D&D 5E (2024) Free Borderlands adventure for International Day of Play

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Claim a New Adventure to Celebrate International Day of Play!

Celebrate International Day of Play with a free level 1 D&D adventure for new players and Dungeon Masters.

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Anyone with a free D&D Beyond account can download it.

Borderlands Quest: Dagger Danger sends adventurers on a recovery quest for a lost heirloom in the setting featured in the D&D Starter Set: Heroes of the Borderlands. Inside the level 1 adventure, you’ll find helpful guidance for new Dungeon Masters as well as a great introductory experience for new players of all ages.

Anyone with a free D&D Beyond account can claim this adventure. Visit the claim page to add it to your library today!

You can also claim last year’s adventure, Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble, by visiting its claim page to complete your collection.

Many local game stores that are a part of the Wizards Play Network will be offering play of Borderlands Quest: Dagger Danger to celebrate International Day of Play, starting on June 11 and continuing throughout the month. Find your nearest store by heading to the Store & Event Locator.

Goblin Trouble was very OK and not particularly tied to the Borderlands boxed set. Hopefully this year's entry is more in line with the published version of the setting.

 

[BruceWright]

I think the writing of Goblin Trouble was great for a starter adventure, however it arrived completely broken when they paired it with a map that was unkeyed and contradicted the written adventure.

"Hey, learning D&D for the first time with a beginner friendly starter-kit? What if we gave you an adventure that was confusing and broken on delivery?"

I use "Borderlands: Goblin Trouble" in my "How To Dungeon Master" class, as an exercise in how to make your own map from a written adventure and how to prep an adventure with table-ready materials.

I do hope the new adventure is better. And also that it uses materials from the box set, which is excellent.

The box is terrible for running one-shots, which is what I almost always run. So I've written a one-shot that uses the setting and materials.

 

[BruceWright]

Anyone with a free D&D Beyond account will be able to download it on June 11.

I wish WotC would recognize that RELEASING an adventure on the day its supposed to be played isn't enough time. I don't even know if I like the dang thing enough to run it, let alone schedule my players and prep it.

 

[bedir than]

I wish WotC would recognize that RELEASING an adventure on the day its supposed to be played isn't enough time. I don't even know if I like the dang thing enough to run it, let alone schedule my players and prep it.

you can claim and read it today.
the marketing language is wrong

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The box is terrible for running one-shots, which is what I almost always run.

I need more information on what you mean here.

I've run the box several times and it basically only does one shots unless you work on making it into something bigger.

Give the players one of the big quests from the keep, like exploring each biome and return home to help in creating a better map of the region, and boom, you've got a one-shot.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

you can claim and read it today.
the marketing language is wrong

Wow, that is weird. Good catch!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Just read the adventure. It's pretty short and to the point. And, amusingly, given that daggers aren't one of the item cards for Heroes of the Borderlands, you're questing after an heirloom dagger.

It's a sequel to the kobold cave being cleared, and has the PCs going into a newly restocked cave to retrieve the dagger. The NPC they might talk with gets a name -- not all of the sentient NPCs in the boxed set have them -- which is also nice.

Looks like a good two-hour game or so, although it might be pretty dangerous for a brand new group, given how combat-heavy it is.

Definitely better than Goblin Trouble.

 

[sevenbastard]

not all of the sentient NPCs in the boxed set have them

As Lord Gygax the Great intended

 

[Reynard]

Aww, man, I thought it was going to video game Borderlands. Now that is a IP D&D can cross over with.

 

[beta-ray]

you can claim and read it today.
the marketing language is wrong

The language is confusing but the text does say:

Anyone with a free D&D Beyond account can claim this adventure. Visit the claim page to add it to your library today!

The June 11 is just for the celebratory day I guess.