D&D 5E (2024) Hellfire Club Starter Set

[Umbran]

I have starter set (digital version). It’s tamer than ST, for sure, which actually makes it feel a bit cringier.

I don't think I see how that works, but is also aside the point, which is that "Oh, but the Children!" isn't a likely issue when the source material has swear words in abundance.

 

[Umbran]

That is so utterly arbitrary, it could just as easily have 2 F bombs, no real effect either way.

We aren't really here to debate rating policy. But if you are going to have ratings, you kind of have to has some standards defines, and set some boundaries.

 

[Gorck]

Earlier today I got the Hellfire Club Starter set, and I've spent a little bit of time with it checking it out and comparing it to the Heroes of the Borderlands starter set.

I have a question that’s been bugging me ever since I first read the title of this thread: is the Stranger Things product supposed to be a “starter set” or is it just an adventure series that starts at first level?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I have a question that’s been bugging me ever since I first read the title of this thread: is the Stranger Things product supposed to be a “starter set” or is it just an adventure series that starts at first level?

Yeah, it doesn’t have the words starter set (or synonyms thereof) on the box, nor is it described that way in any of the official WotC marketing materials. I’m not sure why people are describing it as such. I would call it a boxed set media tie-in.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah, it doesn’t have the words starter set (or synonyms thereof) on the box, nor is it described that way in any of the official WotC marketing materials. I’m not sure why people are describing it as such. I would call is a boxed set media tie-in.

Fair point.

 

[Stormonu]

I have a question that’s been bugging me ever since I first read the title of this thread: is the Stranger Things product supposed to be a “starter set” or is it just an adventure series that starts at first level?

It's a starter set, no question about that.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It's a starter set, no question about that.

In that it’s marketed to Stranger Things fans who may have never played D&D before. They couldn’t really say in small print “you must own the core rulebooks and have previous D&D experience in order to use this product” could they?

 

[AlViking]

Based on the theme of the starter set, and the "author" being Eddie it kind of makes sense that it's dungeon crawls since it's an 80s style of play. It's nice to have different approaches to starter sets, even if I think the Borderlands set might be a bit better for casual newbies just trying out the game.

 

[Nebulous]

I got it for Roll20. Going to make some modifications first. I am running it with the ST kids in 1984, and and they go on the D&D ride at the new Hawkins Fairgrounds. There, they get sucked into the module/boxed set and meet Dungeon Master (yes, like the cartoon) and have to complete quests to escape from Greyhawkins and get back to Hawkins. So they'll play their alter-ego PCs from Eddie's games, but be Will and Dustin and others at the same time. I need to figure out what happens if a PC dies though. This is only a multi-session one shot though.

 

[TerraDave]

It's a starter set, no question about that.

It tells you how to play and you can play it without the core books?