships – November 2026

That lineup strings together the classic stops: NOVA Open and Las Vegas Open as late-summer to fall anchors, UK staples such as Leeds, Birmingham, Coventry and London GTs, and US regional Majors like Silver State Major in Reno and Palm Springs Open. Note the literal listing of "The California Cup ’25 – November 2026," which is ambiguous in the source and flagged below for confirmation.

Geographic spread and venue notes Spikey Bits mixes Warhammer World in Nottingham with regional events across the UK and the United States. The extract explicitly names Reno, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Leeds, Birmingham, Coventry, London, Michigan and Utah — indicating both country-wide circuits and city-level GTs that attract national travel. Warhammer World remains the single consistent venue named for Games Workshop-hosted events in the list; other entries often list city or state only, not venue addresses.

Promotion and social proof The guide was promoted with short social copy; a Threads post ran verbatim: "The 2026 Warhammer tournament calendar is packed! Find out where the biggest 40k and AoS events are happening near you! 🗺️🗓️ · See the dates >" That kind of messaging signals Spikey Bits positioned the page as a planning hub and leverages the calendar’s breadth as its primary share hook.

Gaps, ambiguities and reporting follow-ups The Spikey Bits extract is valuable but incomplete. The Warhammer World list in the supplied extract stops at May 31 with an ellipsis indicating more items on the live page; exact days and venues for many regional events are not present. The name "The California Cup ’25 – November 2026" is inconsistent on its face and requires verification to determine whether the event name is branding or a typographic error. The source material does not include registration fees, organizer identities for each event, formal sanctioning status, or any explicit format/FAQ changes—despite the user brief referencing "format changes." Those elements need confirmation before any competitive planner signs up or books travel.

Action checklist for verification 1. Pull the full Spikey Bits article to capture the Warhammer World calendar beyond May 31 and any embedded links to event pages. 2. Crosscheck each Open/GT listing for exact dates, venue names and addresses, registration windows and entry fees. 3. Confirm organiser and sanctioning status (Games Workshop, Warhammer World, or independent TO) where that matters for qualifiers and prize support. 4. Clarify the "The California Cup ’25" naming and any advertised format or rule changes linked from the Spikey Bits page.

Attribution and publication date reconciliation The Spikey Bits page carries the byline "By Travis Pasch | February 13th, 2026," which is the primary-source publication timestamp to use. A secondary paraphrase described the article as appearing in "early March 2026"; the more specific February 13th date on Spikey Bits should be treated as authoritative for attribution.

Conclusion Spikey Bits’ calendar gives players and organisers a concentrated snapshot of the 2026 competitive year—Warhammer World fixtures and a coast-to-coast and UK tour of major GTs and Opens—while also highlighting where follow-up verification is essential (venues, fees, sanctioning and exact dates). Use this guide as a planning map: it pins down the major checkpoints, but you’ll want to confirm event pages and registration windows before finalising travel or practice plans.