D&D 5E Curse of Strahd 'Revamped' Boxed Collector's Edition

If you're in the market for a revamped (geddit?) edition of Curse of Strahd (which is my favourite of all the D&D adventures so far) in a coffin-shaped box with additional material, you're in luck!

This boxed set is coming out in October and costs $99.99.

There's a whole bunch of stuff included:

• Updated softcover of the adventure itself, including errata and presumably some of the other adjustments to Vistani talked about recently.
• A short 20-book of monsters called Creatures of Horror.
• Double sided poster map of Barovia and Castle Ravenloft.
• A Tarokka deck and 8-page booklet.
• Handouts for players.
• A dozen 'postcards' from Barovia.
• A DMs Screen.

Updates to the original adventure include errata, minor tweaks, and sections of text which have been identified as problematic regarding the Vistani.

IGN has a video looking inside the box.

 

[Reynard]

Have you seen the Alexandrian Remix of Waterdeep: DH? It’s very good and leads with this issue

Nope. I wrung what little there was worth out of the book and ran something only passingly recognizable as "Waterdeep: Dragon Heist" over the course of maybe 3 months. I don't ever need to revisit it. There is worthwhile info in the book but the adventure is a real stinker.

 

[Parmandur]

I don't want a coffin shaped box. Why did they do that? I would have probably thought that it was cool when I was 16, but that was a long time ago.

You probably answered your own question there: they want 16 year olds who didn't but the hardcover when they were 12 to get this for their group in high school.

 

[EthanSental]

Is it LFGS one or on amazon as well. I’ll pick it up, I’m a sucker for cool products that do appeal to my 30 year ago 16 year old self!

I see it on Amazon....question answered!

 

[Osgood]

I'm not crazy about the coffin shape simply because of shelf space reasons, but otherwise I think it looks pretty good. Honestly, I'd prefer if they did all their big adventures as boxed sets. Having maps and handouts that don't need to be ripped from the book, and separating the monsters are useful features.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hmm. I have the original Strahd screen (and prefer that art) and the original Tarokka cards (which looks identical to these) (EDIT: The new cards have foil embossing).

Is the next hardcover reprint of the adventure going to be updated with matching text? If so, I'll hold out for that. I haven't run the adventure yet, but it's a strong contender if I add yet another streaming campaign to my line-up. (I'm current running four.)

 

[Windjammer]

I swear, every time Morrus posts a product release, people pipe up with ... comments.

It's always a surprise to me. It shouldn't because it happens EVERY TIME. But there it is.

 

[Mortellan]

Wonder if the value of my hardcover copy went up?

 

[Charlaquin]

I’m still a little unclear. Is the “revamping” just the inclusion of errata and the latest changes to the Vistani? Or are there changes to the adventure beyond what would be found in the latest printing of the hardcover?

 

[patrakis]

Why waste energy and ressources on doing these remakes of products that are almost new ? Why ? So many old school modules lying around that beg to get a conversion to 5E! Tyranny of Dragons and then this are two exemples of wasted time and efforts. My opinion, of course.

 

[Espadadelaaurora]

It really looks cool, but not sure if I'm gonna grab this one. The adventure is great, although maybe I prefer to save the money for some newer and more appealing product. Maybe lets say........................................................................ some classic campaign setting like Planescape?
(After six years of 5e I'm still a hopeful guy).