7th Northern European A&A Wiking Con 2026

The 7th Northen European A & A Wiking Con is scheduled to begin in January 2026.

As soon as we know more, we’ll announce the exact dates.

All games during this event are OOB Axis & Allies Global 1940 games combined with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 HRE rules.

All Axis & Allies players that participate must be able to play with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 HRE rules.

Players who play with the Axis & Allies Global 1940 HRE rules for the first and second time during a Wiking Con event are playing with only a limited number of rules from the Axis & Allies Global 1940 HRE rules.

Those rules are attached (pdf file) below.

Tournament rules Limited 1st and 2nd.pdf

For the players who have participated 3 times or more the entire Expansion Rulebook is included, with a few exceptions:

Exception 1:
In Section II, the following units & rules are not included:

• Increased Ship Building in the Pacific Theatre (US & Japan)
• German Atlantic Wall Fortifications

Exception 2:
In Section V (Optional Rules) the following units & rules are not included:

• German Volkssturm
• German King Tiger unit
• Heavy Waffen-SS Panzer unit
• Rocket units
• US Heavy Transporter unit
• German Type XXI U-Boat unit

Exception 3:
The following Optional Rules are included:

• Combat Engineer unit
• Waffen-SS Assault Pioneer unit
• FLAK Tower unit
• Strict Neutral rules & units
• Air Fleet Commander unit & Air Fleet
• Waffen-SS Panzer General unit & 1st Waffen-SS Panzer Army
• Elite Tank unit & Elite Waffen-SS Panzer unit

Important:

• Each game is scheduled to last no more that 15 hours
• At least 10 rounds must be played (Late 1944)
• Each side (Axis side & Allied side) will have an average of 40 minutes for each round
• Winning Conditions are described in the G40 HRE rulebook at pg. 11

This post has been updated 13th August 2025.

Captain

The rules that are available for this event have been updated.

See the first post in this thread and study Exception 3.

Information about this event has been updated.

The 7th Northen European A & A Wiking Con has now been scheduled for Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th January 2026.

The 8th Northen European A & A Wiking Con is scheduled to begin in March 2026.

All seats are now occupied for the 7th Northen European A & A Wiking Con which takes place from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th January 2026.

Number of players: 6

All participating players have been informed in detail by e-mail concerning location, accommodation, supplies etc.

Bids have now been agreed by all players (only for one game the 2 players were bidding - a bid at 5 IPC was given to the Allies).

The same Tournament Rules which were used during the 6th Northen European A & A Wiking Con applies for this event.

We truly look forward to this event.

Best regards

Danish Axis & Allies Association
The Captain

@barnee

The Wiking-Con events are usually for Veteran Players - that is why the number is limited to 6 or 8 players.

For future Wiking-Con events, players must qualify in order to participate.

Players who have 6 points or more are qualified to participate in a Wiking-Con event.