Of course, all of these amazing additions to Curse of Strahd would be useless without an actual campaign. The party consists of a High Elf Ranger, a Half-Elf Rogue, a Halfling Warlock, a Human Paladin, and a Human Cleric. What’s especially unique about these characters, is that they are recreations of the party that was run during Beadle & Grimm co-founder Matthew Lillard’s campaign. Image by Paul Benson.Īlso included are five pre-generated characters.
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The Beadle & Grimm’s team created a series of bonus encounters for the adventure, as well: Four included bonus encounters. Similarly, much of the artwork from the Curse of Strahd book has been printed on cards, which can then be shown to the players. These are designed to hang over the side of the Dungeon Master’s screen, so that the illustration of the encounter faces the player, and all of the encounter’s information and stat block faces the DM. Different types and weights of paper have been used, again creating a greater sense of immersion in the land of Barovia.īut that’s far from all. Great care has been put into designing all of them. There are also a bunch of in-world handouts for the DM to give out to their players. While these are not unique to the Legendary Edition, they are still a welcome addition and lends to the completionist nature of this set.
There’s even a set of Tarokka cards, the Tarot-like cards which are featured in the adventure.
Why have beer and pretzels at your game night when you can serve your players some genuine Barovian wine, thanks to these wine labels that you can attach to any bottle: Wine labels. You even have “wax seals” stamped with Strahd’s crest to attach to the envelopes. There’s a set of fancy blank paper and envelopes included, allowing the DM to write personalized missives to the players. Above is the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind, while below you can see some of the Barovian coins, stamped with the image of Strahd von Zarovich. Image by Paul Benson.Īs with their other editions, Beadle & Grimm’s has crafted some cast metal pieces that can be used by the Dungeon Master to enhance the immersion in the adventure. Opening it up, you’ll find bubble wrap to protect the contents during shipping, and underneath that, a welcoming pamphlet which describes everything in the Legendary Edition. The box itself is gorgeous a glossy black finish, with silver and blood red embossing. Image by Paul Benson.Īs I knew the bulk of the content would be found in the main box, that’s where we’ll look next. Inspired by this, the team at Beadle & Grimm’s decided to make some finger puppets to include in the box, which are called out as Blinsky Toys in Chapter 5 of the adventure. Image by Paul Benson.Īpparently, original Curse of Strahd author and D&D Senior Story Designer Chris Perkins really loved the Strahd Von Zarovich hand puppet he had received from artist and YouTuber Holly Conrad. Removing the contents of that massive container, I found a carefully wrapped Curse of Strahd box, a rather large poster tube, and…a bag of finger puppets? That’s right, puppets. What’s In Beadle & Grimm’s Curse of Strahd Legendary Edition? Time to unbox this bad boy and see all the goodies that Beadle & Grimm’s had squeezed inside.
I could already tell that this was going to be an epic Dungeons & Dragons experience. Opening it up, this is what I found inside: Inside the shipping box. As there’s nothing in the picture to really give a good idea of scale, let me just say that the box is just over two feet in length. Recently, a rather hefty box showed up on my doorstep. Some Spoilers for Curse of Strahd Campaign Ahead! A mighty big box. Much like I did with Icewind Dale, this won’t be a review of the module itself, but rather of what Beadle & Grimm’s have done with Curse of Strahd to enhance the gameplay experience. And if you really don’t mind spoilers for a campaign, then Simon Yule chronicled his entire Strahd campaign in a series of Player Reports. You can read Rory Bristol’s review on GeekDad here. The original Curse of Strahd was published in 2016, and is a D&D 5e reimagining of the 1983 Ravenloft module. For the first time, they have now produced a Legendary Edition with Curse of Strahd, revisiting an older Wizards of the Coast module and giving it that special Beadle & Grimm’s attention. Previously, there were three different edition tiers that B&G produced: Silver, Gold, and Platinum. If you read my previous review of the Silver Edition of Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, then you already know that Beadle & Grimm’s pack D&D modules with all sorts of gamer goodness.
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