LEGO® Ideas DUNGEONS & DRAGONS

The LEGO® Group has announced the LEGO® Ideas DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Red Dragon's Tale, a fan-designed representation of the iconic board game. This is the first time that the LEGO® Group has developed a DUNGEONS & DRAGONS set, in the year that marks DUNGEONS & DRAGONS' 50th anniversary. To do this, they appealed to their fans to create the design, through a challenge on the LEGO® Ideas platform.

Based on a brief co-developed by the Wizards of the Coast team, more than 600 LEGO® fans submitted designs inspired by DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, but the winner was 32-year-old Lucas Bolt (known as BoltBuilds) from Amsterdam, who created his version of the game in LEGO® bricks. Lucas then worked closely with the LEGO® Design team to develop the unique setting displayed in the final set. In addition, the Wizards of the Coast team developed a custom adventure for the set.

The 3,745-piece set is incredibly detailed with a tavern with a removable roof so you can look inside to the top floor. The set also includes a dungeon and a tower. Four minifigures are included with the set: Orc Rogue, Gnome Fighter, Elf Wizard and Dwarf Cleric, plus a monsters built from separate LEGO® parts, such as a beholder, an owlbear and a displacer beast. Also featured is the giant red dragon Cinderhowl that builders can wrap around the tower.

LEGO® Ideas creation

The LEGO® Group also turned to fans on the LEGO® Ideas platform and gave them the chance to design the cover of the set's building instructions. Chris Yu's winning design shows an epic battle, using techniques to create depth in the image and show good against evil, centered around the iconic 20-sided die to determine the outcome. Chris' design was a celebration of the game's core values of collaboration, creativity and adventure.

D&D game night

To celebrate the new set, the LEGO® Group invited well-known DUNGEONS & DRAGONS players to the LEGO® House for an epic game night. Anjali Bhimani took over the chair of Dungeon Master and was joined by Luis Carazo and Ginny Di, as well as fan designer Lucas and LEGO® Designer Jordan Scott, who all participated in an epic adventure on a very special custom-made LEGO® DUNGEONS & DRAGONS table. Fans can now watch all the action, recorded live, when the game premieres on LEGO®.com/DnD and the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS YouTube and Twitch channels on April 6 at 09:00 PDT / 12:00 EDT / 17:00 BST / 18:00 CEST / 00:00 CST.

Fans can also get a specially created DUNGEONS & DRAGONS adventure book, created in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast and the LEGO® Group, to provide a completely new and unique play experience. Available to LEGO® Insiders as a free digital download, or as a paperback book for 2,700 Insider points (while supplies last). The book is also available from D&D Beyond, along with character sheets, a digital die and more.

About his inspiration for the design, Lucas said, "The DUNGEONS & DRAGONS theme combined with my love of history, fantasy and game making inspired me to create a playable layout with different challenges and routes to explore. I had so much fun designing this piece and it is truly a privilege to see that my design has been developed into a detailed LEGO® set to celebrate 50 years of the iconic game."

Regarding bringing Lucas' design to life, LEGO® Design Manager Jordan Scott said, "Lucas' design perfectly captured the narrative excitement of each DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game. Working with the team at Wizards of the Coast, we were able to build on his design to work together to create a truly authentic DUNGEONS & DRAGONS experience, full of details that will excite fans during the building process and beyond."

"LEGO® bricks and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS have been used by fans to generate stories and build adventures for so long that bringing these two creative brands together during our 50th anniversary felt like a no-brainer," said Dan Rawson, Global Play Lead of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS and RPGs. "With the amazing LEGO® Ideas set designed by Lucas Bolt, the adventure pack available on D&D Beyond and the LEGO® Minifigure series coming out this fall, fans have so many new sparks of imagination at their disposal to create fantasy stories with friends and family."

Buy D&D: Red Dragon's Tale set

The LEGO® Ideas DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Red Dragon's Tale set will be available to LEGO® Insiders starting April 1, 2024 through LEGO® Stores and to everyone else starting April 4, 2024 at a price of $359.99 / €359.99 / £314.99. In addition, between April 1 and 7, all purchases of the LEGO® Ideas DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Red Dragon's Tale set will receive a LEGO® DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Mimic Dice Box as a gift.