What's the difference, a Rouge Traders Tournament? A Grand Tournament, How about a Major? A “tournament” can mean anything from a local one-day scrap with 12 players… all the way up to a weekend where you’re one name in a four-digit player field. And while the rules  of Warhammer stay the same, the experience changes massively as events scale up. So let’s break down the three sizes you’ll hear most often — RTT, Grand Tournament, Major, and Super-Major — what they feel like to

If singles 40k is about your list vs their list , teams 40k adds a whole extra layer: Your list vs their list… on that  table… inside that  pairing plan. That’s why teams players talk about terrain like it’s a faction. Because in teams, it basically is. And if you’ve been “meaning to try teams one day,” here’s the inconvenient truth: that day is getting harder to book.  The Winter ITT is already sold out (and it’s literally billed as the world’s largest 40k team tournament, w

Lists, Pairings & Score Normalisation (and what else makes teams so  addictive) If you’ve only played singles events, a Warhammer 40,000 teams tournament  feels like someone took your favourite game… and added a second, brilliant game on top. You still play normal 40k. You still score primary/secondary. You still try to win your round. But now you’re doing it as a squad  — building five lists that work together, navigating the captains’ pairing mini-game , and chasing the kin

A sincere thank you to everyone who attended Nottingham this weekend, and congratulations to all our winners. It was a fantastic start to 2026, and we hope the rest of the year’s events build on the same energy, sportsmanship, and quality of games that made Nottingham such a standout. With a massive field, Nottingham delivered exactly what a makes UKTC events so special. But it was not just the play that was catching the eye - some of the armies steal the show and are truly w

A sincere thank you to everyone who attended Nottingham this weekend, and congratulations to all our winners. It was a fantastic start to 2026, and we hope the rest of the year’s events build on the same energy, sportsmanship, and quality of games that made Nottingham such a standout. With a huge field, Nottingham delivered exactly what a UKTC super-major should. Best General: Innes Wilson — Space Marines (Astartes) Best General – Innes Wilson capped off an exceptional weeken

1) Faction representation: what the room looked like Top 10 factions by representation (players with recorded games): Faction Players Share of field Space Marines (Astartes) 32 9.4% Blood Angels 24 7.0% Chaos Daemons 20 5.9% Aeldari 19 5.6% Astra Militarum 17 5.0% Emperor’s Children 16 4.7% Dark Angels 16 4.7% Space Wolves 15 4.4% Orks 15 4.4% Death Guard 15 4.4% This was not a “two-faction meta.” It was wide and that makes conversions and top-table presence far more meaningf

The NOTTINGHAM 40K SUPER-MAJOR has been and gone, with 355 players in the field, it acted like a rankings gravity well: it pulled attendees up the ladder and pushed some non-attendees down. Below is a data-led breakdown of what changed, why it changed, and what it means if you care about your UKTC position (or want to start climbing fast). The headline numbers Using the rankings snapshot before Nottingham and the updated snapshot after Nottingham: Players previously on the ra

If you have recently purchased your first ticket to a UKTC event, congratulations and we can’t wait to welcome you to our community! This post will help explain what your next steps are, how you can best prepare, and what to expect from your first time at a UKTC event! The anatomy of a UKTC Event. Expand each section to find out more. Registration Once you have purchased your ticket, as the event approache,s you will receive an email when registrations have opened - 10 days p

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Position — Assistant Event Manager Location:  UK (regular travel & weekend work required) Reports to:  Event Manager Employment type:  Full-time (permanent) — flexible hours including event weekends About us UK Tournament Circuit (UKTC) is a market-leading organiser of large-scale competitive tabletop events across the UK. We deliver professionally run tournaments, customer-facing experiences and events that require detailed planning, reliable operations and excellent people

Just over a week ago the latest Balance Dataslate for Warhammer 40,000 was released, in this new series of blog posts I am going to regularly review the main changes, to the game itself and what this will mean for the wider meta. I am Charles, a highly experienced tournament player who has played at events all over the world. Being the lead analyst for the UKTC.tv coverage of our events allows me the best insights into what changes actually mean for the UK meta and how the to

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Explore the dynamic landscape of the UK's Warhammer 40,000 meta as we delve into the action-packed events from Week 2 of the season.

Welcome to our first in a series of regular posts where we'll be dissecting the meta from the UK Warhammer 40k tournament scene.