Everything you need to create characters and play new adventures in this introduction to the world’s greatest roleplaying game.

Dungeons & Dragons is a cooperative storytelling game that uses your imagination and invites you to explore a fantastic world of adventure, where heroes fight monsters, find treasures, and solve quests. The D&D Essentials Kit is a new introductory set perfect for anyone who wants to jump into a fantasy world and start playing D&D.

This box contains everything you need to run a D&D game with a Dungeon Master and one to five adventurers. A newly designed rulebook helps players get started with character creation, and the included adventure, Dragon of Icespire Peak, introduces a new 1-on-1 rule variant.

Contents:

64-page rulebook that teaches you to create characters Level 16 and play the game. Includes introduction to sidekick rules.
Dragon of Icespire Peak, a 64-page introductory adventure
Double-sided poster map for use with the Dragon of Icespire Peak adventure (21 x 15)
Four-panel, fold-out Dungeon Masters screen (33″ 8.5″)
6 blank character sheets
11 polyhedral dice
81 cards describing magic items, sidekicks, and other D&D elements, plus a fold-out box to store all cards
Codes for D&D Beyond, the official digital toolset for D&D