Episode 276 - Adepticon 2026 Review

The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

Carl Tuttle

Hobbies, Leisure

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2026

⏱️ 161 minutes

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What happens when The Independent Characters descend on Milwaukee for four straight days of Warhammer 40,000, other tabletop gaming, and everything Adepticon has to offer? In this episode, Carl, Adan, and Josh bring you their full review of Adepticon 2026, the games they played, the people they met, and the moments that made the trip worth it all.

But this year, the crew wasn't just attending. They were running the show! Well... specifically the Warhammer 40,000 Flex event for the second year in a row. This is quickly becoming one of the convention's most dynamic, welcoming, and inclusive Warhammer 40k events, across all four days. What goes right, what goes sideways, and what keeps players coming back year after year?

From the convention floor to the event organizer's perspective, we share the experiences, the highlights, and the hard-won lessons from one of the best weeks the hobby has to offer. Whether you've been to Adepticon or it's been on your bucket list, this episode will make you feel like you were right there with us.

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 - Show Intro, Elite Choice
0:12:00 - Hobby Progress, and Games Played and Adepticon Review Part 1
1:26:15 - Games Played and Adepticon Review Part 2
2:35:15 - Final Discussion and Show Closing

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0:00.0	Stephen, I didn't sell out son, I bought in.
0:04.4	Keep that, Mike.
0:29.8	Welcome. Welcome to the Independent Characters episode 276.
0:33.3	Is that what it says on the notes?
0:34.9	276.
0:35.9	This is Carl.
0:37.1	This is Adon.
0:40.7	This is Josh. And we're coming to you from the Astronomicon. After having attended Adepticon, we got back. We're about a week out from. Yeah, we can a half.
0:48.2	We can a half out from having been there, finally recovered. I, first things first, I didn't get sick this year i did not i didn't lose
0:58.3	my voice i didn't get sick yeah your voice was going there your voice sunday it started going because
1:03.0	it was so much drier uh last last year in milwaukee i also did not lose my voice every year in schaumburg
1:09.0	i lost my voice yeah how about you do you no i, I lost my voice. Yeah. How about you?
1:11.7	Do you succeed? No, I wear my mask a lot more than a lot of people do. Yeah, yeah, I was good. Wear my mask on the plane. On the plane I did. Yeah. I used a lot of sanitizing lotion. Yep. You know, and we were just cautious. but for the first time,
1:28.9	like every time,
1:29.8	because the error,
1:30.6	I mean,
1:30.7	the fact that you refuse to shake anybody's hand, that was part of it. I do fist bumps. I shook some people's hands. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. No offense. No offense, but I don't want to get sick. It's not worth getting sick. I've been coming, I've come back from that thing so sick before.
1:46.0	Yeah.
1:46.2	It was just, oh, I was miserable.
1:48.3	But yeah, this year, neither shall nor I got sick.
1:51.8	But it was incredibly dry.
1:54.6	Yes.
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