Are you heading to a Warhammer Open event in 2026? Here are the Swag Boxes you can score for attending.
As part of the price of a ticket to one of the Warhammer Open events for 2026 each person will get a Standard Swag Box. However, there’s also a Premium Swag Box that you can pay extra for. Games Workshop is showing off both versions so you can decide which one is right for you.
Every year we box up a treasure trove of Warhammer treats for those attending our official Open events, and this year’s collection is better than ever. Even the box itself is pulling its weight – it converts into a mobile paint station, so you can put the finishing touches to your miniatures before you unleash them in battle.
Standard Warhammer Open Swag Boxes
Contents:
- Box that converts into a painting station
- Cutting mat
- Store voucher (for $10, £10, or €10, depending on location)
- Premium soft-touch notepad and pen
- Lanyard and nametag
- 40mm “poker chip” tokens
- Metal Warhammer dice
- Stickers
The standard box does have some useful items inside. The cutting mat looks nice and the tokens are also going to be useful in games, too. I’m not going to complain about a Store Voucher (even though you’re technically paying for that via the ticket purchase…but it’s fine). The notepad and pen will probably also get some use that weekend if for no other reason that you’ll use the pen to fill out score cards or just to write stuff down. Oh and the Lanyard and nametag also seem like something you’d need anyways if you’re going to play in an event.
The box even converts into a painting station, with a slot for both the premium set’s paint cup and the Warhammer water pot (miniature, brushes, paints, and painting handle for illustrative purposes only).
I’m a little confused by the box that turns into a painting station. Why do we need a box for that? One year I got a dice tray that I still use to this day. That said, I don’t hate that idea. I do like the paint cup and paint holder and it’s just a good hobby tool to have. Overall, it’s really not too shabby for a Swag Box for playing in a Warhammer Open event.
Premium Warhammer Open Swag Boxes
Contents:
- Box that converts into a painting station
- Cutting mat
- Store voucher (for $10, £10, or €10, depending on location)
- Premium soft-touch notepad and pen
- Lanyard and nametag
- 40mm “poker chip” tokens
- Metal Warhammer dice
- Stickers
- Cloth patch featuring iconography from one of the Horus Heresy Legions
- Metal coin featuring iconography from one of nine Horus Heresy Legions
- Acrylic dry-erase scoresheets for your games
- Gameplay tokens
- Combat gauge
- Collapsible paint water cup
- Both event miniatures – Cadia Unbroken and Dawner’s Reward
You basically get all the Standard stuff and then a LOT more. I think the metal coin and the Combat Gauge might be my favorite things out of the lot though.
The miniatures are neat as well. Doublely so if you play either Astra Militarum or the Cities of Sigmar. I don’t personally play either of those armies but I still like the miniatures. Personally, if I were attending any of the Warhammer Open events, I’d likely spring for the Premium box. My reasoning is that I’m already attending and it would be nice to get those extras anyhow. If you’re going to make the trip you might as well get some extra cool stuff for the trouble, right?
And as I said before, I did attend a Warhammer Open event and I also opted for the Premium option last time. I didn’t regret it then and I still don’t all a few years later. But you do you!
Now, let’s open the floor to the comments — which Swag Box would you opt for and why?
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