LEGO Dungeons & Dragons to be revealed next week!

I don't think this will get a look in for me - too many other nice sets at the moment, especially the new Space line

I can't wait! I've recently started playing the game so I might be getting this set.

@JDawg5 said:
" @ra226 said:
" @lotographia said:
"My preference is that they don't make a full line of D&D, just because it's likely to do what Lord of the Rings did and replace the 'classic' Castle sets that are currently being replaced

I would be happy with a couple of other one-off D&D sets though"

I wondered that myself a bit. Why this and not just more Castle theme? Then you don't have licensing to worry about, either. Are there characters people are hoping to see? Or is this going to lean into the recent movie?"

There are a few popular D&D characters -- Drizzt, Minsc, Elminster, and Tasha, to name a few. I'd love to see the rumored CMF collection feature some of those. A Minsc figure with his pet hamster Boo would be amazing.

I don't think the set or CMF line is going to reference the movie. It feels like the time has passed on that. Most likely, the set is coming out now simply to capitalize on 2024 being the 50 year anniversary of D&D. "

Tasha should be there by name.

If based on the old cartoon, I'd be much more interested... Still not sure I'd bite though.

I would like to see:
the characters from the movie CMF; or
sets based on the movie ~$19.99us
Also, sets along the design of the Disney story books based on D&D sourcebooks;
How about taking the HP ‘house sets’ design and making them instead as ‘class sets’ where you’d have say 3 magic-user minifigs depicting different spell caster archetypes/races… and fighter/ and rogue /and priest would give you 4 basic class sets…
I’d love to see some Easter eggs that harken back to the AD&D 1e of the late ‘70s-early’80s (or earlier!)

@Ridgeheart said:
[[ @dimc said:
[[ @JDawg5 said:
[[ @ra226 said:
[[ @lotographia said:
[[My preference is that they don't make a full line of D&D, just because it's likely to do what Lord of the Rings did and replace the 'classic' Castle sets that are currently being replaced

I would be happy with a couple of other one-off D&D sets though]]

I wondered that myself a bit. Why this and not just more Castle theme? Then you don't have licensing to worry about, either. Are there characters people are hoping to see? Or is this going to lean into the recent movie?]]

There are a few popular D&D characters -- Drizzt, Minsc, Elminster, and Tasha, to name a few. I'd love to see the rumored CMF collection feature some of those. A Minsc figure with his pet hamster Boo would be amazing.

I don't think the set or CMF line is going to reference the movie. It feels like the time has passed on that. Most likely, the set is coming out now simply to capitalize on 2024 being the 50 year anniversary of D&D. ]]

Tasha should be there by name. ]]

Tasha, Strahd, Szass Tam and the Lady of Pain are in the CMF.

[Smoke bomb! Stealth! Natural 20! Ridgeheart vanishes. Was he ever really here...?]]]
You fudged that roll, didn't you...

This set was leaked already. The Lego final product looks nothing like the fan product. Looked like some Frankenstein mix of creator dragon with creator homes.

It may be a weird ask, but I hope it's got yellows and not fleshies. The more these sets can integrate with general LEGO products the more freedom you have in custom campaigns. Whatever the case I'm worried about this line. I've already got my budget and space planned out for my purchases this half of the year, I don't want another theme to obsessively collect!

@PurpleDave said:
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@JDawg5:
I only ever read the Dragonlance books, so for me it'd be characters like Tasslehoff, Raistlin, or Lord Soth."

Dragonlance. That's a name I haven't heard for a long, long time. Fun books.

I remember them as being set apart from the usual serial sappiness so prevalent in fantasy books of that era. In that, I still have them somewhere. Wonder if I could get my boy interested in them?

@StyleCounselor:
The original Chronicles trilogy, I recall, had a somewhat nonsensical plot, but it was written based on an actual campaign module, so that kinda makes sense. Legends, on the other hand, was a thing unto itself.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"
@JDawg5:
I only ever read the Dragonlance books, so for me it'd be characters like Tasslehoff, Raistlin, or Lord Soth."

Dragonlance. That's a name I haven't heard for a long, long time. Fun books.

I remember them as being set apart from the usual serial sappiness so prevalent in fantasy books of that era. In that, I still have them somewhere. Wonder if I could get my boy interested in them?"

I just reread them about a year ago for the first time in about 30 years. A bit too much time spent wit h the gnomes, but overall still readable.

@rab1234 said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"
@JDawg5:
I only ever read the Dragonlance books, so for me it'd be characters like Tasslehoff, Raistlin, or Lord Soth."

Dragonlance. That's a name I haven't heard for a long, long time. Fun books.

I remember them as being set apart from the usual serial sappiness so prevalent in fantasy books of that era. In that, I still have them somewhere. Wonder if I could get my boy interested in them?"

I just reread them about a year ago for the first time in about 30 years. A bit too much time spent wit h the gnomes, but overall still readable.

"

I was showing my son some of the DC Dragonlance comics the other day. He likes dragon turtles. A Companions and Villains CMF would be amazing. Series 2 could be Legends. Strahd and Soth are connected through Ravenloft, so you never know….

I've been saving for months for this. I hope my wallet can handle it.

Rogue with a bazooka, cool!

People want traditional Castle but LEGO gives them fantasy related sets.
Really annoying.

I'm not interested in D&D but I'm looking forward to fantasy minifigures, especially humans, elves and any orc or troll like characters they decide to do.

@rab1234 said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"
@JDawg5:
I only ever read the Dragonlance books, so for me it'd be characters like Tasslehoff, Raistlin, or Lord Soth."

Dragonlance. That's a name I haven't heard for a long, long time. Fun books.

I remember them as being set apart from the usual serial sappiness so prevalent in fantasy books of that era. In that, I still have them somewhere. Wonder if I could get my boy interested in them?"

I just reread them about a year ago for the first time in about 30 years. A bit too much time spent wit h the gnomes, but overall still readable.

"

I reread the original Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy to my son a few years back. I was scared going in, thinking that my fond 80s nostalgia was going to be crushed by the reality of bad writing. I was pleasantly surprised though! They hold up pretty well. The world-building is fairly generic, but the characters are still great. I love the idea of a CMF series based on those characters. A Raistlin minifig would be amazing. Who knows, Wizards of the Coast did release a new Dragonlance source book last year, so they haven't completely forgotten about the franchise.

Disappointed because I can't justify a $360 set, nor can I make space for the sets that tend to come at that price, but I hope others enjoy it!

@JDawg5 said:
" @rab1234 said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"
@JDawg5:
I only ever read the Dragonlance books, so for me it'd be characters like Tasslehoff, Raistlin, or Lord Soth."

Dragonlance. That's a name I haven't heard for a long, long time. Fun books.

I remember them as being set apart from the usual serial sappiness so prevalent in fantasy books of that era. In that, I still have them somewhere. Wonder if I could get my boy interested in them?"

I just reread them about a year ago for the first time in about 30 years. A bit too much time spent wit h the gnomes, but overall still readable.

"

I reread the original Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy to my son a few years back. I was scared going in, thinking that my fond 80s nostalgia was going to be crushed by the reality of bad writing. I was pleasantly surprised though! They hold up pretty well. The world-building is fairly generic, but the characters are still great. I love the idea of a CMF series based on those characters. A Raistlin minifig would be amazing. Who knows, Wizards of the Coast did release a new Dragonlance source book last year, so they haven't completely forgotten about the franchise. "

Just popped back on this and I saw all the DragonLance chat! Loved all of those - did they go further into the Second Generation does anyone know?

@Roberto said:
"People want traditional Castle but LEGO gives them fantasy related sets.
Really annoying."
10305, 10332, 40567, and 40601: What are we, chopped liver?

@Samie said:
"I've been saving for months for this. I hope my wallet can handle it."

I could be wrong but I think your wallet won’t open when you see it.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Roberto said:
"People want traditional Castle but LEGO gives them fantasy related sets.
Really annoying."
10305, 10332, 40567, and 40601: What are we, chopped liver?"

Those are good but exclusive sets, and not even within everyone’s reach.
Obviously I was speaking about conventional themes.
The last one was Kingdoms, nearly 15 years ago. Do you some.

@LDN said:
" @JDawg5 said:
" @rab1234 said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"
@JDawg5:
I only ever read the Dragonlance books, so for me it'd be characters like Tasslehoff, Raistlin, or Lord Soth."

Dragonlance. That's a name I haven't heard for a long, long time. Fun books.

I remember them as being set apart from the usual serial sappiness so prevalent in fantasy books of that era. In that, I still have them somewhere. Wonder if I could get my boy interested in them?"

I just reread them about a year ago for the first time in about 30 years. A bit too much time spent wit h the gnomes, but overall still readable.

"

I reread the original Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy to my son a few years back. I was scared going in, thinking that my fond 80s nostalgia was going to be crushed by the reality of bad writing. I was pleasantly surprised though! They hold up pretty well. The world-building is fairly generic, but the characters are still great. I love the idea of a CMF series based on those characters. A Raistlin minifig would be amazing. Who knows, Wizards of the Coast did release a new Dragonlance source book last year, so they haven't completely forgotten about the franchise. "

Just popped back on this and I saw all the DragonLance chat! Loved all of those - did they go further into the Second Generation does anyone know? "

They are still publishing books but I think the whole saga is expected to wrap in the near future. I haven’t read a new DL novel in years….

@JDawg5:
The writing is good enough that I’ve tried to buy or at least read anything Weis/Hickman have written. The plot feels very much like it was chosen by dart board, just as I’m sure the RPG module it’s based on did. Legends felt more like it was intended to be actual novels. In terms of their writing (and keeping in mind Chronicles was not just the first time they worked together, but also why they even met in the first place), it took them a few tries to really start sticking the landing consistently.

@LDN:
According to Wikipedia, there are over 190 books involving the Dragonlance IP, but it doesn’t clarify if all of those are novels, or if any of them include RPG sourcebooks, cookbooks, reference books, etc. It does list some novels that I’ve never read, since I kinda lost track of what was coming out shortly after buying The Second Generation in hardcover.

I wish there were less expensive castle or dungeon sets for adults and more low priced for kids.. All this success in sales, that lego has nowadays, is based on the nostalgia of adults, who in their childhood had cheap castle themed sets to play. But in the future, when our children will become adults, there will be no sets to be emotionally connected to and the whole marketing stretegy of expensive nostalgic sets for adults will not work any more. So my opinion is that lego should also make castle themed sets which would be cheap and made for kids . That would be a good investment for keeping selling adult sets in the future.

@Darth_Moschonas_:
Right now, there’s a thriving Bionicle community consisting largely of adults who grew up collecting those sets as kids. Few of them are nostalgic for anything System-related, while TLG has shown little interest in catering to the theme that saved the company. Kids who were there for the start of Ninjago are reaching adulthood, and still collecting Ninjago, with no signs of stopping. Adults collect sets like Optimus Prime, the Ecto-1, the DeLorean, the Atari 2600, and the D2C Mario sets because they’re nostalgic for those IPs, not because they grew up playing with sets based on those themes. The kids of today who come back to the fold will seek the themes they play with today, regardless of what those are, and regardless of what other themes are being offered alongside them. Castle would do well in Germany (at least that’s what I hear…repeatedly), but it won’t necessarily be able to compete worldwide with the licensed IP that’s on tap today. And if it’s not competitive in sales, there’s going to be a much smaller pool of adults seeking those sets to reconnect with their childhoods.

@Roberto said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Roberto said:
"People want traditional Castle but LEGO gives them fantasy related sets.
Really annoying."
10305, 10332, 40567, and 40601: What are we, chopped liver?"

Those are good but exclusive sets, and not even within everyone’s reach.
Obviously I was speaking about conventional themes.
The last one was Kingdoms, nearly 15 years ago. Do you some"
The DnD set will almost certainly have the same exclusivity as 10305.

@TheAbleTable said:
"Too soon to say. But if it’s a great fantasy medieval smorgasbord board sounds good to me.

D&D fans would you use the minifigs as game pieces? "

Yuuuup, being able to take off armour and weapons in real-time as well as attach equipment is a huge plus. Helps us visualise what our characters are actually doing rather than a painted mini with items I can't change. It will also be useful for the DM to keep track of held items for spellcasters etc.

@ForestMenOfEndor and @PurpleDave

Thanks for that - reignited my interest in seeing how that all pans out with Takhisis and the Knights o Neraka...

And ahem yeah, minifigs of the original gang would be awesome :D

@Tony_Stark said:
" @TheAbleTable said:
"Too soon to say. But if it’s a great fantasy medieval smorgasbord board sounds good to me.

D&D fans would you use the minifigs as game pieces? "

Yuuuup, being able to take off armour and weapons in real-time as well as attach equipment is a huge plus. Helps us visualise what our characters are actually doing rather than a painted mini with items I can't change. It will also be useful for the DM to keep track of held items for spellcasters etc.
"

“You can’t cast that while carrying a fully-loaded chest of gold in each hand.”