Event submissions for Cancon 2027 are still open.
Submissions close 1st November 2026.
The form for submissions is a Google Doc. If you can not enter data into a google doc, ask a friend to do it for you. We can not accept emailed submissions
Ticket prices are made up from our Convention fee (Listed below), any additional Prize pool for the event (Shown in the event blurbs below), and the ticketing fee.
Tickets prices have had to go up by $5.00 due to venue price rises. Our first price rise in several years
This is an additional amount set by the Tournament organiser. 100% of this amount goes towards the game prize pool.
This is an amount to cover the fee set by our ticketing system (Square). It is $2.00 per event.
THIS AMOUNT IS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY REFUNDS.
Square does not refund it to us, so we can not refund it to you. Sorry.
Most events have an option to enter another tournament on a different day.
If you select one by mistake, choose the “No thanks” option to clear it.
To add one of the extra events to your ticket, just select it from the options.
If your purchase link is not available, or the ticket booking page does not show a bunch of cool options such as one day events, hit refresh a few times to get them to load.
If you need to cancel your ticket, contact us at conventions@cgs.asn.au.
From the 1st of January onwards, refunds can not be given for the prize pool component of any entry.
Please forward the email you received when you entered. It makes the process much simpler.
Do you have the original confirmation email that you received from CGS when you purchased the ticket?
We will be able to process your refund more promptly if you are able to forward that original email to us with your request for a refund (this is because we are managing ticket sales for ALL events at the convention).
Tickets are non-transferable.
Each ticket also gives you temporary membership to the CGS to attend club meetings till the end of January 2026 (From the date you buy a ticket).
Just bring your ticket email along.
Check out HERE for club meeting details.
Click here to go to the Cancon Merchandise page to buy any cool Cancon related loot.
Blurb coming soon.
Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) event at Cancon 2026 served as the Australian national championship.
Organised by Andrew Rogers, the competitive tactical-level World War II board wargame spanned five rounds over three days during the Australia Day long weekend in January 2026.
AWRG Horse & Musket – CanCon 2027 Tournament Announcement
AWRG Horse & Musket will once again be part of CanCon in 2027, running as a 4‑round tournament over 2 days.
Event Format
4 rounds across two days
Army size: 1500 points
Single‑list event: All players will use the same army list for all games
Ruleset: Australian WRG Horse & Musket Rules (September 2023 edition)
Available via our Facebook group’s Files section:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/386904251341447/files/files
Figure scale: 25mm figures
Loan armies: Available upon request
Army List Submission
Please email your army lists for checking to:
George.stosic@gmail.com
Deadline: Midnight, 15 January 2027
Come play Broadside: EoS at the nations biggest show!
600 points, single nation fleets, four games, two games each day, winner has best point differential.
Big prize pool with an exclusive Cancon mini: HMAS Pioneer!
Yours free for just playing in the comp!
Call to Glory 2027: Age of Sigmar is a two‑day, five‑round matched‑play tournament showcasing the best of Warhammer Age of Sigmar at CANCON.
Using the 4th Edition ruleset and the latest General’s Handbook 2026–27, the event brings together players from across Australia for a weekend of strategic gameplay, great sportsmanship, and beautifully presented armies.
Call to Glory emphasises a welcoming and professionally run tournament experience, with awards recognising competitive excellence, hobby achievement, and positive community engagement.
Whether you’re a seasoned general or new to the Age of Sigmar tournament scene, Call to Glory offers a fun, inclusive, and high‑quality event for all participants.
Info will be available soon.
Blood Bowl is back at Cancon for a triumphant 4th season!
Capital Bowl 2027 will feature the newest version of the rules, 60 players, soaring glory and crushing defeat.
All with glittering prizes and bragging rights. Which side of the Tasman will come out on top this year?
Or will the trophy head elsewhere?
Only you can decide.
Players’ Pack here
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2027 Cancon Bolt Action Open is a third edition event.
It will be organised by Sebastian Slee of The Demo Gamers and will be run with the help of Craig Jones and Mark Maskell, both who hail from the Canberra Bolt Action circles.
Sebastian of The Demo Gamers hails from regional NSW and has previous experience running Bolt Action events at either VICTORIOUS (2026) and Border Clash over the last couple of years.
Whilst this is an unashamed competitive event, we expect all games to be played with the fair, sporting attitudes that have become the hallmark of the Australian Bolt Action community.
All gamers are welcome; those who wish to compete at a high level as well as those who are happy to try their luck on some of the best tables the Australian community can muster.
We are expecting a bumper prize pool and every player will walk away with something.
Alongside podium places and awards for high performing armies, prizes will be awarded for thematic forces and peer-voted best presented armies.
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Two days of opposed tests, ki Feats and Horseshoe Crabs as far as the eye can see!
100 rice event, catering to all levels of experience. We’ll play 4 rounds of Swiss, and a special Duel event for a bit of a lark to get us started (and to get some miles under the tires of beginners).
If we get the numbers this will hopefully become an officially-recognized Masters level event – but you’ll have to sign up to find out!
Attention Beginners and Bushido-virgins: You are more than welcome – we’ll even have some training-wheels level warbands for use if you don’t have one of your own. If you have at least one hand to roll dice and shake your fist at the Dice Gods you’re golden!
To be supplied
DBA will be contested over two days with six rounds per day starting at 9.00am and scheduled to finish at approx. 5.00pm. There will be trophies for first, second, third place, and junior champion (best performed under 18 if present), based on the combined scores over the 2 days.
Trophies also for the Magister Militum (best adjusted score), and the Grand Maurice (best performance at DBA tournaments over the past 12 months).
Additional trophies for the Executioner Award (most elements destroyed in a single game), Sacker of Camps (most enemy camps sacked), Sackee of Camps (most own camps lost), Barely a Scratch (fewest losses over 12 rounds), Just a Fleshwound (greatest losses over 12 rounds), David vs Goliath (biggest upset based on army rankings, lower ranked defeating higher ranked) and Scalphunter (most enemy generals killed). In addition players vote for the Spirit of DBA award (player who plays in the best spirit).
For Day 1, (Saturday 23rd January 2027), armies can only be selected from Sections 1 and 2. For Day 2 (Sunday 24th January 2027) armies can only be selected from Sections 3 and 4. For each day the same 12 element army will be used in each round. Swapping optional elements is not permitted. The 12 elements may include approved allies appropriate to each list.
Dismounting is now allowed! Troops eligible for dismounting must be indicated in your army list.
Rules: DBA v3.0 (including any official amendments released by the author).
Scoring:
Camps must have camp followers (CF) or be garrisoned by one of your army’s 12 elements. If either of these conditions is not met then the camp will be considered undefended.
All figures should be appropriately based, painted and recognizably depict the troops they represent. Figures are to be based for 15mm scale (i.e. 40mm frontage). Game duration is 55 minutes, with the next round commencing at most, 15 minutes after the scheduled finish of the previous round. Playing area will be 70cm x 70cm mats. Players are to provide their own terrain. Players can also register for a single day’s play, nominating either the Saturday or Sunday.
Enter by early December to receive a DBA themed name tag – so we all know who you are!
Army lists (12 elements and army dates for aggression purposes) are due for checking by Friday 15th January 2027.
Any queries regarding the DBA tournament should be directed to the organiser: Peter Spitz using dba.at.cancon@gmail.com
This tournament runs for two days at the following times:
Event capacity: 40
Is entry on the day allowed? No
Prize pool fee for this event: $10.00
Tournament Organiser: Peter Spitz
Organiser Email: dba.at.cancon@gmail.com
DBMM is back for Cancon 2027, so dust off your figures, dice and rules and prepare to do battle. It is a 400 army point, 15mm scale competition with four games to be conducted over 2 days (Saturday and Sunday) using DBMM version 2.1 rules. There will be no night attacks and no games will be considered to be civil wars. Players are to submit one 400 point army list from any of the four DBMM Army List books by email before 10th January 2027. Army lists can include points designated for stratagems (list must not exceed 400 points) and the player can choose which stratagem (up to the point value designated) will be used for each game during the deployment phase.
Players are to provide their own terrain.
Army lists and any questions may be submitted to Craig by email to <cav017@gmail.com>.
Limited spare rules, armies and terrain may be available but will need to be requested early.
Players are also welcome to play for a single day if they cannot play for both days.
Dropfleet Commander is back again for 2027, seeing grand orbital combat once more hit spaces of CANCON.
For further details see the players pack.
The Flames of War Australian Nationals in the nations Capital!
Whether you are looking to knife fight at the top, or have a blast with casual games in the mid card, this is the place to be.
100pts of Early War action just in time for latest Eastern Front release from Battlefront.
Day 3 Themed game of Flames of War.
Focused around the Italy campaign and using the the recent Italy Forces book.
Night Flames is back for the 3rd Year, running Mid War this time to shake things up.
Quick, fast and fun games in our Speed Flames format.
65pts Mid War Dynamic pts.
Tracks, Wheels and Propellers only.
No Infantry or Gun teams.
Glory is Fleeting Napoleonic will be at Cancon again in 2026.
As usual it will be a 5 round tournament (2 rounds on days one and two and 1 round on day three)
The link for entries will be posted soon.
Army sizes are 1000 points
We will be using the Glory is Fleeting Napoleonic Rules and Lists v1.
The figure scale is 15/18mm figures.
Loan armies are available.
Please email lists for checking to richafricanus@gmail.com by midnight on 15 January 2027.
That’s right folks! We’re back for another year. Join us on January the 23rd and 24th for five rounds of N5 fun.
Will you reign supreme and get an invite to the Interplanetario in Spain? or merely have a lot of fun with great opponents and awesome games?
Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a new player looking to test your mettle, sign up now!
Konflikt ’47 is back for Cancon 2027! We would like to provide players a chance to get their weird, rift powered forces on the tabletop and have some fun.
Konflikt At Cancon will be a universally accessible K’47event, in that we would like this event to fit all kinds of players. This is an event for everyone, and we ask that all players consider the fun of their opponent before submitting lists and while playing games. We want you to play and try and win, we just do not want your fun to be at the expense of others.
We will be putting out a player pack closer to the day with more details, but we are asking that players build 1427 point army lists for this event.
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Cancon MESBG will be a 1 day optional event with a twist on points.
Players pack can be found here
MEG Players Pack Cancon 2027
Dates: Sat 23-25 January 2027
Location: EPIC Canberra @ 9am
Format: Mortem et Glorium 15mm Maximus – 6 Rounds – 2 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 2 on Monday.
Rounds to be 3.5 hours in duration.– Note that players can play less than all 6 rounds.
Table Size: 6X4
Points: 10,000 Pts
Lists to be submitted to: munstercancon@optusnet.com.au .
Lists will be the 2026 lists and the 2026 army builder based on the UK tournament rules. If these are updated, then I’ll make a call then. As these are released as of 1 January and can be downloaded from here:
00-2026-List-Sets – OneDrive
Army and Year will be provided to me as Tournament Organiser on Wednesday 19th January to pre-do 1st round, as TO I will play byes as required.
Lists to be submitted by COB Wed 12th January 2025
Miniatures: 18/15mm/10mm on normal 15mm (40mm wide) bases with appropriate depth for figures. Miniatures to be painted ideally at least 3 colours and bases flocked.
Byes will be given an initial 8-0 as their result. At end of all rounds Byes will be averaged out to your average results across the 6 rounds.
Round 1 draw is done based on Year or Armies, the exception is people who have travelled to Canberra from the same location will not be matched together. The oldest armies start the draw up to newest. There after draw is based on points and avoiding re-matches.
TIME TO LARD UP DOWN UNDER – Your chance to play TooFatLardies games.
For three days, all things Lard will feature at CANCON in the Lard Zone.
For available games and to book your place, see “LARD DOWN UNDER CANCON 2026 – Games” https://www.facebook.com/groups/744028723471792
In the 21st Century Board Games Competition entrants compete by playing current examples of euro-style board and card games. Players may participate in any or all of the games on offer as many times as they like and with whom they like. Each game session involves three players. Cancon dragon trophies are awarded for first, second, and third place. There are also other awards: for the most consistently good player; for the best player of each game; for playing the most games; and for playing the most people.
To be suitable for the competition – after possibly placing restrictions upon which version(s) of it may be played – a game should:
. be released no more than ten years ago. But the organiser is open to arguments that a game still retains its currency and popularity: evidenced by, for example, recent expansions or reprints.
. be readily available: either being in print, or being easily obtained for purchase.
. have a three player option, and a numeric score which ranks its players first, second, and third.
. have a good range of player scores in conjunction with a numeric tie breaker, if it has one. As needed, a house ruled tie breaker may be adopted to ensure this is so.
Early in December, entrants will vote fourteen games into the competition. For 2027 the list of candidates games initially contains the following: Concordia, Dominion, Dune Imperium, Fairy Ring, Finspan, Flamecraft, Forest Shuffle, Gizmos, Harmonies, Power Grid, Ra, Terraforming Mars, Trans Europa, and Wingspan. Each entrant, however, may propose one additional game by emailing the organiser and, if it is suitable, it will be added to the list.
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It’s on again! 2,000 Points, 5 Games, 11th Edition!
Come and sweat it out with some of the best players from the ACT and regional New South Wales!
Please make sure you purchase a ticket prior to registering in BCP.
Welcome to Warmachine at Cancon 2027!
Full tournament details are in the Google Drive link, but please join the Warmachine Australia Facebook Group and the Warmachine Australia Discord to stay up to date with any additional announcements.
Please note: For 2027, when you enter, you will choose how many days you want to play for. You then need to contact the tournament organiser to arrange which actual games you will be playing each day.
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