Those of us who have just about recovered from 2024’s Christmas may be delighted to hear that Nottingham-based Mantic Games are already planning their list for Santa. They’re launching a new list of Advent Games for 2025, including one themed around the classic video game WORMS. You can check out a Kickstarter here.

Mantic Games has amazing board game calendars and advent-style treats. These full miniature-based board games build up day by day until you have something ready to go on the big day itself, or more realistically, something to play on Boxing Day whilst nursing a hangover. 

Mantic Games are known for their solidly designed fantasy and wargaming models, as well as their tie-in games such as Worms, Halo, Hellboy and The Walking Dead. Last year’s advent included sci-fi action in a cramped spaceship and a fantasy ballroom brawl.

It was one of those lightning-bolt ideas”, said Ronnie Renton, CEO and founder of Mantic. “We all love playing a new tabletop game together at Christmas, and there’s a real joy in opening doors and collecting things out of an advent calendar in December. So we’ve brought those two things together and created a new winter tradition for tabletop fans everywhere!”

The first new calendar to be revealed is Worms, which follows the very successful collaboration between Mantic and Team 17 on Worms: The Board Game – which launched in the second half of 2024 at retail and almost immediately sold through the first print run. In this gift calendar game, players can expect hilarious weapons, destructible landscapes, and a game packed with turn-based comic mayhem!

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