This official D&D Lego set doubles as a completely playable gaming map

On Jan 9, 2023

The winning D&D x Lego ideas design submitted by BoltBuilds.

(Picture credit score: BoltBuilds)

Dungeons & Dragons’ creators at Wizards of the Coast have gotten along with Lego and hatched a plan to commemorate 50 years of D&D with a sub-3,000 piece picturesque D&D dungeon, designed by a fan of the beloved TTRPG.

Again in October, hopeful designers had been requested to submit Lego dioramas showcasing the favorite options of their most treasured tabletop roleplaying recreation. The successful construct has now been chosen for manufacture as an official D&D x Lego Concepts set, and this superbly nerdy marriage has made me want Wizards of the Coast would collab with a PC case producer for a similar factor.

The winner—chosen by followers and judges alike—is Dragon’s Maintain: Journey’s Finish (opens in new tab), by Lucas from Amsterdam (aka BoltBuilds on the Lego web site), who will obtain “1% of the full internet gross sales of the product” together with 10 complimentary copies of their design, and credit score because the designer.

Constructed with below 3,000 items, Dragon’s Maintain: Journey’s Finish options “nice routes with changeable doorways every time”, that means it may possibly truly be used as a purposeful D&D map in-game.

It appears as if the inexperienced dragon is absolutely poseable too, although whether or not it is going to characteristic within the closing set is one other matter completely. Now think about in the event that they selected to fee a D&D impressed PC case for the fiftieth anniversary, that will be the dream.

You possibly can control the Lego Concepts weblog (opens in new tab) for particulars about when the set will develop into out there, whereas I cry about not being provided that garish D&D PC case the Aarakocra (opens in new tab) Bard inside me wished.

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