Epic Encounters Add Local Legends To Dungeons & Dragons

Games Epic Encounters Add Local Legends To Dungeons & Dragons Rob Wieland Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I am an author and game designer writing about tabletop RPGs. New! Follow this author to improve your content experience.

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[+] villains and tall tales told in taverns. Steamforged Games Ltd. Dungeons & Dragons is a game for people with big imaginations.

But sometimes, even the best Dungeon Master needs a little help. There’s a huge marketplace out there for pre-published adventures, from ones created by talented amateurs to full storylines from professionals. MORE FROM FORBES Roll20 And Dungeon Masters Guild Announce Partnership By Rob Wieland Steamforged Games produces adventures, miniatures and board games targeted at people who love to tell epic fantasy stories.

They’ve recently added to their Epic Encounters line and are currently Kickstarting a tavern focused spinoff called Local Legends . They sent along copies of their newest items to me to review. MORE FROM FORBES Epic Encounters Are Like Blue Apron For Dungeons And Dragons By Rob Wieland Epic Encounters Each Epic Encounter is broken up into two boxes that compliment each other.

One box is a battle with a score of bad guys that contains a lot of high quality miniatures. The other box contains a boss-style encounter with a larger figure that’s richly detailed. MORE FOR YOU ‘Demon Slayer’ Season 2 Finally Has An Actual 2021 Release Date Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Not A Sure Thing, Says Director ‘Genshin Impact’ Still Refuses To Increase Anniversary Rewards, Despite Fan Outcry Arena of the Undead Horde features a storyline involving strange undead creatures kidnapping the living to battle each other in the city of the dead.

These 20 miniatures aren’t simple skeletons or zombies. They include death priests, bone wolves and more. Adventurers climb their way up the Tower of the Lich Empress to discover the titular character awaits them.

Is it there to do battle or offer a dark deal? The impressive piece could easily become the newest Darklord in a realm like Ravenloft. MORE FROM FORBES An Exclusive Look Inside Van Richten’s Guide To Ravenloft By Rob Wieland Dungeon Masters seeking a classic enemy in classic confines will find both in Hive of the Ghoul Kin . Ghouls, the eaters of the dead, burrow underneath tombs and graveyards looking for meals and treasure.

Will your adventurers stop them or join their vicious pack? The stunning corpse crawler of Barrow Of The Corse Crawler is an impressive one to slam down on the battlemat for a big brawl. After the players wipe it out, a well-versed gm could use it in an unusual way. Perhaps as a cursed artifact in a Call of Cthulhu game? MORE FROM FORBES The Classic Call Of Cthulhu Boxed Set Gets The Deluxe Treatment By Rob Wieland Local Legends For the Local Legends expansion, Steamforged Games is taking a slightly different tactic.

The box focuses on one of the other essential elements of fantasy role playing games: the tavern. Inside are 10 taverns, each with a small adventure ready for launch after a few minutes notice. Each tavern has its own flavor, allowing the Dungeon Master to inset it in whatever region best fits the story.

The linked adventures also feature miniatures for the villains at the end of each story built to be played in a night or two. Both Epic Encounters and Local Legends include statistics compatible with Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition but they can be used with any fantasy RPG with a little bit of thought and conversion. Pledge levels for Local Legends include digital goals, physical collections and even crossover elements with the wildly successful Bardsung: Legend of the Ancient Forge dungeon exploration board game.

The Kickstarter runs from now until July 8th. Local Legends is curren tly expected for a November 2023 release everywhere. Whether looking for an encounter to run tonight or a tavern to spin a tall tale, these boxes from Steamforged Games are handy for any Dungeon Master.

They can be purchased at Friendly Local Game Stores or directly from the publisher. Rob Wieland Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.