D&D's October Product Revealed to Be Stranger Things Tie-In

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

The trouble with Starfinder is is isn't SF, it's fantasy in space.

So is Warhammer 40K, and that's the most popular "space" setting in tabletop gaming.

 

[bedir than]

Checking in on Target, they do have a Stranger Things x D&D book (an exclusive), but not a game book

Stranger Things: Dungeons & Dragons: Tales from the Table - Target Exclusive Edition - by Random House Worlds (Hardcover)

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They also have the Horrified x D&D game.

Target is also selling Wizkids minis online now

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I would bet WotC and Hasbro are wishing to publish a sci-fi or space-fantasy IP but it needs a lot of work and "Exodus" in only the first step. After with the experience they would dare to try different styles.

 

[Dire Bare]

It is certainly strange that Wizards had a themed starter set for Rick & Morty but not for the movie or BG3.

Not really. Rick & Morty is a known quantity and makes sense for D&D to try and reach out to it's fans. Honor Among Thieves and Baldur's Gate 3 are already D&D, and were not a known quantity at the time. For the D&D team to produce some sort of tie-in or crossover, it has to make financial sense. How much time and money would it take producing and printing the product, will the product itself make money, and will it bring in new (or lapsed) fans.

And WotC did indeed to a tie-in for both the movie and video game, but decided to keep them low-key for various reasons. "Descent into Avernus" was the tie-in for Baldur's Gate 3, but due to the delay in the video game's release, came out way earlier. "Keys from the Golden Vault" was the tie-in for the movie, but you'd be forgiven for not picking up on that, as it wasn't made very explicit.

Some folks feel like the folks at WotC are fools for not creating a boxed starter set featuring the characters and locations from the movie, and another one for the video game. But, while those types of products certainly could be cool . . . would they really get WotC the bang-for-the-buck they'd need to move forward with them? Obviously, the D&D team didn't think so . . . and all of the rest of us are just armchair quarterbacking.

The only thing that really yanks my chain is . . . my local cinema didn't offer the giant d20 popcorn bucket or the plastic tavern mug at the movie's release . . .

 

[bedir than]

Some folks feel like the folks at WotC are fools for not creating a boxed starter set featuring the characters and locations from the movie, and another one for the video game.

Another consideration is ownership of those characters.
For BG3 we know that WotC gets to use them any way it wants, now. It may not have held those rights initially.

Would you pay Hugh Grant to have Forge in a Starter Set?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Another consideration is ownership of those characters.
For BG3 we know that WotC gets to use them any way it wants, now. It may not have held those rights initially.

Would you pay Hugh Grant to have Forge in a Starter Set?

If WotC didn't own use rights to the DADHAT characters that would be bizarre and, frankly, gross incompetence.

You don't need to do a perfect rendition of Hugh Grant to make it work -- Star Wars comics and action figures have rarely resembled Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford. An older curly haired rogue with a glint in his eye is good enough for Forge.

 

[Dire Bare]

Another consideration is ownership of those characters.
For BG3 we know that WotC gets to use them any way it wants, now. It may not have held those rights initially.

Would you pay Hugh Grant to have Forge in a Starter Set?

Well, I would! But yeah, point taken!

That would probably explain why none of the movie characters have shown up in the art for the D&D 2024 line so far.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I skipped the last stranger things product. Although I was really torn. I really wanted a German version.

This time around I will get it. Especially if they dona localization.

 

[bedir than]

If WotC didn't own use rights to the DADHAT characters that would be bizarre and, frankly, gross incompetence.

You don't need to do a perfect rendition of Hugh Grant to make it work -- Star Wars comics and action figures have rarely resembled Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford. An older curly haired rogue with a glint in his eye is good enough for Forge.

Disputed ownership with art-look-alikes may be why there was a DnD Beyond freebie for the movie. You can't share revenue with Paramount if you have no revenue.

 

[bedir than]

The San Diego ComiCon D&D booth pics from setup show some more of the release, plus minis