It can be hard to buy gifts for a hobby (such as D&D) that you know little about. Thankfully, this Dungeons and Dragons Gift Guide can help you with that.
Below, you’ll discover a lot of different recommendations, so whether you’re buying a gift for a beginner or for a more experienced D&D player, you’ll find what you’re looking for.
With that said, let’s start with a gift that’s an awesome choice for just about any type of player.
Dice
Almost every D&D player loves to own more dice. So, as long as you know their favorite colors, dice are a safe bet.
Dice are available in various materials, but they’re mainly metal or plastic. It’s a good idea to go with plastic ones, unless the gift recipient mentions they like metal dice. Metal dice can damage tables, books, and maps. Plus, they hurt more if you step on them.
You might be overwhelmed with the wide selection of different dice, so here are a couple of great options.
CiaraQ: Set of 35 Dice
A dice set typically includes seven dice. (D4, D6, D8, D12, D20, and a couple of D10s).
The 35 dice set from CiaraQ contains five sets of those seven dice. These are great, as it has enough dice for a party of five players, without sharing. On top of that, they do look pretty cool.
However, if you want your gift to stand out, there are fun novelty dice that are extremely small or large compared to the average dice. Just try to avoid going into extremes, as it could make it difficult to roll the dice properly. Nevertheless, if you’re looking for cool dice, the following ones might be perfect.
Titan Dice: Nyx — High Fantasy Feel
Titan Dice: Nyx are certainly impressive. Their key feature is certainly their awesome design, with the smoky black color with gold numbers. They add flavor to any D&D game, as they don’t feel like generic factory-made dice.
Besides, they come with a gorgeous wooden box, which makes them both easy to store and a great gift — you’ll be able to wrap them pretty easily.
If you want to explore other dice, check for best dice for D&D here.
For Craftier Players
Another gift idea for your craftier recipients is dice molds. With these, they can create their own dice. How cool is that? You can find molds on Amazon.
Dice Bags
When you own many dice, it can be hard to keep them organized. The following bags are a great way to do so. You can use these as a standalone gift, or combine them with some cool dice from the previous section into a combo gift.
Dragon’s Hoard Dice Bag — Extremely Cute
This is one of the cutest dice bags that you can get. Just look at this cute sleepy dragon. It will keep the dice safe, that’s for sure. An awesome gift.
You can also get the dragon in blue.
Card King Pro Dice Bag — Great to Get Dice in Order
Here’s another dice bag that can help keep everything organized. Now this one isn’t as cute as the previous one, but it does excel in a different area. It contains multiple pockets, which allow different types of dice to be kept separately.
If you don’t like the blue one, you could also pick one in a different color.
Mimic Monster Dice Bag
Finally, this is one of the very popular dice bags, as it represents an iconic D&D monster called Mimic. (It looks like a treasure chest, until you try toopen it, and it turns into a monster.)
Mimic Monster also comes with in a scarier box version. This is a more sturdier way to store dice. It’s also a perfectly fine option as a D&D gift.
D&D Dice Bag – Make the Gift Yourself
Perhaps you love crafting. In that case, you could create the gift yourself, as dice bags are fairly easy to sew! Their designs are commonly used for beginner sewing lessons. Plus you can then sew in initials, pick their favorite colors, or add cute charms to the drawstring!
Here’s a tutorial for sewing a dice bag, if that’s something you’d like to try yourself.
Dice Trays & Towers
What’s a dice tray, you might ask. The idea is you roll in the dice tray so that the dice don’t get chucked off the table and get lost. Any flat surface with edges to contain the dice will work, but it’s nice to use something pretty and flavorful. Here are two examples, that you might like to get as a gift.
Blue Sword Dice Tray
Blue Sword tray is particularly nice as it comes with a cover as well. This way it works double duty, by being both a tray and a storage for the dice. The inner material is pretty impressive, and it muffles the sound of dice hitting.
All in all, this is a good tray, but there are many more on Amazon, so you can find something that the recipient will like best.
Dice Tower Castle
If you want something sturdier, and something a bit more gift-worthy, then you might opt for this dice tower castle.
One thing to note is that this isn’t the best option if your giftee doesn’t play at home a lot. Perhaps something lighter is a better option, as this one isn’t that great for constant transportation.
D&D Dice Tray – Make the Gift Yourself
Even the dice trays are one of those gifts that you can actually make yourself, and make it even more special. If you’re interested, check a Dice Tray Making Guide on Fauxhammer.
Figurines & Painting Sets
Next option are figurines and painting sets. Figurines are generally a cool gift for the people that run games (Dungeon Masters). However, if you’re a player, extra figurines tend to not be as useful.
For example, if you’re playing as an Elf Archer in your friend’s game, you can’t really use figures of Dwarves, Goblins, so on. You’re just going to want an Elf that will match your character.
There are several sites that design custom figurines, which make for amazing gifts. The downsides for this are price and the recipient totally can’t be surprised since you need their input to design the figurine.
If your recipient is a Dungeon Master, talk to them about their previous games, and get some input on what figurines of monsters they could use. You can also get them a box of multiple monsters, like this one.
D&D Figurines Box
This box contains 64 miniatures with 24 different designs. The figurines are in different sizes. Larger monsters such as hydra are naturally larger than spiders, and this is reflected in the design. Pretty neat.
The box is pretty good value, and even though the minifigs are made from plastic, they are fairly detailed.
They are unpainted, which is not actually a bad thing, especially is your giftee likes to paint. (As many D&D players do.) With this, they can truly make the figurines their own. Speaking of which, you might also want to consider the next gift.
D&D Paint Kit — Great Gift for Crafty D&D Players
So if the recipient likes to paint, there so no such thing as too many acrylics. Even if they don’t paint yet, this Starter Case contains everything a beginner (or a experienced hobbyist) needs.
In total there are 30 different paints included, each in a 8ml dropper bottle, which helps to prevent spills. There are various types of colors, which the labels on the bottles clearly mark. (The included types are a basic color, a wash, an effect paint, a metallic, or a medium or varnish.)
Perhaps mention painting minifigs in a conversation with your giftee. If they seem to like it, then this box is an amazing gift.
Maps
Now, if your recipient runs games (is a Dungeon Master), maps are always a must. If they run the game online, you can find several sites that sell PDFs of battle maps and city layouts. City layouts can super useful as a visual aid, especially ones without city names, so they can use it for any city with a similar visual.
If they run games in person, they could also use tiles that can be used to build maps. Some companies also sell cutouts that a Dungeon Master can place on a map to represent buildings, trees, rocks, landmarks, etc. This is a great to improve the maps even further.
Here are a couple of suggestions for D&D map products they might like.
D&D Tactical Maps
This is a collection of twenty full color maps. They are selected from some of D&D most exciting adventures, but can also be used in any campaign the Dungeon Master comes up with.
Players can use them for close combat during the campaigns, to better understand their surroundings and make the best tactical choices. It’s a great gift, but probably better for a Dungeon Master, than players.
The same is true for the next D&D gift idea.
D&D Battle Grid Map
These game mats can also serve the same purpose as the maps I mentioned before. To better display the close combat situations.
While these aren’t official, they do come with a significant upside. You can write on them, plus easily erase what you wrote for multiple uses. This way, the Dungeon Master can indicate some changes to the terrain as well.
D&D Gift Guide: Books
Books are always a great gift, and most of the D&D crowd loves to read. Below you’ll find various suggestions for what your recipient might like to read.
If your recipient runs games you can check if they’d be interested in books on how to world build and books on different mythologies and folklore. Not everyone has the time to create their own fictional world, but for those that do, this is such a useful gift!
Several official D&D books set in the official D&D world also exist, so that’s a very good gift idea.
The Dark Elf Trilogy
- Author: R. A. Salvatore
For the official D&D stories, Drizzt is one of the more famous characters. A lot of players start with reading his stories, and I’ve personally enjoyed them.
The Dark Elf Trilogy features the first three books of The Legend of Dritzz series, which contains 23 books. However, the first three are a good place to start and a great gift for D&D players who like to read. Just make sure that the recipient hadn’t read them before.
Of course, the book is also available in audio format, so that could be something to look into, if your giftee enjoys audio books.
The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel Boxed Set
- Authors: Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Carey Pietsch
Does your recipient like comic books? That’s great because there are several D&D graphic novels. Critical Role and The Adventure Zone are D&D podcasts publishing graphic novels, and there are hundreds of others inspired by fantasy role playing games.
The one you see above comes from The Adventure Zone. You can also find the ones from Critical Role on Amazon.
Random Encounters
- Author: Jeff Ashworth
This book is a great gift for a dungeon master. It contains over 500 customizable maps, tables, and story hooks — everything they need for a perfect adventure.
Even though this isn’t a regular story type book, most D&D fans will happily read it from the first to the last page, as it’s just so well written. Yet another great gift.
Player’s Handbook (2024) — Great Gift for D&D Beginners
- Authors: Wizards RPG Team
Every role playing game has several books that explain the rules and contain campaign stories. It would be tempting to buy one, but it can be risky. Dungeons and Dragons may be the most well-known role playing game, but there are many similar games, and even D&D has numerous editions with different rules.
Heroes’ Feast — Gift for D&D Players Who Like to Cook
- Authors: Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Michael Witwer
This official D&D Cookbook contains 80 recipes inspired by the world of Dungeons and Dragons. I actually got this book as a birthday present from my fiance, who also took the picture above. (You can find more photos like this one on my Instagram profile.)
Anyway, the book features everything from snacks (like Elven Bread and Iron Rations) to hearty main vegetarian, meaty and fish mains (Amphail Braised Beef, Drow Mushroom Steaks and many more).
For everyone who has a sweet tooth, desserts are also included, as well as cocktails — such as Potion of Restoration.
If your D&D giftee likes to cook, this seems like a perfect hand. Even if they aren’t the best cooks, you can nudge them in the right direction with this book. Hopefully, they’ll repay the gift back to you in the form of delicious snacks. Bon appétit!
Board Games
There are several D&D based board games. These are a great way to get another player in the game, who isn’t as invested in the regular Dungeons and Dragons. Plus the regulars also enjoy something a bit different occasionally.
Here are a couple that your giftee might like.
Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate
Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate is a game for 3-6 players, aged 12 or more. The average play-through takes around one hour. Players work together, until someone becomes a traitor.
It’s certainly one of the more popular board games among D&D fans. So if you decide to go with a board game, this one is probably the safest pick.
The Legend of Dritzz — Great Value & Single Player Option
The Legend of Dritzz is another great D&D board game. It has quite a few things going for it. First, it comes with 42 figurines. That would already be a good deal for its price, but you also get a whole board game with them!
The game focuses on a cooperation between players, it has multiple quests and scenarios, so it won’t get boring any time soon. The game can be played with up to five players, although it’s probably at its best with four.
However, the game The Legend of Drizzt also offers a single player option. You know how it goes with board games. Sometimes it can be hard to get a whole play group together. That’s why a single player campaign is a very nice option to have.
More D&D Gifts
There are also tons of D&D gifts that don’t fit into defined categories. For example, you could get a cake mold that is shaped like a dragon and a waffle maker that makes waffles that look like 20 sided dice. There are tons of novelty gift ideas for gamers, and you can be more creative or silly when going this route.
For example, you could get the following items as gifts:
- Wooden D&D themed coasters
- Fun D&D shirt
- Leather-bound journal (to keep track of adventures in style)
- and plenty more
D&D Gift Guide — Any Questions?
If you would like help to find fun gifts or share great gift ideas with others, please leave some comments! You can check casual_clerics_play_mtg on Instagram, where my fiance and I share our geeky crafts and gifts we get each other.
In case you are looking for a gift for a new D&D player, you might want to check our other article on What to Buy for D&D Beginner. If you want to learn about this amazing game, you can check my D&D Beginner’s Guide.
Hopefully, you’ve found the perfect gift. Happy holidays, and enjoy the upcoming 2025 New Year.