Dungeons & Dragons Pinball Machine Announced

Stern Pinball has announced a new Dungeons & Dragons-themed pinball machine. The famed pinball company has announced plans to release Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye, a new $6,999 pinball machine. Details about the new machine are scarce, although a teaser for the game shows off what appears to be a mechanical red dragon. No release date has been announced for the pinball machine but more details will likely be announced next week at CES, an annual consumer electronics show held in Las Vegas. A teaser trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye can be seen below:


As D&D develops into more and more of a modern-day brand, it has crossed over into various kinds of media with varying degrees of success. A D&D LEGO set was well-received in 2024, which was followed by additional LEGO minifigures of characters like the Lady of Pain and Strahd. D&D will also appear at a new Universal Fan Fest Nights event this spring, with what appears to be a kind of haunted house/adventure room experience. A new "immersive experience" is also running in Canada this winter, featuring a truncated hour-long adventure in Waterdeep.

 

[bedir than]

New video is up and this seems like a great adaptation (yes, it's a marketing video)



The voice talent is strong. The design includes things unique to D&D and the game play changes weekly. I hope my local gets this.

 

[Dire Bare]

New video is up and this seems like a great adaptation (yes, it's a marketing video)



The voice talent is strong. The design includes things unique to D&D and the game play changes weekly. I hope my local gets this.

Thanks!

Here's some more . . .

Stern's D&D Pinball page. There are three versions, a "pro", a "premium", and a "limited edition" (limited to 740 machines). The limited edition has upgraded artwork treatments and effects, but I couldn't figure out what the difference between the pro and premium versions was.

Here's the game trailer.

 

[gban007]

I wonder if it will get a pc adaption at some point, I do enjoy pinball games on the pc, and this looks pretty cool

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

This seems too noisy for a lot of FLGS to have anywhere near people playing RPGs or even Magic. It would be fun to see at a bar or brewery, though.

It certainly feels like what WotC's infamous "monetization" threat turned out to be is more aggressively licensing the brand, rather than microtransactions (and eliminating existing microtransactions from D&D Beyond).

 

[Dire Bare]

This seems too noisy for a lot of FLGS to have anywhere near people playing RPGs or even Magic. It would be fun to see at a bar or brewery, though.

It certainly feels like what WotC's infamous "monetization" threat turned out to be is more aggressively licensing the brand, rather than microtransactions (and eliminating existing microtransactions from D&D Beyond).

Probably true, and most FLGS might balk at the $8K - $13K price tag.

But I could see this machine in the main gaming room of my FLGS, which is a huge, open, airy room mostly used for TCG gaming. I'd drop a ton of quarters!!

 

[Alby87]

For clarification: Stern pinball always does three tiers: the "pro", the cheapest one, with some feature missing, but less things that can break in a location, the "premium" one, the full experience, and the "limited", the premium with some cosmetic changes and some other small feature differences (not gameplay ones).

For example, the dragon head moves less in the pro (missing a motor, probably)

 

[Distracted DM]

Aaaand gambling machine comin' in hot.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024, Dungeons & Dragons has captivated fans across generations and become a cultural phenomenon. As part of Hasbro’s year-long celebration of this milestone, Games Global will harness The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game to create an immersive, high-engagement slot experience, giving operators a chance to tap into the global fanbase.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Aaaand gambling machine comin' in hot.

It's a confusingly written press release -- and their website seems designed to obscure things further -- but that appears to be online gambling, not actual casino machines.

 

[bedir than]

This seems too noisy for a lot of FLGS to have anywhere near people playing RPGs or even Magic. It would be fun to see at a bar or brewery, though.

It certainly feels like what WotC's infamous "monetization" threat turned out to be is more aggressively licensing the brand, rather than microtransactions (and eliminating existing microtransactions from D&D Beyond).

I think this is a brand broadening (extension into new places) product rather than amplification (more in the same places)

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I only watched a pinball with a color screen, in the middle or second half of 90's. Here in Spain the pinballs have disappeared totally. I find an arcade but it was with a compilation of titles before 2000.