Steam and Fury 2026 was held at Hotel Valloni and their new congress center. There was tournaments in three different games: Warmachine, Marvel: Crisis Protocol and Guild Ball.
Warmachine
20 players participated in the Warmachine tournament. Format was that after 3 rounds we did a top 8 cut and those then decided the averall tournament winner, players that did not make top 8 cut played a “hunt for the wooden spoon” tournament for the last place.
After 3 rounds we had the top 8 resolved and last places where decided on the 2nd tie-breaker.
After that we had another 3 rounds and I seeded the first games in the final so that 1st played against 8th, 2nd vs 7th etc. Last years winner Olov experienced his 1st Steam and Fury defeat in the 5th round against Samu, when Longshank decided that we would play Storm Legion vs Storm Legion and Dusk vs Dusk mirrors. Mathias and Samu faced off in the Final, a classic Sweden versus Finland battle. Samu emerged as the winner of the final and cut the tradition of some Swede always winning the Finnish Master title.
Final results:
The Hunt for the Wooden Spoon ended up by Albin taking the free entry for the next event:
Most important part was that everyone was happy in the end.
Marvel: Crisis Protocol
MCP tournament was official Grand Tournament and for the title of Finnish Master. 14 players played out 6 rounds and the system was that we just added more rounds until 6 was full. Antti was the only player with unbeated record with his Inhuman roster.
Guild Ball
After many years Guild Ball made a return in Steam and Fury. There was 8 players battling it out for the Finnish Master title. Initial idea was to play a 7 round round-robin for this event, but plans changed when few players could not make it on the second day. So we played normal 3 round tournament on saturday and another smaller tournament on sunday.
Results for the Guild Ball tournament:
Conclusion
Venue was excellent for gaming. Lots of space, good air conditioning and overall everything just worked. In total there was 42 players at the event and once again growth from the previous year.
Thanks for everyone who showed up and see you all next time!
Steam & Fury 