--- product_id: 153848436 title: "Essentials Kit (2019)" price: "2 zΕ‚" currency: PLN in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/153848436-essentials-kit-2019 store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # 13 dice included for versatile gameplay 81 glossy cards for immersive storytelling Double-sided hex map for strategic encounters Essentials Kit (2019) **Price:** 2 zΕ‚ **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🎲 Unlock epic quests and legendary nights with the ultimate D&D Essentials Kit! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Essentials Kit (2019) - **How much does it cost?** 2 zΕ‚ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/153848436-essentials-kit-2019) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Effortless Setup:** No assembly or power neededβ€”jump straight into the action - β€’ **Inclusive & Accessible:** Designed for all genders and experience levels to foster diverse groups - β€’ **Skill-Boosting Gameplay:** Enhances creativity, critical thinking & teamwork in every session - β€’ **Social Strategy Catalyst:** Supports up to 6 players, perfect for building your gaming squad - β€’ **All-in-One Adventure Starter:** Everything you need to dive into D&D, no extra purchases required ## Overview The Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit is a comprehensive starter set designed for new and casual players. It includes a rulebook, adventure book, 81 glossy cards, dice set, character sheets, a sturdy DM screen, and a double-sided hex map. Supporting up to 6 players, it fosters social interaction and strategic gameplay while enhancing creativity and critical thinking. With no assembly required and a unisex appeal, it’s the perfect gateway to immersive tabletop role-playing. ## Description The Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit contains everything you need to start your first game. Review: An excellent introduction to dunguons and dragons - The dunguons and dragons essentials set is probably the best introduction to the dunguons and dragon world. It consists of some dice,a map (double sided), many blank character sheets, a prewritten adventure as well as a rulebook and cards for items, people and quests. The adventure is pretty good. It's not like other prewritten adventures, it has more choices as it consists of picking quests to do, with each quest being in a different place on the map. The adventure book also has a couple of monster stats at the back of the adventure book. The rulebook is also good. Not thick like the extra books that you can buy but it has all the information that you need at the start. The essentials set also consists of card, which are useful. There are cards explaining certain rules, like being grappled or suffocating, there's some initiative cards (the way of turns in a battle), there's some cards on some sidekicks. These can be used when there's only two people playing (one player and a dunguen master). However it is much more fun to play the game with 3 or more people. There's also cards on quests, these give you the name of the quest and some information on them. The cards are useful as it's a lot better to give something physically rather than telling them and then they'll have to write it down somewhere or remember it somehow. There are also a lot of blank character sheets.For someone who's only starting the game, it's a lot better to get pre made characters, this can be done by finding them on the Internet. I made my characters using dnd beyond, it's an app and it's useful for creating characters (give you a step by step guide) or getting information about Spells or tracking what happens at each level up. Other than the blank character sheets it's all perfect. Overall, in mu opinion, the essentials set is a lot better than the starter set, for someone who wants to start playing, I heavily recommend spending that extra bit of money to get something worth your while. You'll also have to learn some of the basic rules and know how the game works. It's a great start to start off a new hobby. Review: Good adventures, some learning curve - TL;DR: Great quests in the book, especially for beginners, easily adaptable to other adventures, but does require some pre-existing knowledge of D&D, and a commitment to spend time fleshing out what's given to you. A lot of this might be due to my own negligence, but I was hoping this adventure would be a little more out-of-the-box. This was my first interaction ever with D&D, and it was a little overwhelming. I had to do a lot more research and preparation for it than I intended (which I love, but wasn't clear to me beforehand) and is the only thing that threw me off. The stuff that comes in this set is great, with a good rulebook to learn the basic rules and start playing, the adventure book (which will need fine-tuning from the DM), and all the handouts you would use during the adventure (love!). A big selling point of this particular adventure for me was that it could be run with just one player, which is definitely doable, and this set helps with that. It's easily scalable for more players too, which makes it more fun. For any first-time adventurers, I recommend either having played a game or two of D&D before, or going over the free "Mines of Phandelver" adventure on the DND Beyond website to get a better feel on how to run a campaign, then explore this set. The free adventure is more out-of-the-box playable, and lets you get a better grasp on how D&D works. Both are set in the same location (Sword Coast, specifically around Phandalin) and in roughly the same time period, so one adventure can lead nicely into the next, and the free adventure will give some necessary practice before going ice dragon hunting. The adventures/quests themselves are very nice, and can be adapted to fit any playstyle, both as a story or as standalone outings, with the book giving good introductions to the world, and some basic information on how to run encounters at each location (but as noted a few times now, the DM will need to have some experience already, as a lot of it needs to be adapted for the specific playstyle of their own game). The way I used this set was to expand on the "Mines of Phandelver" adventure with my friends, to give a more structured feel towards adventuring (as the quests in Icespire are very much sandboxy) and I think this works really well. Overall, I do recommend this adventuring set, as the physical items are super cool and the adventures inside the box are really fun, just be wary that it's something you'll need to put some work into before being able to play. ## Features - Comprehensive Gaming Kit: Includes a rulebook, adventure book, character sheets, DM screen, dice, map, and 81 cards for immersive gameplay - Perfect for Groups: Accommodates up to 6 players, fostering social interaction and collaborative storytelling - Develops Key Skills: Enhances creativity, critical thinking, and social interaction through strategic gameplay - Unisex Appeal: Suitable for players of all genders, encouraging diverse gaming groups - Easy to Use: No assembly required and unpowered, ensuring a hassle-free gaming experience ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (21,874) | ## Images ![Essentials Kit (2019) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710Ixn4byUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent introduction to dunguons and dragons *by H***I on 6 January 2023* The dunguons and dragons essentials set is probably the best introduction to the dunguons and dragon world. It consists of some dice,a map (double sided), many blank character sheets, a prewritten adventure as well as a rulebook and cards for items, people and quests. The adventure is pretty good. It's not like other prewritten adventures, it has more choices as it consists of picking quests to do, with each quest being in a different place on the map. The adventure book also has a couple of monster stats at the back of the adventure book. The rulebook is also good. Not thick like the extra books that you can buy but it has all the information that you need at the start. The essentials set also consists of card, which are useful. There are cards explaining certain rules, like being grappled or suffocating, there's some initiative cards (the way of turns in a battle), there's some cards on some sidekicks. These can be used when there's only two people playing (one player and a dunguen master). However it is much more fun to play the game with 3 or more people. There's also cards on quests, these give you the name of the quest and some information on them. The cards are useful as it's a lot better to give something physically rather than telling them and then they'll have to write it down somewhere or remember it somehow. There are also a lot of blank character sheets.For someone who's only starting the game, it's a lot better to get pre made characters, this can be done by finding them on the Internet. I made my characters using dnd beyond, it's an app and it's useful for creating characters (give you a step by step guide) or getting information about Spells or tracking what happens at each level up. Other than the blank character sheets it's all perfect. Overall, in mu opinion, the essentials set is a lot better than the starter set, for someone who wants to start playing, I heavily recommend spending that extra bit of money to get something worth your while. You'll also have to learn some of the basic rules and know how the game works. It's a great start to start off a new hobby. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good adventures, some learning curve *by S***S on 2 February 2023* TL;DR: Great quests in the book, especially for beginners, easily adaptable to other adventures, but does require some pre-existing knowledge of D&D, and a commitment to spend time fleshing out what's given to you. A lot of this might be due to my own negligence, but I was hoping this adventure would be a little more out-of-the-box. This was my first interaction ever with D&D, and it was a little overwhelming. I had to do a lot more research and preparation for it than I intended (which I love, but wasn't clear to me beforehand) and is the only thing that threw me off. The stuff that comes in this set is great, with a good rulebook to learn the basic rules and start playing, the adventure book (which will need fine-tuning from the DM), and all the handouts you would use during the adventure (love!). A big selling point of this particular adventure for me was that it could be run with just one player, which is definitely doable, and this set helps with that. It's easily scalable for more players too, which makes it more fun. For any first-time adventurers, I recommend either having played a game or two of D&D before, or going over the free "Mines of Phandelver" adventure on the DND Beyond website to get a better feel on how to run a campaign, then explore this set. The free adventure is more out-of-the-box playable, and lets you get a better grasp on how D&D works. Both are set in the same location (Sword Coast, specifically around Phandalin) and in roughly the same time period, so one adventure can lead nicely into the next, and the free adventure will give some necessary practice before going ice dragon hunting. The adventures/quests themselves are very nice, and can be adapted to fit any playstyle, both as a story or as standalone outings, with the book giving good introductions to the world, and some basic information on how to run encounters at each location (but as noted a few times now, the DM will need to have some experience already, as a lot of it needs to be adapted for the specific playstyle of their own game). The way I used this set was to expand on the "Mines of Phandelver" adventure with my friends, to give a more structured feel towards adventuring (as the quests in Icespire are very much sandboxy) and I think this works really well. Overall, I do recommend this adventuring set, as the physical items are super cool and the adventures inside the box are really fun, just be wary that it's something you'll need to put some work into before being able to play. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic starter set and ideal for first time DM / Players *by A***N on 3 September 2019* Great new intro to the world of DnD (Dungeons and Dragons) and its 5th edition. Im an experienced DM with a lot of official content but still picked this up. Experienced DMs will probably pick this up cos a) fed up of running Lost Mines and want the new Adventure and some new quests around a familiar area of the Forgotten Realms b) need a complete collection c) like the new sidekick rules, quest cards and haven't already bought the map from Mike Schleys website d) want a nice rulebook to hand to newbie players. So whats this DnD thing everyone at work is talking about.... ? Where this shines is for new players and new DMs who dont want to yet splash out the cash on the core rules and give it a blast cos curious or just have a few mates who have wondered what its all about and need a new fix in between Game of Thrones / Stranger Things....which is perfect. Please do join this inclusive hobby as its no longer just for geeks, middle aged white men with beards, quirky teens etc etc (please insert stereotype depending on age and gender) Whats the swag then.... Contents: You get a book thats a full set of mini adventures and a map to help with the immersive experience (as a DM this is how I like to play) so the Dungeon Master can get stuck in. Enemy stats at the back, rules included to get going. Players get a nice rulebook to guide them through how to setup their character (limited choices of class and race but you can get a good enough flavour for now and plenty of online resources or books for more) and the sidekick rules really help if you know, you are a couple and fancy playing this and don't have a regular gaming group of 5 who might be interested etc etc Cards - for sidekicks, quests, magic items (A nice touch), initiative order (nah thanks) and conditions. Some more useful but a nice addition on simple perforated cardstock. Dice - yep again saves you needing any extra but not the best. Character Sheets - saves you needing to print them off from the Wizards site. DM Screen - is flimsy and not as solid as the Reincarnated one but it has the exact same info, aka everything you need bare min to run a game. Just add pencil, friends, a table and a free evening or two..or three (DnD is very addictive with the right group of mates) and liberal sprinkling of imagination and yeh lets do this attitude. Job done. Absolute bargain for Β£25 and if you all chip in then you will get a great evening out of this and then you will be totally back for more.... ## Frequently Bought Together - D&D Essentials Kit (Dungeons & Dragons Intro Adventure Set) - D&D Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, for ages 12 Years & Up - Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player's Handbook (D&D Core Rulebook) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/153848436-essentials-kit-2019](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/153848436-essentials-kit-2019) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-26*