Noticed the Dragonlance Product Page on Wizards mentioned a deluxe edition bundled with physical products was available on Amazon. It's the book, a screen, plus a tactical wargame (which is not essential for the book but can complement parts of the book) for $144. Turns out Wizards is selling direct the same bundle + the DDB version for $154 (and free shipping as the order is over $99). Just putting that out there because I haven't seen it really discussed in the back and forth over the book and DDB bundle complaints. This deluxe bundle seems to be a lot more bang for your buck that the simpler book deal.
I don't suppose anyone knows if DDB is going to provide any support for the Warriors of Krynn game? I've been curious about Warriors of Krynn, it sounds like this will be 5e's endeavor for mass combat (almost every if not every edition of D&D had something like this). In my ideal world this game is good, good enough that WotC produces a scenario pack to use Warriors of Krynn rules for other large engagements in past 5e Adventures (the final battles in Descent into Avernus and Tyranny of Dragons, for example).
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Every time I see such things on offer I dismiss them as product for 'whales'. lol But I think if you love D&D and were a Dragonlance fan (and there are a lot of them!), I'd say there's a lot to like here. imho
Oh I definitely put this deluxe bundle in the "lessons learned from Beedle and Grimm" which got us the Strahd Revamped boxed set (which is a good product). The book is timed to release with the wargame anyway, it just seems to be a "better deal" dollar to substance than the book and DDB deal. Yeah, you give them more money but you get more back. And they're baseline products not "luxury" products like B+G.
Dragonlance will have a lot of buy in from nostalgia folks who remember the setting, I'm actually not sure if the bulk of D&D players will be jazzed about it ... other than the relatively neglected "total war" aspect DL brings to D&D (with a supplement of rules for folks who want to dig into the war gaming). So the product where you get the whole kit does make more sense than say the boxed set from earlier this year, which was definitely a whale product.
Can't wait to see what Beedle and Grimm may do with some sort of Celestial Dragonscale Edition of these products. Will probably come with an actual dragonlance, lol.
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It's a board game to support the hitherto unsupported in 5e aspect of mass combat. And not the first one in D&D's history. I think a virtual porting of the boardgame may actually be a good way to test out the VTT interfaces before unleashing the VTT.
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Noticed the Dragonlance Product Page on Wizards mentioned a deluxe edition bundled with physical products was available on Amazon. It's the book, a screen, plus a tactical wargame (which is not essential for the book but can complement parts of the book) for $144. Turns out Wizards is selling direct the same bundle + the DDB version for $154 (and free shipping as the order is over $99). Just putting that out there because I haven't seen it really discussed in the back and forth over the book and DDB bundle complaints. This deluxe bundle seems to be a lot more bang for your buck that the simpler book deal.
I don't suppose anyone knows if DDB is going to provide any support for the Warriors of Krynn game? I've been curious about Warriors of Krynn, it sounds like this will be 5e's endeavor for mass combat (almost every if not every edition of D&D had something like this). In my ideal world this game is good, good enough that WotC produces a scenario pack to use Warriors of Krynn rules for other large engagements in past 5e Adventures (the final battles in Descent into Avernus and Tyranny of Dragons, for example).
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Every time I see such things on offer I dismiss them as product for 'whales'. lol But I think if you love D&D and were a Dragonlance fan (and there are a lot of them!), I'd say there's a lot to like here. imho
Oh I definitely put this deluxe bundle in the "lessons learned from Beedle and Grimm" which got us the Strahd Revamped boxed set (which is a good product). The book is timed to release with the wargame anyway, it just seems to be a "better deal" dollar to substance than the book and DDB deal. Yeah, you give them more money but you get more back. And they're baseline products not "luxury" products like B+G.
Dragonlance will have a lot of buy in from nostalgia folks who remember the setting, I'm actually not sure if the bulk of D&D players will be jazzed about it ... other than the relatively neglected "total war" aspect DL brings to D&D (with a supplement of rules for folks who want to dig into the war gaming). So the product where you get the whole kit does make more sense than say the boxed set from earlier this year, which was definitely a whale product.
Can't wait to see what Beedle and Grimm may do with some sort of Celestial Dragonscale Edition of these products. Will probably come with an actual dragonlance, lol.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Warriors of Krynn is referred to as a board game, so I don't see any reason that dndbeyond would support it.
It's a board game to support the hitherto unsupported in 5e aspect of mass combat. And not the first one in D&D's history. I think a virtual porting of the boardgame may actually be a good way to test out the VTT interfaces before unleashing the VTT.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.