Play – the Games Festival 2026 brings WARPIT to life: a space dedicated to three-dimensional gaming in every form — miniatures, painting, sculpture, modelling, wargames, dioramas, prototypes, and pure experimentation.

WARPIT is more than an exhibition area. It's a genuine meeting point for associations, designers, artists, creators, and hobbyists who share one passion: playing.

Here, gaming meets education, and community grows through open tables, continuous demos, hands-on workshops, meet-the-designer sessions, and conversations between veterans and newcomers alike.

For three days, WARPIT will be a living, constantly evolving space where you can try indie games and wargames, discover prototypes, watch live painting and sculpting sessions, join modelling workshops, marvel at spectacular dioramas, and take part in major narrative and competitive events.

Among the many groups taking part: DISAGIO28 with IndiePark and its independent games; the Independence Warpit area dedicated to wargame and non-combat prototypes; Legio Felsinea and Asgard with non-stop demos of Blood Bowl, Horus Heresy, and Warhammer 40K; Mordheim Italia with narrative campaign, tournament, and open tables; Sito dell'Anello; Guardia Bizantina; La Tana degli Orchi; Bivacco Vicenza with a major presence spanning RPGs, demos, and support for the wargame areas; Dragonwolf Team; Araldi with their painting activities and Beer Painting; and Uninerd with events and panels dedicated to Trench Crusade.

Miniature artists and craftspeople will also have a prominent place in the space, with sculptors and miniature makers working live — sharing techniques, creative processes, and the details of an art form where precision, imagination, and personality come together.

Hands-on workshops will be available for anyone who wants to dive straight in: practical modelling, kitbashing, indie event design, and sessions aimed at spreading and growing this wonderfully rebellious hobby.

On Saturday 23 May, the spotlight falls on the mega-game of From Ulm To Waterloo, organised to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Aspern-Essling — an unmissable occasion for historical wargaming enthusiasts.

An area built for those who paint, build, imagine, and battle… and equally for those who simply want to be surprised and discover something new.

The programme is below — and still growing!

 

WARPIT PLAY26

DISAGIO28 presents IndiePark

• Play with the Designer

• Full Spectrum Dominance with @LazyForge
• Omen Tide with Paolo Boracchi @the_boltergeist
• Daga with Simone Peracchi @sime_lab

Independence Warpit – Wargame and Non-Combat Prototypes

• Filth of Yersynis with Xav @maybeitsxav
• URBEXTAMPEDE with Lorenzo Preda @CoffeeisShade
• Weirdos Rumble with Filippo Bertuzzi @il_bertuz
• Predict with Pietro Gaetani
• Run Out with Alessandro Rusconi

Experience Disagio! – Indie Game Demos

• Necropolis28
• Space Gitz
• Sector Alyx
• Sunrot
• Turnip28
• Gaslands

Miniature Sculptors

Exhibition and Live Work

• Ana Polanšćak (@gardensofhecate) Miniature artist specialising in highly personalised gaming and display pieces with a distinctive macabre style — a key reference point in the global indie scene.

• Alessio Cisbani @wolfbaneart
• Maurizio Cassano @dungeonseminiatures
• Ivan Missiroli @Res Tattica

Workshops

• Design an Indie Event with @TabletopSidekick

The founder of TurnipCon and Spru — internationally recognised events for independent wargaming — shares tools and ideas to support the spread of the hobby.

• Practical Modelling Workshop + Free Capybara

with @i_minimondi_di_capochino

• Playing with Bits

Mix parts and models to create new miniatures with @coffee_is_shade

LEGIO FELSINEA + ASGARD

A dozen of wargaming enthusiasts

Dioramas

• Blood Bowl Stadium
• Warhammer 40K
• Horus Heresy

Demos around the clock

• Blood Bowl
• Horus Heresy
• Warhammer 40K
• Stop the Truck

MORDHEIM ITALIA

• Free play / open tables: Friday
• Narrative campaign: Saturday
• Tournament: Sunday
• Demos: always
• Golden Gotthard: always

SITO DELL’ANELLO

A dozen of wargaming enthusiasts

2 demos around the clock

3 display tables

GUARDIA BIZANTINA

Blood Bowl demo + The Old World showcase on Saturday and Sunday

LA TANA DEGLI ORCHI

• Friday and Saturday: miniature game demo
  A Song of Ice and Fire
• Sunday: 5th National Tournament of
  A Song of Ice and Fire

BIVACCO VICENZA

Around fifty members and fellow traveling hobbyists from various groups, supporting other areas or directly running:

• 6 RPG tables
• Narrative event, demo and tournament for Trench Crusade
• Support for Mordheim
• Wargame demo area management (a dozen-plus tables covering various systems)
• Miniworlds area and Indie Park sculptors

Demo Area

From Ulm To Waterloo with designer Andrea Mengoli and Nicola Salituro

Bivacco

• Maladum
• Core Space
• Dragon Rampant

Wardens Game Cerea

•     Age of sigmar

Horus Painting

• Spearhead

Snack Pals

• Infinity
• Warcrow
• Aristeia
• Bushido

Forgiamartelli

• Kill Team

Civitanova Marche Historical Modelling Association

• Confrontation

The Gotcha! Protocol

• Corvus Belli

MCIC - Mutant Chronicles Italian Club

• Warzone

Events

Saturday 23

Mega Game of From Ulm To Waterloo to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Aspern-Essling

DRAGONWOLF TEAM

Painting

Sculpture

Mecha-Gumpla

ARALDI

• Classic Intro Painting Area (always)
• Traditional Artists Area (always, rotating)
• Beer Painting (afternoons)
• Airbrush Area (always)
• HeroQuest, The Challenge (afternoons)
• Painting Competition for Trench Crusade (always, awards on Sunday)
• RPGs (always / shifts)
• Panels (schedule pending)

Just over fifty glorious weirdos.

UNINERD

• Trench Crusade Narrative Event + Awards Ceremony
  (Sunday 24/05, 9:00–18:00)
• Trench Crusade Demo Support
• Panel: Trench Crusade – a rapidly growing phenomenon
  (Saturday 23/05, 11:00–12:00)
• Panel: Designing 1v1 Duel Games
  (Saturday 23/05, time to be confirmed)