Wednesday 29th July 2026, Wakefield, UK – Mantic Games and team17 are celebrating 30 years of the Worms series with Worms: The Board Game – 30th Anniversary Edition. Available from today, the new special edition follows the original’s successful Kickstarter campaign, an OnTableTop Board Game of the Year award, and multiple sold-out retail print runs… proving once again that, ironically for a series about invertebrate warfare, it has serious legs!
Players will command heavily armed worm teams across a destructible landscape, collecting crates, dodging hazards, and unleashing an arsenal of utterly ridiculous weaponry in laugh-out-loud battles. Survive everything the enemy can throw at you, and be the last team standing to declare victory!
Designed for 2-6 players, aged 10 and above, with games lasting around 45 minutes, Worms: The Board Game is easy to learn, endlessly unpredictable, and packed with an addictive blend of tactical positioning, chaotic weapons, and all the hilarity of both unintended disasters and outrageously lucky shots that have given Worms fans so many moments of joy over 30 years.
One moment you’re lining up the perfect attack, and the next moment your plans are dashed by an unexpected gust of wind, an unfortunate chain reaction, or an exploding sheep that had other ideas…
Bigger Battles, More Worms, More Mayhem
Building on the success of the original and award-winning retail release, this new anniversary box has been upgraded with:
- 24 unique 3D Worm miniatures (up from sixteen minis of four repeated sculpts)
- Six multi-hex landscapes for larger maps (up from four)
- The 5th & 6th Player Expansion, rules and components for bigger multiplayer battles
- Additional weapons, utilities and game cards
- New 3D plastic flame markers
Whether you’re a longtime fan of the series or discovering Worms for the first time, players will quickly learn that success comes from strategy, chance, and sometimes recognising the perfect moment to deploy a Holy Hand Grenade!
The complete range of Worms tabletop games is available to order right now at Worms™: The Tabletop Collection, including both the Standard and Anniversary editions of the board game, a deluxe neoprene playmat, and a special Worms board game advent calendar.
About Mantic Games
Founded in 2009, Mantic Games is an award-winning independent tabletop games studio of creatives and hobby professionals. The company has a strong pedigree in licensed tabletop games, including adaptations of Worms, Hellboy, The Walking Dead, Invincible, and the upcoming release of Assassin’s Creed Animus. Mantic is also globally known for miniature wargames such as Halo: Flashpoint, Kings of War, Epic Warpath and more.
About team17
Founded in 1990, Team17 is part of Everplay Group plc, and a passionate and creative developer and publisher dedicated to its pioneering indie developer partners and games. Team17 has an extensive portfolio of over 150 titles that players around the world love for a lifetime, including DREDGE, Date Everything, and Overcooked!, together with multi-award-winning and award-nominated in-house brands such as Hell Let Loose, Golf With Your Friends, The Escapists, and the iconic Worms franchise.
