Gift Guide

Wargaming
Gift Guide

by Serban, Quartermaster @ The Guild Hall

November 25 2020

There’s an early Secret Santa raffle at your job, but you forgot to buy your colleague something. All you know is he enjoys this hobby called “wargaming.” What do you do? Do you buy him a fancy pen?

Don’t panic, dear reader! We’ve got you covered. If you want to find the perfect gift for a wargamer, you’re in the right place. We’re gonna give you all the details you need to figure out the best possible gift for anyone who enjoys wargames, at three different price points. Lastly, we can deliver these gifts to anyone, anywhere within Romania! 

So let’s dive into our Wargaming gift guide:

1. Wargaming Gift Guide: The Acquaintance (~50lei)

If you’re on a tight budget but still want to get them a great gift, these are the best choices you can make.

Any Army Painter Tool/Accessory

Any wargamer appreciates a set of tools to help him better customize his army.

Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide Chessex gemini Dice

Wargaming Paints

These are the bread and butter of wargamers. Buying 1 or 2 jars will make any player gleam with joy.

Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide DnD Adventures

A Painting Handle

It offers more dexterity and a better grip when painting.
Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide Chessex Glow in the Dark dice

A Warcry Warband Card Pack

The necessary information to take a specific army and portal them to Warcry for smaller skirmish battles.
Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide DnD miniatures

Basing Set

While rocks and shrubs might not be great for your other friends, wargamers will surely appreciate them!

 Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide DnD Helper Deck

2. Wargaming Gift Guide: The Hobby Bro (~100lei)

If it’s someone you’re close to (or even played your fair share of games with) you might want to get them something a tidbit more expansive. We’ve got you covered.

A Warcry Warband

Warcry is a skirmish wargame. It requires less time, fewer resources but provides just as much fun. Buy a Warband and you have everything you need.
Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide DnD Token Set

A Faction Paint Set

These sets have a brush, a couple of minis and the paints needed to paint them. It’s a great start for anyone thinking of getting into this hobby.

Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide Spell Cards

Army Painter Starter Paint Set

A set with all the essential paints they need!

Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide Dice Bags

Army Painter Project Paint Station

A very useful station that fits all their paints and tools together, organized neatly! 

Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide Metal Dice

Warhammer Underworlds Expansion

If they’ve ever played Underworlds, you can add a new piece to their puzzle.

Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide baby bestiary

3. Wargaming Gift Guide: The Best of Friends ($$$)

If you want to spoil the person you’re getting a gift for, here are some options that will spare you no expense.

A Start Collecting! Set

An excellent way to start their grand Warhammer 40.000 or Warhammer Age of Sigmar army.

Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide DnD Adventure source book

A Wargaming Starter Set

A Starter Set is a great way to start playing Warhammer 40.000 or Warhammer Age of Sigmar. It comes with 2 armies, terrain, dice, rules and everything else you need to start.

Salem

An Awesome Miniature Set

If you know what army they like, get them a couple of cool miniatures to mke sure they have the right units for every battle.

Terrain Crate

Warhammer Underworlds: Beastgrave

A sort of wargaming board game. It comes with 2 armies, cards, battlefield and everything you need to start playing it.

Classic Creature pack

Citadel Battlefigure Case

A case that will protect their miniatures from the cruel outside world.

D&D mats grids

Bonus idea

We hope that all these suggestions were helpful, but if you’re still looking for something else, we have one more idea for you:

The Guild Hall Gift Cards

If you’re not sure what Wargaming goodies they already have, then a gift card is always a good idea. They come in 3 flavours: 50 lei, 100 lei, and 200 lei.

These are the best possible gifts you can get a Wargaming general. They can all be bought from either our real life or online shop and some of them are even on sale. Get them while you still can.

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