Questers is a new line of toys from Basic Fun! that aims to allow parents who love D&D to introduce the game to their kids, with less emphasis on a ton of rules and more of an emphasis on play and having fun. There are several products in the line, allowing children to collect and play with adventurers, creatures, and of course, dragons. I received an assortment from the Questers line to check out.
The adventurers and monsters are all in blind-box packaging, while the larger dragons come in 3 different colors, with the packaging reflecting which dragon is inside. As you can probably guess, I got sent the black dragon.
Adventurer Characters
At launch there are 8 different adventurers available, each packaged randomly in a plastic castle tower. The adventurers are 3.75″ tall, and all share a ball and socket assembly so that you can mix and match pieces between your figures. The adventurers retail for $14.99, and can be purchased at Amazon, Target, or Walmart.
Inside of the tower you’ll find several bags containing the pieces for the adventurer, as well as a unique 20-sided die, stickers, a card for the adventurer, and instructions that not only show how to assemble the figure but suggest how to play with the adventurer and the die in tandem. It’s a great low-pressure way to introduce children to roleplaying.
The back of each of the instruction sheets serves as a checklist for the entire first wave of the Questers line. As with most boxed collectibles, some of the figures are rarer than others, so will be harder to track down.
Creature Figures
The creature figures also come in plastic blind boxes, but in this case, they’re hollow 20-sided dice.
There are 12 creature figures, which measure 1.75″ tall. They have far fewer pieces than the adventure characters. They also each come with a unique 20-sided die, stickers, a character card, and an instruction sheet. The creature figures retail for $7.99, and can be purchased at Amazon, Walmart, or Target. Amazon offers 3-creature bundles that allow you to get specific creatures in each bundle, in case you’re looking for specific creatures. Those bundles cost $24.99 and are available here.
Black Dragon
All the dragons come in a pretty nifty plastic egg, with a dragon’s claw bursting out as if it was hatching.
As with the creature figures and the adventurer characters, the dragons come with multiple parts in plastic bags, as well as a unique die, card, sticker sheet, and instruction sheet. They stand at 5″ when assembled. The dragons retail for $19.99, and are available at Amazon, Walmart, and Target.
Here’s everything they sent me, all assembled:
Dungeons & Dragons Questers – Final Thoughts
I have to admit, when I started opening up the Questers packages, it made me wish I was a kid again so I could play with them with my friends. All of the figures have a great look, with a satisfying heft to them. The creature figures are pretty static, but both the adventurer characters and the dragons have a lot of poseability- and of course, you can mix and match both body parts and accessories with the adventurers!
I liked them so much that a part of me was bummed that I wasn’t sent the entire line to check out. But that’s probably my FOMO speaking up…I certainly don’t need the entire collection! I’m generally not a fan of blind box collectible figures. But it looks like good news for those that are trying to collect everything- with the random sampling I got sent, I received no duplicates, and a pretty good assortment of rarities in the figures as well.
The approach to adventuring that Basic Fun! uses feels just right. It introduces children to using the d20 to resolve actions, like you do when you play Dungeons & Dragons, but in a very fun, low-pressure way.
The combination of a low-key introduction to D&D, fun packaging, and easy to assemble figures with great designs, leads to a product I can heartily recommend to parents that want to introduce their kids to Dungeons & Dragons. Children are sure to have fun playing with the figures, and it probably won’t be too long until they start wondering about all the great adventures they can have with them beyond the story ideas in the Questers packages. And as anyone who plays D&D knows, there’s plenty more classes, ancestries, and creatures that could be introduced into the Questers line down the road.
For more information or to make a purchase, head to the Basic Fun! website.
Basic Fun! supplied me with these toys for evaluation, but had no input into this review. As an Amazon affiliate, I may earn a small commission on qualified purchases.
