Lego unveils new ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ set
Design created by fan who won competition
“Dungeons & Dragons” fans will not only embark on an unforgettable adventure, but they’ll also be able to build it brick by brick with a new Lego set next month.
Lego unveiled the 3,745-piece “Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale” set on Tuesday, the Danish toy company said in a news release. The set, priced at $359.99, will be available April 4 and is a “brick representation of the iconic tabletop game,” according to the release.
“Released in the year ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ turns 50, this is the first time the Lego Group has developed a “Dungeons & Dragons” set and to do so they turned to their fans to create the design, via a challenge on the Lego Ideas platform,” the company said.
Lego Ideas allowed over 600 fans to submit designs inspired by “Dungeons & Dragons,” according to the company. The winner of the competition was Lucas Bolt, a 32-year-old man from Amsterdam who “created his version of the game in Lego bricks,” Lego said.
“The ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ theme, combined with my love of history, fantasy and making games, inspired me to create a playable layout with different challenges and routes to explore,” Bolt said about his inspiration for the game set. “I had so much fun designing this piece, and it is a real privilege seeing my design developed into a detailed Lego set to celebrate 50 years of the iconic game.”
Bolt would work with the Lego design team to develop “the unique setting represented in the final set,” according to the release. The Wizards of the Coast, the owners of “Dungeons & Dragons,” created a “bespoke adventure” for the set, the company added.
Features of the set include a tavern with a removable roof, a dungeon, a tower and six Lego minifigures of Orc Rogue, Gnome Fighter, Elf Wizard, Dwarf Cleric and brick-built monsters like a beholder, an owlbear and a displacer beast, the company said.
A “Dungeons & Dragons” adventure book, created in partnership with Lego and the Wizards of the Coast, will also be available and offer “a completely new and unique play experience,” the toy company said.