Terrain can be an awesome and unique gift for any miniatures gamer or RPG enthusiast. Well crafted terrain helps populate your player’s table with 3D, interactable pieces of pure immersion, allowing them to elevate their game nights and introduce elements of storytelling and tactical decision making to their play.
But for those not in the hobby, this can be an intimidating task! With unique sizes, tons of industry jargon, and hundreds and hundreds of options available, it’s no wonder many people struggle and scratch their heads to find the perfect gift.
But don’t fret – that’s where your friends at Tabletop Terrain come in. Check out our handy Gift Guide to the 2024 Holiday Season and we’ll get you well on your way to gift that your favorite gamer won’t soon forget.
Why Trust Us?
But, first off, let’s chat a little about why you should trust us with your holiday gift giving.
Here at Tabletop Terrain, we pride ourselves on offering only the highest-quality pieces from modelers and designers we personally trust, in order to produce pieces we’d be proud to put on a personal tabletops. Organized and helmed by a team of trustworthy and innovative tabletop gamers, we work tirelessly to ensure each Tabletop Terrain piece is a model anyone will be proud to add to their collection.
But don’t just take our word for it! Feel free to browse our gallery of over 2,000 verified customer reviews (where we hold a current rating of 4.9 out of 5!).
Let customers speak for us
Was hesitant to order as they were a fair bit cheaper than anything availible local(Australia) but decided to order the ruins set as a trial before ordering some more kits. Absolutely stoked with the quality. We don’t play competitive layouts but it works well as a “ruined city” for a bit of tight, close quarters style warfare. Will definitely be wording more terrain from these guys (ignore the unpainted army/terrain, I prefer to play so painting is a slow grind for me)
Perfect scatter terrain for western or desert themed boards.
Really cool jail that I will
use for Dead Mans Hand.
I play Tyranids and I put effort into making my nids look good. I wanted some terrain that would look equally good, and I found it with Alien Structures. You look at the table with this terrain on it and know you're on a bug world. The prints were all very clean and my order arrived quickly.
Nice quality print! Arrived super fast! Will be ordering again! The 12mm scale is perfect for Heavy Gear Blitz!
Great customer server. Able to offer custom order for just the prices recently added to the TMB insert. Quality of items are superb. Shipping quicker than expected. Seller recommended.
AWESOME!!!! They are very high quality and better then the description!
Great stuff can't wait to pait and then order more. 40K
Looks really nice on my HO train layout. I have a Harry Potter theme and I'm using this as the whomping willow.
Like all of my prior purchases, this model did not disappoint! I use them to play the Lord of the Rings skirmish game, which I've included in one picture.
I really loved painting this model. It was very clean, requiring very little cleanup of leftover bits from its manufacture. I thought the details were perfect for accepting paint, and I was really pleased with the final result.
I painted it, along with 3 other buildings that I ordered from TABLETOP TERRAIN, and together they form the nice start to a ruined village.
Love this set. Not only is it great for practicing for a 10th ed event, it fits perfectly with TT's other fantastic scifigothic urban sets to make a dystopian downtown destruction setting. Well done, definitely recommend!
The main body of the shuttle comes in three pieces, the main cab, bed, and tailgate. The extra bits are the fins found on each side of the shuttles front nose, and the tiny fins on the bed where the bed meets the cab. the last part is the radar dish, comes in three parts as well, the base, and the dish comes in two parts. If you are careful with your gluing the radar dish will have some up down movement. There are also peg feet that have holes to go into the bottom to simulating floating.
The only other note is the fins that attach to the cab, you need to cut away some plastic for them to fit. [picture attached].
Glue and knife are required.
Its a nice model with the truck bed able to serve a lot of optional roles.
20mm works great with Star Wars MGS!
I already ordered the insert for Project: ELITE and loved it so much I browsed all items for any other games I own. Simply beautiful; expertly made. Splendor already fit the base game and its expansion in one box, but now organization is less mess and ziplock bags, more convenience for repeated playthroughs.
What System Are You Shopping For?
Okay, first thing’s first! Let’s figure out what type of gamer you’re looking for. If you’re unsure, you could always do a little browsing (or just ask) and find the game. But it’s important to know just what games your intended recipient plays so that we can provide the right recommendations.
Some of this has to do with theme – for example, if your son plays Marvel Crisis Protocol, they’d want comic book inspired, modern terrain. A broken-down wild west outpost just won’t fit in quite right! Additionally, for some games the scale of the terrain is very important. Don’t worry too much about the technicalities here, just know that depending on the game system you’ll need terrain of a specific size for it to work correctly – we’ll get into that in our game specific recommendation below.
Ready To Go?
Okay, now that you know what system you’re looking for, we’ll break down some of our favorite pieces and provide a few options. First, we’ll talk about a nice gift that anyone playing those games will use. Then, we’ll sprinkle in a couple of stocking stuffer options – nice, low cost items that would be a great add-on. And finally, we’ll include a showstopper piece for each game – these are going to be the jaw-dropping additions that’ll recreate the feeling of opening that first Nintendo or BB gun in Christmases of yore!
In part one, we will focus on Dungeons & Dragons with a few recommendations for the roleplaying game enthusiast in your life!
The Gloomwood Eyrie Elven Building is a fantastical terrain piece that can easily fit into any D&D or RPG campaign traveling through the woods or dealing with elven-folk. This piece features a fully removable roof and floor, along with a functioning door, meaning you can even use this as a pice of dynamic terrain just in case combat breaks out and you need to roll initiative!
Painting the Gloomwood Eyrie offers an exciting treat, with a fun mix of natural elements in the bark and tree, the muted stone flooring and walls, and a chance to add pops of bright color to the table on the roof of the building.
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What adventure doesn’t need a spooky forest to go through? These gnarly trees can easily represent a sickly infected forest, an ancient, overgrown city, or a simple and friendly jaunt through the woods depending on how you paint them up.
As an added bonus, these trees work fantastically as thematic scatter terrain for miniatures systems as well! If you know someone who likes D&D and a game like Age of Sigmar or Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings, they can get twice the enjoyment out of this set.
Put your Gloomwood Eyrie gift over the top by including these as well – the additional trees can really help build out a board with the Gloomwood as the focal point.
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Want to really wow your friend or DM? Welcome the Old Lake Village – this complete dock set features a fantasy inspired village resting on planks above an active dock. The full set here includes six lake houses, 1 crane house, a long wooden dock, and two small boats.
Each building is fully functional, with room for a miniature inside, and articulating doors and removable roofs and floors.
This massive terrain piece promises to be an exciting and engaging painting project, and once finished, you’ll find a beautiful centerpiece for your next campaign. Set your players home base in a port city and return to this beautiful piece time and time again as you level up and explore the surrounding areas.
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Conclusion
Each of these selections is sure to light up your holiday season and provide your favorite RPGer with a piece they’ll enjoy painting, utilizing, and admiring year after year. Want to browse even more options? Check out our full Dungeons & Dragons Compatible Terrain collection and find awesome additions to your table!
And be sure to check out our Guide to Painting 3D Miniatures – this article will help get your terrain pieces to the next level, and contains plenty of tips to ensure you’re successful in your painting ventures!
