by Tournaments sound tempting, but you don’t know where to start? Whether as an organizer or a player, you’re unsure which door to knock on? In this article, I’ll introduce you to several platforms that promote miniature wargaming tournaments. Whether you’re just starting in competition or a seasoned veteran, this article will help you discover new watering holes to quench your thirst for battles !
What is a tournament promotion platform?
A tournament management and promotion platform is a website that lists tournaments or public game sessions organized by individuals, stores, or publishers. Thanks to these platforms, players can stay informed about upcoming competitive events taking place in their region.
In the world of miniature wargaming, we can distinguish between two types of platforms:
- Specialized platforms, which focus solely on one game system or on the games of a single publisher. For example, ASOIAF-Stats is dedicated to tournaments for the wargame A Song of Ice and Fire, while Infinity Tournament System was built by the publisher Corvus Belli itself for its own games.
- Generic platforms, which cover most game systems (Warhammer, Star Wars Legion, Malifaux, etc.) without restrictions on game type or publisher loyalty. These platforms also feature tournaments for games that already have their own dedicated platform (such as ASOIAF).
Finally, some organizers choose not to use these dedicated platforms and instead rely on social networks (Facebook or Discord) to announce their tournaments. I’m thinking in particular of game stores that communicate directly on their website or Facebook page. Other organizers (private individuals this time) stick to Discord, usually to promote online tournaments (via Tabletop Simulator or Vassal).
In short, there are competitive event promotion spaces everywhere!
Lots of platforms – is that good or bad?
If the penny hasn’t dropped yet, let me give it a push: the more platforms there are, the more tedious your tournament search will become.
Indeed, the existence of several platforms means that you have to juggle between them to find upcoming tournaments, since every organizer has their preferred platform. This also means you’ll need to register on each one, learn how they work, and comply with their rules: list uploads allowed on one but not the other, integrated online payment here but not there; live results on the slick ones, endless delays on the older ones…
And finally, the unwanted side effect: you’ll never get a global view of your performance, since your statistics are scattered across different sites. All of this is quite frustrating, and it’s in moments like these that one might wish for a monopoly…
Which platforms should you visit to find tournaments?
Let’s start with the best-known and most interesting platforms. When it comes to spotting tournaments for various miniature games (wargames or skirmish), three platforms clearly dominate the scene in Europe and the United States.
Longshank
A US-based site (California), Longshank has been around since 2017 and was originally created for Marvel Crisis Protocol tournaments. In recent years, it has pursued a rather aggressive expansion strategy, notably by acquiring competitors such as the late GameUplink.
Longshank is booming right now, as shown by the number of tournaments announced through the platform: 600 tournaments between September 2025 and December 2026. Unlike T³ (which I’ll talk about just after), the majority of these tournaments are for non–Games Workshop games. And that’s pretty amazing!
This growing success probably comes from the platform’s relevant features. As a player, you can track your performance, check your rankings and ratings, revisit past opponents, and compare your results with other players. Since you’re required to submit your army list when registering for a tournament, you can also browse other players’ lists (for past tournaments). This also means Longshank can generate a wealth of stats for a given game system: what’s the win rate of faction X? Which units or cards are most played? And that’s incredibly useful for identifying the meta of your favorite game.
All the games you see listed above are ones that Longshank deeply understands (cards, units, etc.). Compared to its competitors, Longshank offers fewer games, but it offers them better! The library of games keeps expanding month after month. The latest additions include Bolt Action and Halo Flashpoint.
Please note, however, that Longshank is a freemium platform, meaning you will have to pay to unlock additional features or statistics.
TableTop Tournament
Also known as T³, Tabletop Tournament is a European site (Germany) that has existed since the early 2000s (as its interface still shows). The oldest of the platforms, T³ remains widely used in Europe. Just look at the numbers: between September 2025 and December 2026, nearly 800 tournaments are listed on the old continent (but more than half of them are, unsurprisingly, Games Workshop events).
Although it offers a huge list of game systems, its coverage isn’t as in-depth as Longshank’s. T³ recognizes the different games in broad strokes—basically just their factions, and that’s it. The only stats you’ll find on this site are win rates by army, nothing more. This kind of data is too shallow to be truly useful for high-level competitive players who want to identify trends and the meta of their miniature game.
Best Coast Pairings
Best Coast Pairings was created in the United States in 2016. It supports around a hundred different games, drawing from both card games and miniature games (and occasionally even video games). BCP also lists online tournaments, which is handy if you’re looking to play from home via Tabletop Simulator or Vassal. While offering a more user-friendly interface than T³, it suffers from the same weakness as the German site: no in-depth stats on the game systems in its catalog. A real shame!
Other smaller platforms
Next come other platforms, far less popular but still valuable to the community. If you’re struggling to find a tournament for your game (rare, but it happens), it’s always worth taking a look:
Tourney Keeper
Tourney Keeper is a platform mostly used in Poland. Its game catalog is limited (barely a dozen titles).
Roll Better
Roll Better was originally created as a platform for X-Wing tournaments. Over time, the site added other Atomic Mass Games titles to its catalog, such as Armada, Legion, and Marvel Crisis Protocol.
Specialized platforms
These are platforms created specifically for a single game system (or sometimes for all systems belonging to the same publisher).
ASOIAF Stats
The ASOIAF Stats site is the most popular platform for organizing and joining a tournament of A Song of Ice and Fire. Since it is dedicated solely to this game, it generates a wealth of advanced statistics on faction win rates, top-performing lists, and more. In 2025, its creator announced plans to shut it down. Fortunately, Hits and Crits stepped in to rescue the community and took over the site: continuity is assured!
Infinity Tournament System (ITS)
The publisher Corvus Belli created its own platform to promote tournaments for its games: Infinity, Warcrow, Aristeia!, and more.
Which platform to choose
As an organizer
As of today (2025), I believe the most promising platform is clearly Longshank. Its clean and mobile-friendly interface provides a better user experience than T³. Longshank also makes things much easier for organizers thanks to its army list submission system, something you won’t find on T³. While Longshank does offer some paid options, the core features remain free—unlike Best Coast Pairings.
As a player
Unfortunately, as a player, you don’t get to choose which platform you’ll use. That decision is always up to the organizers!
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