For many local clubs, stores, university societies, and smaller Tournament Organisers, terrain is one of the biggest barriers between “we would like to run an event” and “we are running regular, reliable, good-quality tournaments.” Good terrain is expensive and it needs to be consistent enough that players know what they are practising on. It needs to support the kind of games people will later play at larger events. And for a local scene that is still developing, buying enou

This article is part of our ongoing series explaining UKTC’s long-term plan for organised Warhammer 40,000 in the UK. In the first posts, we set out the wider picture: our vision for making 40k as accessible and dependable as football; the five structural problems we believe need to be solved; our mission to build the social and economic infrastructure that allows the community to grow; and the roadmap for how we intend to deliver that work over the short, medium, and long te

This is the next post in our current UKTC series on the future of Warhammer 40,000 in the UK. In the Vision post, we described the destination: a UK where 40k is as accessible and dependable as football. In the Problems post, we explained why that future does not exist yet. In the Mission and Roadmap posts, we set out how UKTC intends to build the infrastructure that makes that future possible. This post is about one of the most important pieces of that infrastructure: the ne

In our vision post , we described the destination: a United Kingdom where Warhammer 40,000 is as accessible and dependable as football; where your ability to play depends on your interest, not on whether your local area happens to have the right infrastructure. In our mission post , we described the work: building the social and economic infrastructure that allows the community to grow and flourish. This post is about the plan. More specifically, it is about how UKTC will use

As many of you know the new edition of Warhammer 40k is coming and has been announced by Games Workshop for a June release. Please note that the below is based on our assumptions and only the publicly available information Games Workshop has released and we are no more privy to the facts than you are. That being said, this is not our first edition change and we know how to handle things smoothly for all. This article covers how we will manage the process of transitioning fro

Our vision describes the destination. A mission describes the work. This is the third in the series of posts where we outline where we see 40k going over the next decade and what we’re doing to make it happen. In our vision post , we described the destination: a UK where Warhammer 40,000 is as accessible and dependable as football where your ability to play is shaped by your interest, not by luck, geography, or limited local provision. In our “Five Problems” post , we descri