TaToCon 2026: Short Visit, Great Atmosphere, and a Game of Port Royal

Last Saturday, it was time for TaToCon XIII again at the "Roll-the-Dice" club in Puchheim (near Munich). Due to a shortage of time, I could only attend as a short-time visitor this year rather than running a demo table myself.

Even though I only had about three hours to spare, I managed to catch up with a few folks, chat with old acquaintances, and squeeze in a game of Port Royal—having secured a spot in advance since the game has been on my wishlist (and to-do list) for quite a while now.

As always, there were plenty of gorgeous tables to check out, interesting rule sets being showcased, and a wonderfully relaxed, friendly atmosphere. It’s a convention that is genuinely well worth a visit.

Enclosed are a few impressions of the tables and systems on display:

Our game of "Port Royal" hosted by Marc aka Lord_Rorken:

Battle of Trebia using "Epic Hail Caesar" rules that Max had to try out:

Conclusion:

It was a blast, and hopefully next year I'll have more time to chat and play!

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TaToCon 11 in Puchheim, near Munich

The last few days and weeks have been dominated by the final preparations for our Chain of Command Participation Game at TaToCon 11 in Puchheim, organised by Roll-the-dice, which took place last Saturday.

There were many beautiful and lovingly designed tables to marvel at and, as always, you didn't get to test any of the games on offer as you could hardly get away from your own table - there was hardly any time for more than a chat with your fellow players.

We were able to offer some games of CoC to take part and received nothing but positive feedback and our gaming group will include a few more players in the future - an extremely positive result!

There was even no opportunity to play CoC for myself, as I was busy running and umpiring our games all the time, but I had a lot of fun anyway as all the players were relaxed throughout the day.

And here are a few pictures of TaToCon 11, without any claim to completeness and starting with our own table for Chaim of Command:

One of our CoC games in full progress.

Muskets & Tomahawks

Hail Caesar putting Persians vs. Macedonians

Vietnam using Bolt Action

Impressive Pyramid, completely scratchbuild from styrofoam!

Rules used were Mythic Americas (Warlords of Erehwon)

Cinematic skirmish rules - Ghostbusters included!

Samurai skirmish with functional waterfall

Carnevale

SciFi on the Moon

Frostgrave

Another SciFi board

Last but not least Barons War presented by Bernhard!

A wonderful day with great tables and nice people that was over far too quickly - Max and I will definitely be back at TaToCon12 next year!

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