2026 Tabletop Gaming Advent Calendars: a Head-Start for Mantic Fans!
14th Aug 2026
Dan Mapleston
It's a crazily August afternoon here at Mantic HQ! The mercury's high, we're in barbecue season, it's shorts weather (with optional loud shirts) and there's only one - yes one - thing that can possibly be on the agenda today.
You'd better believe it - Christmas! Why, I hear you ask? Here's Ronnie to tell you all about it! (Links to YouTube)
2026's latest and greatest tabletop gaming advent calendars are on the way to Mantic HQ right now! And trust us - they're going to sell out...again.
So - we want YOU, our fantastic community, to get a head start and first pick of everything that's coming. We know that lots of you are now building up a collection of as our tabletop gaming advent calendars become a fun annual tradition.
Now - in a few weeks time, we'll start telling the rest of the world about them - so this is your EARLY ACCESS chance to get one step ahead of the crowd, while you've got the chance to pre-order whatever you like from across the whole range while stocks last.
Ho-ho-ho everybody....Merry August!
*NEW* Hellboy: The Advent Calendar Game
New for 2026, fans of Mike Mignola's iconic paranormal hero can uncover a complete tabletop adventure one day at a time with the new Hellboy™ Advent Calendar Game.
Designed for 2-4 players, each door reveals new components, building toward a climactic battle against Rasputin!
This advent calendar board game includes plastic miniatures of Hellboy, Liz Sherman, Abe Sapien, Johann Krauss and Rasputin, plus Frog Monster standees, custom dice and an illustrated game mat featuring authentic Hellboy artwork.
Inspired by the classic snakes-and-ladders format (with a Hellboy twist!), players race floor-by-floor through a mysterious building, battling or evading Frog Monsters while avoiding monstrous tentacles on their way to a final showdown with Rasputin.
Easy to learn and packed with surprises, the game is designed for families, casual gamers and dedicated Hellboy fans alike!
*NEW* TerrainCrate Dungeons: for Fantasy & RPG Fans!
We teased earlier this year that some time after TerrainCrate Battlefields, we'd be seeing TerrainCrate Dungeons and work is continuing on that exciting project in the background.
But a looong way ahead of the main range, the advance party has arrived with not one but two advent calendars - one filled with dungeon furniture, and the other with classic fantasy hero and enemy miniatures!
Between then - or even better, together - we think this is the perfect way to reward your Games Master this winter, and to bring your very own fantasy tabletop gaming to life with some fantastic extra scenery and highly detailed miniatures - like these ones!
Perfect for roleplaying fans, fantasy skirmish games, dungeon crawlers, diorama hobby projects and so, so much more - we think these are going to be a firm favourite for a huge number of tabletop gamers this year.
It's time for a dungeon delve!
Fan Favourites Return - Worms and The Walking Dead Gaming Advent Calendars
The big stars of our existing tabletop gaming advent calendar range are BACK, so if you missed either of these two then you can catch up with your collection now. Let's hear a big welcome for...Worms and The Walking Dead!
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The Worms advent calendar game is a gloriously silly game of all-out worm warfare, that distills the essence of the award-winning full size board game into a 2-4 player experience for ages 10 and up. Plus, it includes several Worm miniatures not in the standard edition of the larger board game - bolster your teams, or hang onto these if you love this version and level up later to the full-size game!
And if you're in the mood for some edge-of-your-seat tension, then The Walking Dead advent calendar game is for 1-4 players, ages 14+, that sees you taking survivors on dangerous supply runs, as the Walker threat grows ever more severe....will you survive?
Check out the short videos below to find out more!
Your Pick of the Classics: Fantasy or Sci-Fi?
Let's take a trip back to where it all started - the ingenious idea of opening one door at a time, collecting a complete board game through 24 days of miniatures and game pieces, and unleashing it all on Christmas day!
If you haven't been here since the start, then these two advent calendars offer two complimentary - and yet wildly different! - experiences, taking place in our Pannithor and Warpath Universe settings. However, they're perfect for any fantasy and sci-fi fans, whatever your favourite stories may be.
Bar Room Brawl is a game for 3-4 players, where you each take control of your choice of hero in a rowdy tavern - because that's where all good fantasy stories begin. In this light-hearted adventure you'll be competing to deliver festive food and drinks back to your table, while dodging the chaos caused by other revellers, and avoiding the mischievous goblin bouncer. On top of the game itself, and all the fun heroes you'll need (below), this calendar also includes enough 3D scenery to build your own tavern.
Meanwhile, Deep Space Pest Control is a game for 1-2 players. In this high-stakes adventure, you’re the last line of defence against the veer-myn (i.e. space rats)! Seal their tunnels, hold your ground, and buy enough time for the colonists to escape. One player is Kyro, our alien mercenary hero - with the rats controlled either by the game or another player! With every door through December, you’ll get the miniatures and scenery you need to build your outpost, preparing for your sci-fi mission.
Find out more in these two quick introductions!
Behind the Door? Bundles Galore.
It wouldn't be a Mantic advent calendar launch if we didn't have some great deals lined up for you - so of course we do...
Firstly - we have some multi-buy bundles where you can get a great deal on gaming advent calendars for you and your family, partners, friends, club mates, colleagues...or whoever you like!
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And secondly, we've managed to get some extra stock made of two stone-cold-classic Mantic collector's pieces: Holiday Hellboy and Eeny Meeny Miny Mo (from The Walking Dead). Stock of those is super limited - so congratulations to everyone who manages to grab one of those bundles.
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Whatever takes your fancy this Christmas, this is your chance to get ahead of the crowd and take free pick from the very best of everything that's coming.
You'll find it all at the link below, so from all of us here...enjoy! 🎅
