BWC #2 will be held at the historic Sveaborg Sea Fortress in Helsinki, Finland.
Date: April 18-19, 2026 (Pajasali). Exact hours TBD. Google Maps link.
Entrance fee: 20 eur for adults, minors are free (the venue is not free & I am not rich).
- Over 50 seats available
- Tables: many – included in the entrance fee.
Venue
Pajasali (“Workshop Hall”) is inside a building built in 1786 in the Sveaborg Sea Fortress (“Gibraltar of the Baltic Sea”) – a world heritage site in Helsinki. It is located on a group of small islands just outside of the Helsinki main harbor and easily accessible by multiple ferries including the public transit system. Although car parking is always a challenge in the city (no cars allowed at Sveaborg), public transit will serve players well. Pajasali is a short walk from the main ferry pier on the north end of the main island.
Program
Play games with old or new friends over the weekend in a world-class and unique environment. The only reason an entrance fee is carried is because the venue costs an arm and a leg. Lots of tables are available and the entrance fee is for the whole weekend.
Several new or under development game projects are available for testing (this is preliminary information subject to change!):
- Wojciech Zalewski (Taktyka i Strategia / TS Wargames, Poland) will demo some of his many games.
- Stefan Ekström and Jan Larsson (Three Crowns Games, Sweden) bring their new games set around the 1st Battle of El Alamein and the 2nd Battle of Kharkov, both in 1942. PLUS maybe a still secret project…
- Brian Berg Asklev Hansen (Denmark) brings his latest games, Baltic Empires: The Northern Wars of 1558-1721 (GMT Games) and 1813: Napoleon’s Struggle for Germany (VUCA). He is also the designer of several wargames such as 1812: Napoleon’s Fateful March (VUCA Simulations) and two games in the GMT’s Musket & Pike Battles Series. PLUS maybe a still secret project…
- Tentative: Roger Sjögren (Sweden) will hopefully play his GNWB series (Great Northern War Battles) – in any case, Mikko Saario will demo the new GNWB project, 1714 Napue.
You can leave games on the tables overnight.
Organizer
The event is organized by Mikko Saario.
Sveaborg Sea Fortress
Sveaborg is a unique historical site with museums, shops, restaurants and a supermarket. It also hosts the Military Museum of Finland and the WW2 submarine Vesikko (a U-boat prototype), If you visit the museum, its entrance fee is valid for both.
(Images are from either Wikipedia or Suomenlinna/Sveaborg Facebook or web page)
I found some pictures I had taken at Sveaborg & the military museum there
And one pic from the submarine Vesikko
