D&D 5E Curse of Strahd 'Revamped' Boxed Collector's Edition

If you're in the market for a revamped (geddit?) edition of Curse of Strahd (which is my favourite of all the D&D adventures so far) in a coffin-shaped box with additional material, you're in luck!

This boxed set is coming out in October and costs $99.99.

There's a whole bunch of stuff included:

• Updated softcover of the adventure itself, including errata and presumably some of the other adjustments to Vistani talked about recently.
• A short 20-book of monsters called Creatures of Horror.
• Double sided poster map of Barovia and Castle Ravenloft.
• A Tarokka deck and 8-page booklet.
• Handouts for players.
• A dozen 'postcards' from Barovia.
• A DMs Screen.

Updates to the original adventure include errata, minor tweaks, and sections of text which have been identified as problematic regarding the Vistani.

IGN has a video looking inside the box.

 

[EthanSental]

This higher end boxed sets would be something I’d buy as the first release of a new setting and adventure,

 

[Reynard]

This higher end boxed sets would be something I’d buy as the first release of a new setting and adventure,

It's more of a gamble to do it with a new adventure. They might feel confident if they were adapting something really beloved -- I don't even know that that would be at this point -- but a premium version of an existing adventure is more certain. I for one would love a Storm king's Thunder boxed set if it was revised and expanded so it was not so difficult to run. I feel like that adventure had a lot of potential that got lost in a lot of junk.

 

[R_J_K75]

It's more of a gamble to do it with a new adventure.

I think if they kept it bare bones with a module a MM and maps and exclude all the superfluous stuff they could keep the price relatively comparable to the hard covers. Doesn't even have to be a boxed set, just shrink wrap it. I'm more concerned with what's inside than how its packaged, but I do know that hardcovers are just hard to use as far as adventures go, at least for me.

 

[Parmandur]

I love how Chris Perkins lays out all the reasons a boxed set with separate components, (adventure, MONSTER MANUAL, DM Screen, map, etc) is by far a better format than a hard cover book, but I highly doubt we still wont see more boxed sets that aren't "premium", but just regular releases.

Is that it then for this years releases with Rime of the Frost Maiden in Nov?

No, the article linked in the OP even mentions the unannounced November release that hasn't been announced yet.

They released three boxes sets with Adventures last year...if this is successful enough it may become a trend. Very Target and WalMart friendly format.

 

[Parmandur]

Interestingly enough, I already knew that Curse of Strahd is the top-selling adventure on Amazon's lists consistently, but didn't know what the 2nd best-selling is... and it's shockingly Dungeon of the Mad Mage.

I'd be surprised if the next box set like this is for the Mad Mage, but I didn't expect this at all anyway so who knows...

Keep in mind that those rankings are current sales, updated hourly, not historical. The Adventures jump up and down fairly wildly, actually.

 

[R_J_K75]

No, the article linked in the OP even mentions the unannounced November release that hasn't been announced yet.

They released three boxes sets with Adventures last year...if this is successful enough it may become a trend. Very Target and WalMart friendly format.

I was rather confused if this was the unannounced book, or maybe I just misread it.

The boxed sets were all starter type sets though correct?

 

[Parmandur]

I was rather confused if this was the unannounced book, or maybe I just misread it.

The boxed sets were all starter type sets though correct?

Nope, this is an October release, and Perkins mentions there is an unannounced hardcover still incoming (what they've been running UA for since at least November, maybe September).

This is the fifth box set from WotC, and while it is the first one that isn't a starter set (albeit Death House is a classic starter module), of the format is working for store shelves...this is an escalation, further escalations are possible.

 

[R_J_K75]

Nope, this is an October release, and Perkins mentions there is an unannounced hardcover still incoming (what they've been running UA for since at least November, maybe September).

I dont know why I was thinking Rise of the Frost Maiden was the Nov release but its Sept. Probably because Theros was pushed to July.

 

[Weiley31]

I love how Chris Perkins lays out all the reasons a boxed set with separate components, (adventure, MONSTER MANUAL, DM Screen, map, etc) is by far a better format than a hard cover book, but I highly doubt we still wont see more boxed sets that aren't "premium", but just regular releases.

Is that it then for this years releases with Rime of the Frost Maiden in Nov?

Unless plans have changed, there should be a book coming out in November with the supposed Orc/Drow/Race changed to another term/rules or something.

 

[Weiley31]

I got no probs if they do some rereleases. When Tyranny of Dragons 2019 came out, I got that as I never got the original two modules. Likewise I never got Curse of Strahd when it came out. *all the books I've gotten have been Mechanics/Fluff books, like Xanathar/Mord's Tome of Foes, and the newer books like Wildemount and now Theros with Frostmaiden alt cover pre-ordered currently.

I'll probably pre-order this one too. That said, I'm awaiting for Goodman Game's to get that Castle Amber and Temple of Elemental Evil done so I can nab those as well. So if Goodman Games wants to handle the classic modules, I got no probs with that. Boy would I love City of The Spider-Queen and Vault of The Drow done by Goodman Games.