Here's What's In That $500 Beadle & Grimm Platinum Edition of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

If you've been wondering what you'll get for your $500, wonder no more! Footage and images straight from Gen Con reveal the expensive box's contents!

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What you get in the box:

• Waterdeep: Dragon Heist broken down into 8 smaller books
• A selection of important maps and all the major artwork
• A custom DM Screen -- "Waterdeep: Dragon Heist is a city-based adventure, and that means tons of NPCs for a DM to keep track of. The exclusive Platinum Edition DM screen will be packed with quick reference guides to help you keep track of who’s who, who’s aligned with whom, and where they’re likely to be found. On the player side, we feature some of our favorite artwork from the module."
• 22 miniatures (2 large, 20 regular sized) including the beholder shown below.
• A range of battle maps.
• A stack of encounter cards including stats for creatures and more.
• Custom handouts including letters, journals, newspapers, and more.
• Two large canvas maps, one of Waterdeep and the other secret for some reason.
• A dragon coin.
• Other stuff they can't tell us about.

DM Screen

Beholder Miniature

Faction Objects

Volo's Guide to Waterdeep

Encounter Cards

Canvas Maps

Dragon Coins

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[Morrus]

And much, much more for international customers.

That phrase annoys me every time I see it. I’m not international. It means “non-American”.

 

[Mistwell]

The enamel work on one of the pendants is very time consuming (we do it at work).

The number of metal items is impressive. Each takes individual casting at these quantities I suspect. Likely not produced in China but instead produced on a 3d printer or CNC machine in castable material and then cast in a professional casting furnace. I'm not sure my company could produce that many items and still make a profit at that price - and that's not counting any of the books and maps and digital products and such.

We've thought about making personalized Faction rings for people, where they could order their ring size as a standard price to be cast in silver or 10k yellow or white gold or 24k yellow gold (different prices for each metal) and then charge an additional fee for any specialization on the sides of the ring like name or symbol or something like that. But, the cost would be high. I am interested to see how this one plays out.

 

[EthanSental]

I thought, I read that it will have limited edition figures? Maybe they ran afoul of GF9 licensing agreement?

Nothing limited edition as far as minis, just Nolzur's line from Wizkids.

 

[djtigon1]

The measurements you've stated are pretty spot on when you consider that London circa 1300 had a population of about 80000 living inside an area about 11000 feet wide by 6000 feet across.

Of course, your mileage may vary. If you live in the northeast US like I do, it makes sense. If you live in Houston, everything looks small. That city sprawl would take up half my state.

KB

In regards to relative size/scale of Waterdeep, Ed Greenwood has answered:

Depends on time of year (snow and ice, or not? Crammed-full city, or just those who stay in winter?), time of day (after midnight? or rush hour?), and weather (raining hard, or not?). It can take half a day to traverse the Deep north-south. If you take back streets, and pick...
..your time of day, it can be done in 2 hours without hurrying. At night, carrying lanterns in a large party with Watch escort so you won't get stopped by the Watch, you might manage it in 40 minutes.

https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1063826790425247744?s=19

https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1063827113072054272?s=19