Project Sigil All the Deets on Project Sigil the D&D 3D Virtual Tabletop

• Danger in Dunbarrow is the adventure designed to introduced the 3D tabletop.
• Bring in any character from D&D Beyond.
• 'Mini Maker' lets you design digital miniatures.
• Assets designed to feel like buying a high-end mini or figure somewhere between painted and realistic.
• Plug in locations like graveyard, mine, town each with a premade story you can use or ignore.
• "Modding games more than making them whole cloth."
• The Level Builder is like 'the best miniatures set that you could have'. Snap together different kit pieces.
• Secret doors, traps, lifts that go up and down.
• Also use 2D tokens with artwork you have.
• Also use 2D maps.
• You can play other games with it, not just D&D.
• Have Drizzt fight Optimus Prime.
• Share content with others.
• Starting on PC, other platforms later including mobile and console.
• Will be available to try out for free.
• Closed beta coming this fall for those with a DDB account.
• Pre-order 2024 physical and digital core rulebook bundle to get a free digital gold dragon mini to 'kickstarter your Project Sigil collection'.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Huh. Looks like it might actually happen!

 

[Oofta]

Hello fellow D&D enthusiasts, I the director of digital monetization, am here to assure you that these miniatures are just like real miniatures except we can and will revoke access to them at a time and place of our choosing. Please line up for your slop. Thank you.

Wait ... they want to make money? NOOOO!!!

 

[MonsterEnvy]

We can see the mini creator, I highly doubt we will be charged for each mini.

 

[Osgood]

So far it looks pretty great. I don’t hate the module approach, but I’m still curious if the adventures will be available for purchase at some point—like could I get Curse of Strahd, with all the maps (and essentially a Barovia tile set to use as I wish) with every monster from the adventure?

 

[eyeheartawk]

If wanting to own miniatures in perpetuity makes me a communist then I guess I am, tovarich.

 

[EthanSental]

Pretty cool if they do have sell complete adventures books like Fantasy Ground and roll 20 where the encounters are built out for you. Saves a ton of time for a DM like that.

 

[Hussar]

For you folks who want physical minis, in what way are you not being served? What more do you need to be provided for your physical minis?

For us folks that play virtual, would it be ok, please, if we got a virtual environment with the same degree of options that physical minis have? Or, at least a tiny fraction of the options?

Would that be okay with you?

 

[Hermes_Alexandria]

Just look at Steam. I see no reason to believe that Steam is not Wizards (well Hasbros) greatest desire.

"Let us be the Steam platform for Online RPGs, everyone comes to us, everyone pays us a cut, and we dont even have to invest in an RPG anymore."

You know, I'd be ok with D&D Beyond and Sigil being the Steam of TTRPGs.

I noticed that Free League is one of the partners. A 3D version of the Forbidden Lands hex-crawl setting would be amazing!

I am fully aware of OGLs, Pinkertons and other Hasbro WotC screwups.... but I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

[Doc_Klueless]

Even as a FG and Foundry player/GM/User, I'm very, Very, VERY excited.

 

[OB1]

Because if I buy the MM, I do not want to buy it all in digital mini form, or worse, buy random loot boxes for a chance to get a Minotaur etc.

Or get a chance to win Tasha’s wand of puppies….

I am very worried about loot box gambling, etc.

I wish they’d talk about the cost.

I think this is very unlikely. Lootbox monetization doesn't really fit a cooperative play game like D&D, so even if for some reason they tried it, I don't think people would buy, the product would fail, and whoever thought to implement it would be looking for work.

I think it's much more likely that they sell cosmetic upgrades for PCs and bundled monster/terrain packs in pre-built adventures as the main sources of revenue. Or perhaps some sort of 'Season Pass' subscription. Maybe a mix of both.