Lvl Up Gaming

Lvl Up Gaming, games and hobbies specialist in Bournemouth

Lvl Up Gaming presents itself as the largest specialist games and hobbies store in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. Its online catalogue covers trading card games, miniature games, board games and all kinds of hobby accessories, with free shipping on orders over £80 and an in-store pickup option.

Trading card games

The store devotes an extensive section to trading card games, with singles, sealed product, pre-orders and accessories for each line. Among the available games are Magic: the Gathering, Pokémon —including Japanese cards and graded cards—, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Flesh and Blood, One Piece Card Game, Dragon Ball Super, Digimon, Cardfight Vanguard, Disney Lorcana, Jasco Games, Gundam Card Game, Keyforge, Marvel Champions and Star Wars: Unlimited. It also offers graded cards from other sources.

Warhammer and Games Workshop

The Games Workshop section covers the brand's main systems: Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, The Old World, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, as well as spin-off games such as Blood Bowl, Horus Heresy, Kill Team, Legions Imperialis, Necromunda, Warcry and Warhammer Underworlds. The store sells new releases, pre-orders, starter sets, rulebooks, codexes, datacards, scenery and publications such as White Dwarf magazine. For the painting and modelling section it offers brushes, glues, tools, bases, transport cases and the full range of Citadel paints, organised by type: Air, Base, Contrast, Dry, Layer, Shade, Spray, Technical and sets.

Paints and hobby materials

In addition to Citadel, the catalogue includes other paint and material brands: Two Thin Coats, Vallejo —with its Game Color, Model Color, Xpress Color, Liquid Gold, Mediums and Special FX lines—, The Army Painter —Warpaints, Effects, Metallics, Fanatic, Fanatic Effects, Fanatic Metallic and Fanatic Wash—, Colour Forge, Gamers Grass, Secret Weapon and Warlord Games. These are complemented by bases, sprays, brushes from Army Painter, Games Workshop and Rosemary & Co, hobby sets, effects and weathering, glues, scenery and basing elements.

Board games and wargames

In board games and wargames the store offers titles such as Arkham Horror, Aliens Board Game, Dungeon Drop, Dice Masters, Beyblade X and The Asmodee Collective, along with board game pre-orders. It also sells HeroClix —with Marvel, DC Comics, WWE, Star Trek and TMNT figures, as well as singles—, Malifaux, Mantic Games (Deadzone, Dungeon Saga, Firefight, Halo Flashpoint, Hellboy, Kings of War, Terrain Crate and The Walking Dead), Steamforged Games (Animal Adventures RPG, Dark Souls, Devil May Cry, Epic Encounters, Godtear and Resident Evil) and systems such as Armoured Clash, Bolt Action, Bot War, Battletech, Dystopian Wars, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Flames of War, Rubicon Models, Runewars, Star Wars Armada, Star Wars Legion, Star Wars Shatterpoint, Star Wars X-Wing, Victory at Sea and Warlords of Erehwon. The clearance section includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Blood Red Skies, Conquest, Corvus Belli Infinity, Frostgrave and Judge Dredd.

Roleplaying, dice and collectibles

The D&D and roleplaying section brings together roleplaying books, D&D cards, battle mats, D&D miniatures —including the Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures and Deep Cuts lines—, Pathfinder Battles and collector series. The store also sells dice from brands such as Sirius Dice, DnDice, PolyHero Dice and Epic Encounters, as well as Ultra Pro products. In collectibles it offers Bandai modelling kits, Gunpla, Dragon Ball and Gundam figures, Half Moon Bay items, Marvel merchandise, Pokémon plushies, statues and busts, and Hornby and Scalextric products with train sets.

Card game accessories

To protect and transport collections, Lvl Up Gaming sells Dragon Shield sleeves —in Japanese and standard sizes—, KMC, Ultimate Guard (Katana and Japanese and standard sizes), Ultra Pro Eclipse and Ultra Pro. It also offers deck boxes from Ultimate Guard (100+, 80+, Arkhive, Boulder, Flip, Flip'n'Tray and Leatherette), Ultra Pro (including M2 100+) and Dragon Shield Strong Box; magnetic cases; binders from Dragon Shield, Ultimate Guard (4, 8, 9 and Quadrow pocket) and Ultra Pro; playmats from Dragon Shield, Ultimate Guard and Ultra Pro; and accessories such as Ultimate Guard MTG, Tarot, 18-pocket pages, Dragon Shield Deck Shells and Magic Carpets.

Services and purchase conditions

The store offers the possibility of selling cards, organises events and has a gift card. The site shows prices in pounds sterling and allows selecting country or region from several European markets. Shipping is free on orders over £80 and there is an in-store pickup option.