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<blockquote data-quote="TheWriterFantastic™" data-source="post: 7780398" data-attributes="member: 88534"><p>"Hated with the heat of nine suns"? That's more hyperbolic than the warmly received claim.</p><p></p><p>Yes, a few of the complaints about the Stranger Things themed set are the same complaints about the 2014 Starter Set - the bare rules and limited fiddly bits, which were by design to keep the cost of the set low. Manufacturing costs are higher for boxed sets than for the books, proportionately speaking, and they wanted to keep buy in low for new players. The base price difference between the two sets is minimal, and it's at least partially to cover the licensed art and pieces in this set that aren't analogous to the 2014 set: the two demogorgon minis. The main point of the set was the pull fans of Stranger Things in as new D&D players with the minor collector's item cache the set claims.</p><p>The primary complaint is that some of the negative reviewers were expecting to play a game set in Stranger Things, not D&D, despite all advertisements and product descriptive copy explaining that it's an adventure written by Mike Wheeler using the PCs inspired by Will, Dustin, Lucas, Eleven, and Mike's party roles - it never stated that it was based in modern-day Hawkins, or the Upside Down. It's a gateway for non-gamers, and all the complaints are from hardcore D&D grognards. The positive reviews are solid - sure, it may not be burning up the charts, but calling it "warmly received" would be an accurate descriptor. And the price difference is negligible: roughly a large coffee.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sorry to hear you're not a fan, but a lot of others are - Curse of Strahd, which won the ENNIE for Best Adventure in 2016 (and Best Cover/Art, and runner-up for Best Product), was his project. Sure it was an adaptation of I6: Ravenloft, but drastically expanded I6 for 5E. Given his bibliography of content produced, including a majority of the Shackled City adventure path (also an ENNIE award winner), I'm looking forward to the Essentials Kit. I'm not sure what's soured you on his work, but it might be worth giving some of his other products a look.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheWriterFantastic™, post: 7780398, member: 88534"] "Hated with the heat of nine suns"? That's more hyperbolic than the warmly received claim. Yes, a few of the complaints about the Stranger Things themed set are the same complaints about the 2014 Starter Set - the bare rules and limited fiddly bits, which were by design to keep the cost of the set low. Manufacturing costs are higher for boxed sets than for the books, proportionately speaking, and they wanted to keep buy in low for new players. The base price difference between the two sets is minimal, and it's at least partially to cover the licensed art and pieces in this set that aren't analogous to the 2014 set: the two demogorgon minis. The main point of the set was the pull fans of Stranger Things in as new D&D players with the minor collector's item cache the set claims. The primary complaint is that some of the negative reviewers were expecting to play a game set in Stranger Things, not D&D, despite all advertisements and product descriptive copy explaining that it's an adventure written by Mike Wheeler using the PCs inspired by Will, Dustin, Lucas, Eleven, and Mike's party roles - it never stated that it was based in modern-day Hawkins, or the Upside Down. It's a gateway for non-gamers, and all the complaints are from hardcore D&D grognards. The positive reviews are solid - sure, it may not be burning up the charts, but calling it "warmly received" would be an accurate descriptor. And the price difference is negligible: roughly a large coffee. Sorry to hear you're not a fan, but a lot of others are - Curse of Strahd, which won the ENNIE for Best Adventure in 2016 (and Best Cover/Art, and runner-up for Best Product), was his project. Sure it was an adaptation of I6: Ravenloft, but drastically expanded I6 for 5E. Given his bibliography of content produced, including a majority of the Shackled City adventure path (also an ENNIE award winner), I'm looking forward to the Essentials Kit. I'm not sure what's soured you on his work, but it might be worth giving some of his other products a look. [/QUOTE]
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