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

The WINTER INTERNATIONAL TEAM TOURNAMENT has concluded, with the visiting Swedes claiming the trophy at the BIGGEST team event in the world. A weekend full of memories, fun, and friendship. Not to mention the highest level of competitive teams 40k, over 1885 individual games were played across as more than 150 teams battled it out. This post is going to dive into the stats behind the results and how the factions performed. Representation: what Teams picked The field was wide,

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

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

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

Introduction Greetings to all Warhammer enthusiasts and strategists! Welcome back to another blog post with one of our deep dive into the...

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.