Beadle & Grimm’s Launches Legendary Edition of Tyranny of Dragons
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Beadle & Grimm’s, the popular publisher known for their high-end TTRPG products, has announced they’ll soon be releasing a Legendary Edition of Tyranny of Dragons. The set contains new maps, cards, minis, player handouts and DM resources, all of which are for the Tyranny of Dragons campaign which was originally published in 2014 as the first official adventure for the Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition rules set.
Notably, in addition to reprinting the original campaign, the upcoming Legendary Edition of Tyranny of Dragons also contains brand new material, including updating key content for the new D&D 2024 game mechanics The product won’t be available until late 2025, but you can pre-order your copy now via the B&G website.
So just what else players expect in this return to a classic D&D 5e campaign? Below, we unbox all the details.
What’s included in the B&G “Legendary Edition of Tyranny of Dragons”?
The new Legendary Edition of Tyranny of Dragons contains all of the content that was originally featured in the Tyranny of Dragons (which was first published as two books: The Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat). The product also contains the following:
- Five campaign booklets
- New maps (including 18 battle maps, 9 large area maps and a poster-sized map of the Sword Coast)
- 10 painted WizKids minis (several of which have alternate paint schemes that haven’t appeared before)
- A custom DM Screen with adventure-specific information
- A DM’s Guide to Tyranny of Dragons written by Mike Shea (aka Sly Flourish), the author of the popular Lazy DM series)
- 57 Encounter Cards (including 11 oversized monster cards with updated D&D 2024 stat blocks)
- 20 half-page art pieces pulled from the original books
- 19 in-world player hand-outs
- Real world artifacts (including a Cult of the Dragon pin and a Coin of Completion)
How much is B&G’s “Legendary Edition of Tyranny of Dragons”?
The new Tyranny of Dragons box set retails for $399 USD (not including shipping and handling). While this is definitely on the pricey side, it’s not unexpected given the high quality of B&G materials and the amount of content you get. It’s also comparable to similar products we’ve seen over the years, such as the Platinum Edition of Vecna Eve of Ruin which retailed for over $500 USD. If shelling out in one payment is a concern, the B&G website does also offer interest-free instalments via their ShopPay program.
Notably, if you pre-order the product you’re also entitled to a special offer that gives you 20% off select WizKids minis from their D&D line.
When is the “Legendary Edition of Tyranny off Dragons” coming out?
The new Beadle & Grimm’s box set is slated for released in November of 2025 (although an exact data has yet to be confirmed). If you do order it, just remember there will also be additional time added on for shipping.
What is the original Tyranny of Dragons campaign about?
Tyranny of Dragons is a campaign Dungeons & Dungeons that was originally published in 2014 (making it the first official adventure to launch for the fifth edition rules). The campaign itself was broken out into two books: Hoard of the Dragon Queen (released in August 2014) and The Rise of Tiamat (released in November 2014). In January 2023, Wizards of the Coast combined both titles into a single book which was known as the Tyranny of Dragons Rerelease. Interestingly, the campaign was actually written and designed by Wolfgang Baur and Steve Winter of Kobold Press, which was working under a contract from WotC at the time.
Set in the Forgotten Realms, the campaign takes players from Level 1 to 15 and involves the Cult of the Dragon as they seek to free the evil dragon goddess Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. Characters begin as fledgling adventurers and are quickly drawn into a far-reaching plot, traveling across the Sword Coast to stop the cult’s schemes, while uncovering their alliances and rallying support from rival factions. The story mixes classic high fantasy adventure with political intrigue, taking players from bloodsoaked battlefields to council chambers. The adventure culminates in a high-stakes confrontation, with the fate of the Realms hanging in the balance.
Final Thoughts
The original Tyranny of Dragons is a solid campaign, but not without its faults (including a long and drawn out travel section in the middle of the adventure) so it’ll be interesting to see if Beadle & Grimm’s are able to breathe new life into it almost a decade after it was first released.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on this product and updating it with new information in the days ahead. In the meantime, you can pre-order your copy of the Legendary Edition of Tyranny of Dragons now via the B&G website.
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Jason Volk is the Publisher of Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics and lives in the wilds of Western Canada. He has been playing D&D for over 25 years and is a huge fan of Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms. His favorite character of all time was a Necromancer named Neek who spent most of his adventuring career resurrecting the corpses of slain monsters. When he’s not playing TTRPGs, Jason enjoys video games, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40K, watching football and spending time with his wife and adorably nerdy children.
