{"id":34984,"date":"2025-01-03T20:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T20:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=34984"},"modified":"2025-01-20T18:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:16:13","slug":"dungeons-dragons-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2025\/01\/03\/dungeons-dragons-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"DUNGEONS & DRAGONS REVEALED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stern Pinball today announced their first cornerstone title of 2025 with the reveal of Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a three-flippered game themed around the classic Dungeons & Dragons<\/em> role playing board game, created in 1974 by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. It takes many cues from the rules and characters in the game, so will appeal to fans of the genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a large cast of characters in the pinball game, there is a similarly expansive group of voice actors recording call outs. The most famous is probably Michael Dorn (Worf from the Star Trek franchise), making this his second pinball appearance after recording voices for Star Trek: The Next Generation. He is joined in Dungeons & Dragons<\/em> by Kevin Smith, Luke Gygax, Chris Prynoski, Brendon Small, Gerard Way, Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, and Marisha Ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music for the game is composed by Cris Velasco<\/a> who has been creating soundtracks for video games for nearly twenty years, including titles such as Van Helsing, Borderlands, Overwatch and numerous Mass Effect spin-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with all their cornerstone games, this new Stern title comes in three variants with varying levels of playfield features and decorative bling. Those are the Pro priced at $6,999, the Premium at $9,699, and the Limited Edition which has a maximum run of 740 machines (based on the creation year of Dungeons & Dragons in 1974) which costs $12,999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a look at each of the three version of the game, starting with the Pro and working up to the Limited Edition which has the most playfield and cabinet features. As usual, the Premium model has the same playfield feature set and design as the Limited Edition but lacks items such as the inner cabinet artblades, the red paint on the metalwork, the anti-reflection playfield glass, and the shaker motor. All cabinet, backbox and playfield artwork was designed by Vincent Proce<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always here at Pinball News, you can click on any picture to get a high-resolution version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The left side of the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The front of the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The left side of the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The model plaque on the display panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The backbox translite image from the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Premium<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The left side of the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The front of the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The right side of the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The model plaque on the display panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The backbox translite image from the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Limited Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The left side of the Limited Edition model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The front of the Limited Edition model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The right side of the Limited Edition model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The foil effect backbox side artwork on the Limited Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The numbered model plaque on the display panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The mirrored backbox backglass from the Limited Edition model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here are the three variants side-by-side:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Pro, Premium and Limited Edition models<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Now let’s move on to the playfields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we said, the Premium and Limited Edition playfields have the same mechanisms, artwork and design, so we will concentrate on the Limited Edition version to show how the playfield looks when combined with the inner cabinet artblades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Pro model’s playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The big attraction on the playfield is the large, red dragon named Rath the Relentless<\/em>. This is fully animated in the top two levels, can both spit balls and swallow them, and incorporates the ability to detect the direction from which it is bashed. However, in the Pro model Rath only has limited vertical movement, doesn’t spit balls, can’t swallow them and has no bash direction sensing either.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Rath the Relentless in the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The flipper area with the shield feature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The left side of the bottom arch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The right side of the bottom arch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Another key playfield element is the gelatinous cube which incorporates and electro magnet to grab and hold the ball inside. This mechanism is found on all three variants of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The electromagnet-powered gelatinous cube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Another feature common to all three variants is Tiny’s Tavern where you can chance your luck in Tiny’s dice game.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Tiny’s Dice Game spinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The progress inserts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here are some more pictures from the Pro model’s playfield.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The dungeon trap door entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The left slingshot and inlane on the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The right slingshot and inlane on the Pro model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The right ramp entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The shot behind the upper flipper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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An overview of the Pro model’s playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Premium<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Premium model’s playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The left side of the Premium model’s bottom arch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The right side of the Premium model’s bottom arch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The lower playfield area on the Premium model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Dungeon Crawl underground entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Limited Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Limited Edition’s playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The left side of the Limited Edition model’s bottom arch with Brian Eddy’s signature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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The right side of the Limited Edition model’s bottom arch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The Rath the Relentless model in the Limited Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The inner cabinet artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Rath the Relentless with the gelatinous cube feature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A wider view of the Limited Edition playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Limited Edition playfield viewed from the other side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Right side inner cabinet artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Tiny’s Tavern spinner and scoop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The shot above the left outlane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The secret door target on the right side and the under flipper lane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The gelatinous cube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Dungeon Crawl subway entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Limited Edition playfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here’s how the bottom end Pro’s playfield compares to the Limited Edition’s.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Pro on the left, the Limited Edition on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here’s an overview of the comparative features found in the Pro, Premium and Limited Edition models:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The feature matrix for Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The game’s rules<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

To coincide with the reveal, Stern Pinball have published a promotional trailer as well as a more in-depth video explaining everything that went into the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here they are starting with the trailer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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