Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed

The new Heroes of the Borderlands D&D boxed set will be significantly more expensive than past Starter Sets. Pre-order pages up on D&D Beyond and Amazon confirm that the new Starter Set, made to introduce the new version of 5th Edition rules to newcomers, will cost $49.99. Previous starter sets, such as the Essentials Kit or the Dragons at Stormwreck Isle, had much lower price points ranging from $19.99 to $24.99.

One reason for the price increase is that the new Starter Set will contain many more components than previous Starter Sets. A trailer (seen below) shows off many of the cards, tokens, and handouts that are included in the boxed set in addition to the standard quickstart guide and character sheets. Per Amazon, the new Starter Set will contain 3 adventure booklets, 8 character class boards featuring iconic D&D classes, 1 quick-start guide, a reference booklet, 5 in-world immersive handouts (including a tavern menu and shop catalogs), 9 double-sided poster maps, a combat tracker, 11 dice, 210 game cards (including spells, magic items, and equipment), and 273 tokens (including monsters, terrain, and resources).

One twist for this new boxed set is that it will include tiles that will add a modularity to character creation. Players will choose their background and class and then build a character sheet using corresponding tiles.

Hasbro also previously stated that the Starter Set was produced in China, so the increased price could be impacted by the current tariffs imposed by the US on foreign-made goods.


The new Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set will be released on September 16th, 2025.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It has three separate adventures

And I would expect a ton of stuff on DMs Guild within a week of release, remixing the physical components in the set (and adding new print-and-play components) to extend that.

 

[abazaba]

So ... it's like all of the other 5E starter sets?

Not in my personal experience, no. For example, to me, 'Lost Mine of Phandalver' was a solid experience of how the game actually works 'post-starter-set', without any changes to the actual game-play experience. Your experience may have been different though.

 

[Jimmy Dick]

Paizo's Pathfinder 2e Beginner Box was $39.99 upon its release and is still that price. It originally was out before DF's illegal tariffs, so how much is being added onto that now is not known to me. It sold very well (out of stock a couple of times) and has been redone for the Remaster. It has a lot of parts in it to help players learn the game. They work very well for that task.

 

[abazaba]

Paizo's Pathfinder 2e Beginner Box was $39.99 upon its release and is still that price. It originally was out before DF's illegal tariffs, so how much is being added onto that now is not known to me. It sold very well (out of stock a couple of times) and has been redone for the Remaster. It has a lot of parts in it to help players learn the game. They work very well for that task.

Although I may be mistaken, but what I found to be a really great idea of the Pathfinder 2e Beginner Box was that they included a dice set with: each die of a different color, and then having the same dice - including colors - represented on the character sheet. So that you could easily go like 'hey roll the D20, that would be the red die'. Absolutely brilliant.

 

[sevenbastard]

And I would expect a ton of stuff on DMs Guild within a week of release, remixing the physical components in the set (and adding new print-and-play components) to extend that.

Someone has got to fix this map. The trail bends make sense if thier is elevation changes, but otherwise....

 

[sevenbastard]

The monster cards look great. Easy to use even when playing digitally i can just post them to the top of my monitor.

 

[Spectral Anomaly]

Someone has got to fix this map. The trail bends make sense if thier is elevation changes, but otherwise....

It could easily be a dry creek bed.

 

[payn]

Im glad they stepped it up. Paizo been doing a way better job at this for awhile.

 

[jaycrockett]

Price is ok, it sits fine with Heroquest at Target. I played Keep on the Borderlands back in the day (and more recently). I hope it's good. I love me some starter sets. Paizo's beginner boxes were top notch.

 

[Parmandur]

Oops