Converse is partnering with Dungeons & Dragons to rejoice the legendary tabletop franchise’s fiftieth anniversary with a sizzling new assortment of footwear and different gear that will likely be obtainable on-line beginning April 11. For these attending this 12 months’s Gary Con, the favored Dungeons & Dragons fan occasion celebrating its co-creator Gary Gygax, they’ll be obtainable there on March 21.
Converse’s new merchandise show a transparent understanding of the project. Simply have a look at the designs, which draw inspiration and incorporate particulars from first editions of D&D’s Participant’s Handbook, Monster Handbook, and the Dungeon Masters Information.
Naturally, the gathering contains a number of limited-edition “Chuck 70” model canvas and leather-based excessive prime sneakers. The 2 leather-based excessive prime designs characteristic an alternate model of the Chuck Taylor All-Star brand, designed to resemble a D20 as a substitute. The canvas designs characteristic another enjoyable particulars, like illustrations of Kelek the Sorcerer, Warduke the Fighter, and Zarak the Murderer from the D&D motion figures made within the 1980’s.
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A number of the patterns, illustrations, and different distinctive parts will even be ported over to Converse By You, letting you apply them to your personal bespoke attire designs. To prime all of it off, the field that these excessive tops ship in has lovingly been reworked right into a Mimic.
Along with the special-edition excessive tops, Converse’s D&D assortment will embody a trucker hat, shorts, a sweatshirt, and three T-shirts. The hat and shorts characteristic the demonic face discovered on the quilt of the participant’s information for the primary version of Superior Dungeons & Dragons, however my private favourite is the sunshine inexperienced tee that includes a Gelatinous Dice, which is consuming the Chuck Taylor brand.
Converse hasn’t revealed any pricing info surrounding the gathering simply but, however as somebody who wore Chuck Taylors to their marriage ceremony, I can’t wait to select up a pair for myself.
