D&D 5E (2024) Teos talks about using the hero’s of the Borderlands Starter Box to run games.

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Upvote for new Isle of Dread. What was the historical follow up to B2?

B3, Palace of the Silver Princess, which had an infamously messy release and two different versions.

The B series continued on from there, but B2 remained the adventure included in the BD&D box for years.

The Expert set -- the next boxed set up -- contained X1, the Isle of Dread.

 

[kapars]

B3, Palace of the Silver Princess, which had an infamously messy release and two different versions.

The B series continued on from there, but B2 remained the adventure included in the BD&D box for years.

The Expert set -- the next boxed set up -- contained X1, the Isle of Dread.

Ah yes. It makes sense then that Isle of Dread would be a nice continuation but since it would be levels 4+ a traditional adventure book would make more sense. Throw in a nice hex map of the isle and my wallet will open.

 

[John Lloyd1]

@Alphastream, how long did it take for new players the create a character using the starter box?

 

[Dire Bare]

Upvote for new Isle of Dread. What was the historical follow up to B2?

Kind of.

Keep on the Borderlands was bundled with one of the iterations of the D&D Basic Set. The next boxed set in the series, the D&D Expert Set, came bundled with the Isle of Dread. But the expectation was that groups would play other modules in the "B" series before moving on to the Expert Set.

 

[Parmandur]

Hey! Mastering dungeons is hosting Justice the writer on the box set! They are asking for questions.

Any questions?

"Any plans for future classic adventure updayes?"

 

[Parmandur]

Kind of.

Keep on the Borderlands was bundled with one of the iterations of the D&D Basic Set. The next boxed set in the series, the D&D Expert Set, came bundled with the Isle of Dread. But the expectation was that groups would play other modules in the "B" series before moving on to the Expert Set.

Or not even use modules: both Moldvay Basic and Cook Expert seem to expect homebrew Adventures the same as OD&D, wirh suggestions and procedures to do so.

 

[Dire Bare]

Or not even use modules: both Moldvay Basic and Cook Expert seem to expect homebrew Adventures the same as OD&D, wirh suggestions and procedures to do so.

Oh sure, yeah.

Even the modules were a lot "lighter" than what we expect today, and you were expected to adapt them to your own homebrewed campaign.

There were a lot of good "B" series modules . . . but certainly the next "classic" after B2 Keep on the Borderlands was X1 The Isle of Dread!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

"When are you going to redo Castle Amber?"

 

[Parmandur]

"When are you going to redo Castle Amber?"

That would be wild.

 

[Gorck]

Hey! Mastering dungeons is hosting Justice the writer on the box set! They are asking for questions.

Any questions?

Do they plan on eventually releasing a standalone book with just the adventure and maps for those of us who don’t need the whole boxed set (as opposed to the DDB version)?