Kick Off 2026
Welcome to 2026, everyone! I hope you all had a smooth start to the new year.
You can read our recap of 2025 on the blog, and listen to a special episode of the Games 'n Dice Podcast about it.
Shows, Conventions and real-life gaming meetups
I had the chance to visit a few events last year and I'm already planning the event schedule for 2026. The first event of the year starts next week at SzenarioCon, where I'll meet with Dino, Robert, Haucke and Holger.
- January 9th to 11th - Tabletop Szenario, Hackenheim GER (visits 2013, 2015, 2023, 2024 and 2025) BOOKED!
- February 21st - Dutch Oldhammer Games Day, Almelo NL (New Event) IN PLANNING
- March 7th to 8th - BembelMiniatureCup, Rodgau GER (2025) IN PLANNING
- March / September TBA - Bitbox, Mülheim an der Ruhr (visit 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) IN PLANNING
- April 18th to 19th - Chaosbunker Classic (New Event) BOOKED!
- April 24th to 26th - Warhammer Netherlands Open, Maastricht (New Event) BOOKED!
- May 9th - Ad Arma Con, Landau (visits 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019) IN PLANNING
- May 29th to 31st - CONflict Rheinland (visits 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) BOOKED!
- September 12th - 13th - Rhein Main Multiversum 2025 (visits 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025) BOOKED!
- November 7th - Crisis, Antwerp BE (visit 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024) IN PLANNING
- November 27th - 29th TTW Maltreff, Lützensömmern GER (2024, 2025) BOOKED!
Warhammer World Championship Preview 2025 – Part 2
After covering the previews for Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy we now move on to the fantastic realms of Warhammer with The Old World and Age of Sigmar ... and the return of Warhammer Quest!
While the Big Summer Preview for Warhammer The Old World, this one picks up the introduction of Grand Cathay from earlier this year and shows an extensive second wave with lots of additional choices for their army.
With the Astromanacers of the Celestial Court more magic is added, in a familiar way with a mounted wizard and on one foot, along with a raven familiar. Both models come with different options.
KRYDRUFI All-in-One Modular Art Box
I came across the All-in-One Modular Art Box by Krydrufi a while ago, and, in preparation for my travels this autumn and winter, I decided to take a closer look at it. So, let's take a look at this product all together.
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This painting accessory is a modular tool that covers multiple items. It is available in different tiers, ranging from basic to ultimate. The basic tier starts with the Cleaning and Brush Holder module, which can be configured with additional optional wet palette and storage modules. For this review, we have the Ultra Set, which includes four additional modules. Prices range from 25 to 43 EUR.
The Art Box is available in two colours: light blue/black and green/black. The contrasting colour is used for the large container and the lids of the paint storage modules.
3d printing – a recap
My in-house 3D printing has come to an end, at least for the time being.
In March 2022, I bought a resin printer from Anycubic in an Easter sale, and now I would like to share a recap of my experience. First of all, thank you so much to Broncofish for the help at the beginning. This made the learning curve much steeper, with no major issues, which made it such a pleasant experience right from the start.
What were the costs over the last three and a half years? In total, I spent just under one thousand dollars on the 3D printer and consumables. Here is a detailed breakdown:
Chaosbunker – PowerGamerBars
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Level Up Your Game with our new Chaosbunker PowerGamerBars!
Are you ready to take your gaming skills to the next level? Our powerbar – available for the start in three different flavours SprueGoo, DizZztraction and Greasy Cover – are not just snacks, they are your secret weapon upgrade in your next battle!
Gr'Easy Cover: The ultimate boost for gamers who don't compromise. With this bar, you're ready to take on any challenge and show off your skills! Never worry about having a clear coat on your miniature. With the grease from peanuts and bacon you will coat your miniatures while gaming. Play smart, play hard!
November 2024 review
It's December - again. That was or at least felt quite quick. Anyhow, let us sum up the last month, November of 2024.
Prior to the christmas time, other holidays were present. For example Sankt Martin, which I took as a chance to built a Space Marine latern, and just a few days earlier was Halloween. Usually something that we only participate as a grown-up party, if at all, but with the kids growing up and in coordination with other households in our little town, we went "trick or treating" with our kids and they got quite the haul.
May 2024 review
May is over and while you might not have seen much activity on the blog, there was a lot going on. The first half was dominated by finishing the Road to CONflict, to be able to host a demo table of post apocalyptic tank war at CONflict 2024. And while you can see further coverage among others on Team Würfelkrieg, I'll give you a series on how I prepared the tanks and scatter terrain for our tank battle table.
Well, that explains why the first half of May wasn't that active on the blog, but why was the second half? Only two days after CONflict I went for a two weeks holiday towards Scotland, primarely for the Highlands and the wifi in our AirBnb wasn't that great, that I could finish the drafts I prepared. Because the pictures are edited and the articles are "just" missing the proper texts.
Chaosbunker – Hobbypaints
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A full 48 colours covering paint range (that will be further expanded to cover the whole Pantone Formula Guide). Because if everybody offers relabelled paint pots, why shouldn't we? And the best part - it is not even crowdfunded. Yet, every batch is hand mixed by the painting baristas, so each and every pot is unique and may vary a bit from the last one.
The Painting Phase
The Painting Phase is a hobby podcast/vlog that was joined last year by Chris "Peachy" Peach, when he left Games Workshop.
Kick Off 2023
We've done the sum up of last year already, so let's take a look ahead and see what 2023 has in it for us:
As a starting point, I looked up the 2022 Kick-Off article, to see what was the status quo, and what changed. Biggest improvement - not just spending hobby time by myself. In addition, as I am working as a sales rep, the re-ignition of actual (meaning offline) events was something that I really was looking for, so the lack of those was not hobby exclusive.
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Shows, Conventions and real-life gaming meetups
I'll update the event schedule on here and prepare a post for 2022. So far booked are these;
- January 13th-15th - Tabletop Scenario, Hackenheim GER (visits 2013 and 2015) BOOKED!
- February 18th-19th - Tactica, Hamburg GER (visit 2019) BOOKED!
- April 22nd - Salute, London UK (visits 2012, 2016 and 2018) LIKELY!
- August 4th-6th - Bring out your Lead BOYL 2023, Newark UK (not yet)
- September TBA - Rhein Main Multiversum 2023 (visits 2018, 2019 and 2022) VERY LIKELY!
- October 14th-15th - ScaleModelChallenge - Eindhoven, NL (visit 2015) LIKELY!
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