Open German Championships in Braunschweig: 75 Games at Once
Open German Championships in Braunschweig: 75 Games at Once
Sometimes a single photo from an event is enough to get our hobby brains working overtime. This time Michał dropped news that in April there will be the Open German Championships in Braunschweig — and honestly, the scale alone immediately caught our attention.
Seventy-five matches happening at the same time.
That is the kind of number that makes us stop for a second and just imagine the room: rows of tables, painted armies everywhere, players moving trays, checking lines, measuring, rolling dice, and trying to stay focused in the middle of absolute tournament chaos.
Our first reaction was simple: it would be really cool to go to something like that one day.
Not even only for the competitive side of it, but for the whole experience. Big events like this have their own energy. Even from the photos, you can feel that mix of excitement, stress, focus, and the very specific kind of noise that only exists when dozens of Warhammer games are happening at once.
And that led to the next very fair question from our chat: can you even think properly in a crowd like that? How loud is it really?
Because that is the part we always wonder about with huge tournaments. On one hand, the atmosphere must be amazing. On the other, playing a careful game while surrounded by that many people sounds like a real skill on its own. Staying concentrated, remembering rules, planning turns, and hearing your opponent over the background buzz probably becomes part of the challenge.
Still, it is exactly the kind of event that makes the hobby feel big. Not just “we play in our local circle” big, but there are halls full of people doing the same thing we love big.
So for now, Braunschweig goes onto our mental map of hobby destinations. Maybe not this time, maybe not immediately — but definitely as one of those events we would love to experience in person someday.
If nothing else, seeing 75 games running side by side is a pretty good reminder that this hobby can scale from a quiet evening at home all the way up to something that looks like a full convention hall of dice and miniatures.
And yes, we are absolutely curious how loud it gets.