D&D 5E Dragons of Stormwreck Isle: New D&D Starter Set Is Coming This Year

Hasbro has posted a short video which highlights its 2022 portfolio of brands, including toys and games, and in it can be seen images of a D&D Starter Set called Dragons of Stormwreck Isle. The cover feature a blue dragon breathing lightning.

Critical Role's Call of the Netherdeep also appears briefly.

In this press release, Hasbro lists the boxed set with a retail price of $49.99, which seems very high for a starter set.

 

[Parmandur]

It’s a typo. Source: I looked at the picture.

If it is a bigger box...it's not crazy. Fits in with board game prices at Target.

 

[JEB]

If it is a bigger box...it's not crazy. Fits in with board game prices at Target.

Though it'll certainly stand out price-wise next to the original Starter Set and the Essentials Kit, which have been staples of Target for years now. (Let's not forget that the Essentials Kit was a Target exclusive for a few months.)

Unless, of course, both of those older starters will be going out of print before this hits the shelves, and this $49.99 item will afterwards be the only game in town.

 

[Parmandur]

Though it'll certainly stand out price-wise next to the original Starter Set and the Essentials Kit, which have been staples of Target for years now. (Let's not forget that the Essentials Kit was a Target exclusive for a few months.)

Unless, of course, both of those older starters will be going out of print before this hits the shelves, and this $49.99 item will afterwards be the only game in town.

It might even include the material from them as a combo package.

 

[MatthewJHanson]

I could see the adventure being an island hex-crawl ala Isle of Dread.

 

[Raduin711]

2). I don't know if Stormwreck Isle is actually a place on Toril, but I would also assume this is meant to be setting agnostic so that they can start to fulfill their promise of no longer wheeling and dealing in any one particular setting for "core" content.

Wouldn't the name, "Dragons of..." imply the default setting to be Krynn?

 

[Professor Murder]

If it does retail for $50 it's a big mistake. Starter sets are meant to be loss leaders to draw new customers in to make future purchases. It definitely makes me worry about the cost of the Core Trio.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Wouldn't the name, "Dragons of..." imply the default setting to be Krynn?

Not in this case. I just saw someone point out that the characters on the cover are from the D&D Cartoon.

 

[JEB]

Not in this case. I just saw someone point out that the characters on the cover are from the D&D Cartoon.

Tin-foil hat theory - they've somehow managed to conceal a rebooted version of the D&D cartoon from us, and the new starter set will tie into it.

 

[Raduin711]

Not in this case. I just saw someone point out that the characters on the cover are from the D&D Cartoon.

If the adventure doesn't start with a roller coaster ride, I suggest we boycott.

 

[Demetrios1453]

If the adventure doesn't start with a roller coaster ride, I suggest we boycott.

They've already paid homage to it with the Mine Ride at the carnival in Wild Beyond the Witchlight. Maybe they'll expand upon the idea?