With pairings now live for the first round of the Windsor Super-Major 2026 the hype is real, only a few days to go until nearly 250 competitors descend and start competing for the first victory in the UKTCs latest new event! This article is going to look at a few players that I have picked to keep an eye on and expect to be seeing at the top tables this weekend. First lets take a quick reminder of the overall faction spread: At a Glance Space marines and Necrons are the most

List submissions are locked and revealed now for the upcoming Windsor Super-Major, the first of many new debut events for the UKTC 2026 season. We can take a first look at what people have brought and how the overall meta is shaping up. With nearly 250 players signed up and most having submitted their factions we get a good first look. At a Glance Space Marines remain the most popular faction, dominating the field as their own faction - accounting for over 20% of the field wh

Manchester’s 40k Super-Major is stacked top-to-bottom (306 players across 29 factions), but a few names carry extra  gravity this weekend. Whether it’s a top-of-the-table title chase, a breakout into the elite ranks, or a faction pivot that could either look genius or brutal by round three. Before we zoom in, here’s the shape of the battlefield: Necrons  are the biggest chunk of the room ( 25 players | 8.2% ) Space Marines (Astartes)  are close behind ( 21 | 6.9% ) Death Guar

With list submission locked for the Manchester 40K Winter GT, we can take a first look at the roster and the story about what players expect to be good. Currently there are 306 Players with only a small handful not having submitted a list - means we can get a pretty good look at how the meta is shaping up. The big picture First up, let's take a look at the whole field. Here’s the split by the macro factions buckets: Faction Players Share % Imperium 122 40.4 Xenos 97 32.1 Cha

Winter ITT is the kind of event that exposes everything. With 150+ teams  in the room and 1,885 individual games  played over the weekend, you don’t “ride” a good matchup or sneak through on reputation, you have to keep producing results round after round. And at the very top of that pressure cooker, Veizla  didn’t just win - they dominated . They finished as the only 6–0 team  at the entire event, beating Team Sigil  in the final. The Veizla headline numbers Veizla’s weekend

Pairings drop today (Wednesday 28 January 2026)  — and this is exactly the moment teams players live for. Because once the matchup matrix is out, you’re no longer “getting ready for a weekend”… you’re getting ready for a pairing room war . And the stage couldn’t be bigger. This Winter ITT is at 158 teams / 790 players  — the biggest teams event in the world , and bigger than last year’s 695 players. So if you’re prepping properly, you’re not asking “can I win my game?” You’re

Winter ITT is shaping up to be one of the most stacked weekends of the season so far - and if you care about your UKTC standing (or your team’s place in the national ladder), this is exactly the kind of event that can redraw the map in a single round. The headlines are simple: Over 150 teams have registered Representation from 29 factions  and 100+ clubs And a huge concentration of ranked talent  turning up to play This isn’t just “another weekend” - it’s a pressure test for

Lists for The UKTC Winter International Teams Tournament (ITT) are now live, with list checking underway. Today we are going to take a first look at the data, what it tells us and how the meta at the event is going to be shaken up. With 158 registered teams, this event boasts a 790 total player sign up, making it the biggest teams event in the world. The first look for this gives us a clear and interesting read of what is popular. At a glance, the faction distribution across

If you’ve only played singles events, a teams round at a UKTC ITT can feel like a magic trick. You arrive at your table thinking, “Cool , I’m playing Warhammer.” Then the captains step away, shuffle some paper, pull out their phones, and start whispering like it’s a poker final… suddenly you realise you’re also playing a second game. One that happens before dice hit the table and often decides what “good” looks like for your whole round. That’s the pairings process. At UKTC

In singles 40k, list building is mostly about your consistency : can you play into the field, across missions, without falling over? In teams, list building is about your intent : what matchups do you want  to create, what matchups do you refuse , and what score do you need  each table to deliver when the draft doesn’t go your way. That’s why teams players don’t talk about “bringing a strong list.” They talk about bringing a roster . And with the UKTC Winter ITT  almost here,

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

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