D&D 5E (2024) Starter Set and Stranger Things Set video.

[TerraDave]

I really hope they plan to do Heroquest-style expansions for Borderlands. New classes, new standees, new adventures, higher levels, all seem obvious and relatively easy to do.

If they don't, I might just start cranking them out on DMs Guild, assuming there's nothing about the product that would run afoul of the licensing rules there.

If it works why stop at 1? But then they would be really leaning into a bifurcation, of more casual board game style, and a more hardcore one that presumably migrates more and more to D&D beyond.

Like on is basic, the other more advanced.

 

[Burnside]

I really hope they plan to do Heroquest-style expansions for Borderlands. New classes, new standees, new adventures, higher levels, all seem obvious and relatively easy to do.

If they don't, I might just start cranking them out on DMs Guild, assuming there's nothing about the product that would run afoul of the licensing rules there.

Unlike DriveThru, DMsGuild does have an “only books, art, and maps” policy and historically they haven’t permitted cards, stl files, etc. However, I really don’t know how strictly they enforce that lately. Adventures & battle maps would 100% be okay. Less sure about standees though. Greyhawk IP is definitely usable on DMsGuild.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Unlike DriveThru, DMsGuild does have an “only books, art, and maps” policy and historically they haven’t permitted cards, stl files, etc. However, I really don’t know how strictly they enforce that lately. Adventures & battle maps would 100% be okay. Less sure about standees though. Greyhawk IP is definitely usable on DMsGuild.

Standees could probably be jettisoned. I think the big thing would be making print-and-play additional SRD classes, ancestries, backgrounds, spells, magic items and monsters available, followed by maps and adventure scenarios.

That said, I would bet money that WotC has all of this loaded and ready in case the new starter set is a hit.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If it works why stop at 1? But then they would be really leaning into a bifurcation, of more casual board game style, and a more hardcore one that presumably migrates more and more to D&D beyond.

Like on is basic, the other more advanced.

There are eight more PHB classes and six more ancestries than they have in Heroes of the Borderlands, and I could easily see WotC turning that into two more expansion sets of four classes and three ancestries each.

But going up dramatically in levels would be hard in this format, since you have subclasses and many more spells and abilities to worry about. I suspect they will always want to just steer players to the PHB to continue on after level 3.

 

[Burnside]

Standees could probably be jettisoned. I think the big thing would be making print-and-play additional SRD classes, ancestries, backgrounds, spells, magic items and monsters available, followed by maps and adventure scenarios.

That said, I would bet money that WotC has all of this loaded and ready in case the new starter set is a hit.

You’ll beat them to market. They take forever to do anything. The new Stranger Things boxed set catches the wave on Eddie, with whom America was smitten for all of May and June, 2022.

 

[Arilyn]

You’ll beat them to market. They take forever to do anything. The new Stranger Things boxed set catches the wave on Eddie, with whom America was smitten for all of May and June, 2022.

Yeah. Even Eddie's moved on to Johnny Storm.

 

[Nikosandros]

Yeah. Even Eddie's moved on to Johnny Storm.

And what a fantastic move for him.