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 enough terrain to run...

Warhammer 40,000 is at its best when it is easy to play regularly. If we want Warhammer 40,000 in the UK to become more accessible, more reliable, and more “football-like”, then the local layer matters enormously. That is why we are building the UKTC Grass Roots Support Programme. The aim is simple: to help local Warhammer 40,000 scenes start, grow, and last. This programme is designed to support the people doing the work on the ground: stores, clubs, university societies, local Tournament...

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 term. If you have...