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EthanSental reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with
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Speaking as a Local Game Store - Meh. It's not big deal. -
EthanSental reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
You can't play D&D with only a PHB? You CAN play D&D with this Starter? With a whole group of friends?
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EthanSental reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
Just an anecdote, but that's exactly how I got into D&D. Back in 1985, I received the Mentzer "Red Box" for Christmas, I read it, ran...
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EthanSental reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
Charging full price for both items wouldn't help stores either. It would slow down the growth of the game.
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EthanSental reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
At $69 Cnd, it’s not a product I will buy. I’m not the target audience anyway. For a group of new players or a family game, it works...
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EthanSental reacted to Professor Murder's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
It's a good example of how any game analysis is goin to be through the lens of one's own preferences. There can't ever be an objectively...
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EthanSental reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
Or people's tastes vary and you might like one of the other adventures more.
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EthanSental reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
Stranger Things was a solid gimmick, but it takes the term railroad to an extreme. I never touched it after running the first half...
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EthanSental reacted to Imaro's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
I think this box set can also serve the experienced/semi-experienced DM who is trying to get new people into the game. I have a player...
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EthanSental reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
And this boxed set is an attempt to change that. It's doing something that hasn't been attempted at least since the 1991 boxed set. If...
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EthanSental reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
Lost Mine got me to come back to D&D.
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EthanSental reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
The module the 2014 Star Set came with, Lost Mines of Phandelver, is rock solid and a stone cold classic thst is very replayable. The...
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EthanSental reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
I think the cheep and nasty components in some recent boxed sets are likely to put new players off. Making it look shiny is a good...
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EthanSental reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
Yes, very true. Personally, I feel that I'm rather out of touch with the current younger players, but I can still get enjoyment out of...
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EthanSental reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
D&D is in a very different place in terms of cultural penetration and hipness compared to a decade ago: not my job to worry about it...