It’s time for the next edition of Games Day Budapest!
Discover the exciting world of tabletop miniature wargaming, home to legendary games such as Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000. Try your hand at miniature painting, or enter the Golden Gobbo Miniature Painting Competition and showcase your creativity! As always, Games Day is all about great fun, and at the HammerTime Cafe you’ll even have the chance to pick up your very first army.
Once again, Games Day Budapest will be hosted as part of Summer MondoCon 2026, organized by HammerTime Cafe. The event even has its own dedicated stage—just look for the HammerTime Cafe Stage in the official program schedule!
What can you look forward to at Games Day Budapest 2026?
- Golden Gobbo Miniature Painting Competition – created especially with beginner painters in mind. (See the detailed rules below.)
- Tabletop miniature game demonstrations – where enthusiastic members of the community showcase their gaming clubs, beautifully crafted battlefields, and favorite games.
- HammerTime Cafe’s event area, featuring quality refreshments, a miniature painting workshop, and the HammerTime Cafe Warhammer store.
You can find the full Golden Gobbo competition rules here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aX_rkq16XRtCZ2-dcXZCxRCT4QxK9IEoUrPQzxnkM0M/edit?tab=t.0
Games Day Budapest 2026 is a two-day event, with the Golden Gobbo Miniature Painting Competition taking place on the first day.
Golden Gobbo Schedule – Saturday
9:30 – Doors open, competition registration begins
10:00 – Opening ceremony
12:00 – Terrain competition judging results announced
2:00 PM – Competition registration closes
3:00 PM – Return of miniatures that did not advance to the finals
4:00 PM – Awards ceremony, prize presentation, and collection of the winning miniatures
If you’re not entering the competition, you can still enjoy the event with a valid Summer MondoCon 2026 admission ticket.
Competition participants must pay an entry fee of 1,000 HUF per submission, either at the HammerTime Cafe counter during the event or in advance through the HammerTime Cafe webshop:
https://hammertimecafe.hu/termek/games-day-budapest-golden-gobbo-nevezesi-jegy/
The entire HammerTime Cafe team, organizers of Games Day Budapest 2026, looks forward to welcoming you!