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. We won't recommend one box over the other (especially as Beadle & Grimm's Legendary Edition isn't out yet!) but I think that potential purchasers will naturally gravitate towards a box based on their experience level and price range.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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The Beadle & Grimm's box, with its full sized battlemaps, encounter cards, jewelry, and even finger puppets, are geared with the experienced D&D group in mind - those looking to really take a "step up" in their adventures. Curse of Strahd Revamped is designed for the "intermediate" D&D fan - the group of players that have already delved through the adventures in one of the starter boxes and are ready to dip their toes into a full-length D&D adventure. Although we don't have the Beadle & Grimm's Legendary Edition to review, our past experiences with Beadle & Grimm's suggests that the two boxes are built for different audiences.
Of course, a premium D&D box set will inevitably draw comparisons to the box sets produced by Beadle & Grimm's, who coincidentally are making a "Legendary Edition" of Curse of Strahd that comes out in November. The booklet contains stats for all of the new monsters found in the adventure, giving the DM a less bulky way to access those statblocks in a heartbeat. The 20-page Creatures of Horror booklet is another "new" innovation that I hope gets used for future D&D advantures. To be clear - these changes will also appear in any Curse of Strahd printing moving forward, so you won't need to necessarily spend money on the Curse of Strahd Revamped box if you want the non-problematic version of the adventure. The box set also comes with a softcover version of Curse of Strahd complete with the latest errata, which scrubs some problematic descriptions of the Vistani, a group inspired by the real-life Romani people and removes a weird description of a disabled character that treats her missing limb as a dirty secret when it doesn't even hinder her regular monster hunting activities. I'm also a fan of the Barovia postcards that can be mailed to players, inviting them to partake in the spooky campaign. The tarokka deck, which the DM uses to spontaneously craft the path of the players during the first session, is extra slick-looking with haunting black and white illustrations by Chuck Lukacs.
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By comparison, Curse of Strahd Revamped is aimed for players who already know how to play - the dice and player tools from the Essentials Kit or Starter Box are replaced with things like a Tarokka deck, handouts, and a sturdy map of Barovia, along with a nifty coffin-shaped box to store everything in. Previous D&D boxed sets released by Wizards of the Coast for Fifth Edition are primarily geared towards newcomers to the game, with pre-built character sheets and handy guides designed to help ease players into the world of tabletop gaming. Curse of Strahd Revamped is a new boxed set concept for Wizards of the Coast.
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