Fans of Netflix’s Stranger Things, rejoice! Cos’ the home-brew Dungeons & Dragons game you seen Mike Wheeler and his friends played in the first episode is now a real life board game. Announced at the New York Toy Fair 2019, the Hasbro Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Starter Set is based on “Hunt for the Thessalhydra” and it includes five Stranger Things character sheets, rulebook, six polyhedral dice, and perhaps more crucially for the Demogorgon-loving fans, it comes with two Demogorgon figures, one of which is paintable.

Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons RPG Board Game

Official description tells that the set is suitable for both players who are new to Dungeons & Dragons and experienced players. If you are a fan of Stranger Things, you should have already seen this coming and come it did, as the set will be available starting April 22, 2019, but if you want one, we’d advice you to secure a copy by pre-ordering it on Amazon or Entertainment Earth for $24.99. Somehow, we have a feeling this is going a fast moving Stranger Things-themed product and so, if you really gotta have it, you better jump on the pre-order fast.

Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons RPG Board Game

In a related news, there is another Stranger Things-themed board game coming your way too. This time, it is a test of your knowledge about this hugely popular series and every 80s in a 80s edition of Trivial Pursuit. Here’s the official description:

• TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF STRANGER THINGS AND THE 80s: This Back to the 80s Trivial Pursuit game is a nostalgic nod to the decade explored throughout the popular Netflix original series, Stranger Things
• EXCITING PARTY GAME FOR TEENS AND ADULTS: Do you love trivia? Break out this iconic trivia game for 2 to 4 players
• FEATURES PORTAL SPACES: If a player lands on a Portal space, they have to flip over a panel on the board, sending players to the Upside Down where they can also lose wedges for wrong answers
• 1500 TRIVIA QUESTIONS: Features questions about 1980s pop culture and Stranger Things from 6 categories: Movies; TV; Music; Famous People and Events; Trends, Tech and Fun; and Stranger Things
• INCLUDES RETRO-LOOKING GAMEBOARD: Feel nostalgic for the ’80s with the gameboard that features a panel that flips, and bright neon colors and designs.

Trivial Pursuit Stranger Things Back to the 80s Edition
Trivial Pursuit Stranger Things Back to the 80s Edition

The Hasbro Trivial Pursuit Netflix’s Stranger Things Back to the 80s Edition is set to hit the market starting April 22, 2019, but you can secure a copy on Amazon and Walmart.com as we speak by pre-ordering it for $19.99.

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If video game is how you roll, then perhaps the Stranger Things-themed mini arcade console will appeal to you. Assuming the familiar arcade cabinet design, featuring graphics of the cartoonized Stranger Things key characters, including the ruthless Demogorgon, the mini arcade is pre-loaded with 16 Stranger Things-themed titles, plus 4 classic arcade games.

The Stranger Things-themed mini arcade will retail for 30 bucks when it becomes available on the same date at “most major retailers” in the U.S.

Stranger Things-themed Mini Arcade Console
Stranger Things-themed Mini Arcade Console

Images: Hasbro.

Source: Engadget.

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