WargamesCon is back for its 4th year, bigger and better than ever! All new massive venue – June 21st-24th at the Austin Renaissance. Have you registered?
The whole Spikey Bits crew will be in attendance with a huge booth of discount Games-Workshop products, sprues and bits for you to dig through! Plus this is your chance to meet the teenage wonder, MBG head slug of Spikey Bits!
Our old hotel just wasn’t big enough for you all, so we have moved to an all new venue with triple the space, a full vendor hall, and hundreds of more tables. Here’s a rundown on what to expect for our biggest WargamesCon yet!
Warhammer 40K Pairs tournament Warhammer 40K Mirror-match tournament Warhammer Fantasy Pairs tournament Warmachine/Hordes 15pt Blitzmachine tournament / 10 Rounds Warmachine/Hordes 50pt Hardcore tournament / 5 Rounds Flames of War 1500 Early-War Nationals Invitational Friday
Saturday and Sunday June 23-24 7 game, 2-day Warhammer 40K GT 2-day Narrative 40K Gaming 6 game, 2-day Warhammer Fantasy GT Warmachine/Hordes 50pt Steamroller Qualifier tournament / Dual 4 Rounds -Saturday Warmachine/Hordes 50pt Steamroller Masters tournament / 4 Rounds -Sunday Warmachine/Hordes 35pt Flanks for Everything tournament / 4 Rounds -Sunday Flames of War 1500 Early-War Nationals Invitational Saturday Flames of War Sunday Event (details to follow)
So what’s new? 15 Glorious Extra Minutes 40K players! – You heard that right, all the Warhamemr 40000 GT games are now 2:15 rounds. Now you get an extra 15 minutes per round to pack in the shootin’ and stompin’! Massive Vendor Hall – That’s right, with our new hotel, you can expect to see a full fledged vendor hall jam packed with all your favorite companies, and wargames suppliers.
Any vendors, merchants, services, or anyone else interested in getting a booth, or contributing to the WGC Swag Bag: Email us at [email protected] with a title: VENDOR and tell us what you have in mind.
Warmachine and Flames of War – Both are back in their three day all weekend event tracks. Flames of War will include the Early War Nationals Invitational, while Warmachine now includes after-hours “Up-All-Night” madness for the truly hardcore. So all you fans come on down and spend the entire weekend with us!
Our Warhammer Fantasy Grand Tournament returns with 2500 points with 2.5 hour rounds.
Our Narrative tables will be bigger with more players per table. We are doing the Eye of Terror using the Forces of Disorder under command of a mighty Chaos Warmaster attempting to smash asunder the Imperium’s Cadian Gate. Our second theme is the Battle of Piscina IV – that means Greenskins everywhere, forming a massive Waaagh that threatens to overrun the Space Marine and Imperial Guard defenders. Its gonna be an Apocalyptic blast – oh, and don’t forget about all the flyer,
superheavy, and Titan goodness!
The 40K Mirror Match is a concept so good, it had to return for its second year – if we all played the same list, who would win? This year we’ve created a new Chaos Space Marine list that gives players a chance to find out who is the best with it on Friday. Missions will be very simple, and the winner will be strictly determined by winning games. This event is limited to 32 players; with everyone playing the first 4 games and the finals being for all the marbles. So who REALLY is the Warmaster?
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New Tournament Packs Available NowAll the latest tournament packs are on the Wargamescon site right now (right column), so go grab em’.
Also, tons of your favorite (or infamous) BoLS writers will be there to boot. If you’ve ever wanted to match wits with Goatboy, get drunk with Brent, outplay Darkwynn, meet The Girl, or try to figure out who Bigred really is, and which teenage attendee really is MBG in disguise! What are you waiting for?
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X
About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
