A card game with a 14-month gap between its announcement and its worldwide launch needs something to fill that calendar, and Bandai has filled it almost entirely. Between Gen Con 2026 and June 2027, there is barely a quiet month on the schedule.
That density is not an accident. Every stop doubles as a chance to get real cards into real hands before launch, feeding the same word-of-mouth strategy that started at Gen Con's free Tutorial Sessions.
It also means collectors trying to track this release have a lot of dates to keep straight, spanning conventions on four different continents plus a dedicated world tour of its own.
This guide lays out the full calendar in order, so planning around it, or just following along from home, is easier than piecing it together one announcement at a time.
Gen Con, July 30 through August 2 in Indianapolis, hosted the world debut with free Tutorial Sessions and the now-famous CP-001 Chakra Card promo. Everything on this calendar since has built on the momentum from that one weekend.
It set the format every later stop would copy: hands-on demos, a gift for participating, and new information timed to drop right before the convention floor opened.
October alone carried four major stops. New York Comic Con, October 8 through 11, delivered the Starter Deck reveals and the confirmed June 2027 launch date, running in the same week as PAX Australia, October 9 through 11.
Later that month, Spiel Essen and Paris Games Week both ran October 22 through 25, putting the game in front of European tabletop audiences almost immediately after the North American and Australian stops wrapped up.
Lucca Comics & Games followed close behind, running October 28 through November 1, giving Italian fans their own hands-on window before the calendar turns toward winter events.
The Naruto Card Game then heads to Tabletop.me in Dubai, November 6 through 8 at The Concourse Convention Center, extending the convention circuit into the Middle East for the first time.
Running alongside the convention circuit is a dedicated 11-city BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 tour, starting in Jakarta and Manila in October, then moving through Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, and Shanghai through December.
The tour continues into early 2027 with stops in Orlando and London in January, then two separate Tokyo dates in February and March, making it by far the largest single commitment on the entire calendar.
Beyond the headline conventions, Bandai confirmed in-store tutorial sessions beginning in January 2027, shifting the hands-on access away from flagship events and into local game stores for the first time.
That matters more than it sounds: conventions reach a motivated, already-engaged audience, but local in-store sessions are what actually convert casual browsers into day-one buyers come June.
Jump Festa 2027 was flagged as the next major product update after NYCC, and Premier Demo Events begin in February 2027, followed by the spring 2027 million-Demo-Deck giveaway, stacking three more major touchpoints on top of everything already scheduled.
Treat this calendar as a living document rather than a fixed list. A release with this much convention backing tends to add stops, not drop them, as launch gets closer. Any cards picked up along the way are worth sleeving on the spot with something portable like Perfect Fit Sleeves tucked into a convention bag.
Not every collector tracking this release lives near Indianapolis, Jakarta, or Dubai, and that is fine. Joining the NARUTO TCG Updates channel on TCG+ was already the fastest confirmed way to get Gen Con news first, and that same channel is the logical place to watch for updates on every later stop too.
Official recaps tend to land within days of each convention closing, usually alongside new card images or a fresh roadmap update, so checking in after each date on this calendar passes is a reasonable substitute for being there in person.
Gen Con 2026, in Indianapolis.
Eleven, spanning Asia, North America, and Europe.
January 2027.
Jump Festa 2027.
Chasing this many events means moving cards and a playmat around constantly, and a flimsy carry solution does not survive a convention season this packed. EVORETRO's Playmat Storage Tube Bag is built exactly for that kind of travel.
Whether the plan is hitting a Fest stop in person or just following along online, having the right gear ready before June 2027 beats scrambling for it after.
!
