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Yes, it has a condensed rule book covering the basics of play. There's no character generation or advancement rules as your expected to use the included pre-gens (which are prebuilt out for level 1, 2 and 3). But it comes with a small selection of monsters (on cards) and the adventures...

Why not both?

Maybe make it so you can't attack more than once a round unless your a Fighter/Martial type? That'd give the fighting classes some interesting options. Under this, Action surge just might give one extra action per short rest? Monk can spend a ki for an extra action? Uncanny action lets you...

I'd replace Poison Spray with Bonfire, myself thought that may become too reliant on fire. Maybe an option of Bonfire instead of Produce Flame? Also, might consider giving the character a "walking cauldron"/pot bellied stove homonculous, with infusion options to improve it. "Boiling them in...

Something about it curls my feathers because it feels anachronistic or out of place as its presented in the text - especially since it's primarily about getting cake. I just don't see a goblin chief demanding cake from his lackeys in the middle of the wilderness. But you're right, demanding...

If any character starts spamming monsters, just reach for the Mob rules in the DMG, that will handle them in combat. And make the player learn them or tell them to cut it out.

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

Funnily enough, my Sorcerer/Rogue manacled an opponent last session, while the Orc Monk was doing the grappling. We were in town, bringing a rival rogue to justice.

Odd, I've not seen anyone use Animal Handling in the four campaigns I've been in so far.

It does bring into question - "If I can buy alchemist fire that does times X more than the base stuff, why can't I do that with a long sword?". The game currently handles the increase in weapon damage (or other improvements) via things like Fighting Styles, the Extra Attack ability, Monk...

Hellfire is noticeably lighter, and it does feel like a somewhat pared-down version of Borderlands. You'll definitely get more adventure time out of Borderlands. I assume the similar cost is due to licensing/royalty costs paid back to using the Stranger Things brand. Either one looks to be...

There is a list of advanced poisons in the 2014 DMG, I think there’s even prices. The damage for alchemical fire in the PHB is insulting, and there certainly should be options that are better, and I’m not against such items scaling, though it might be better to do the scaling via a feat, or...

The birthday party goblins in Borderlands made me roll my eyes, but the great thing as a DM is if you don’t like a certain quest or presentation , you don’t have to give it out. On the other hand, if your players for some reason are into those sort of fetch or offbeat quests, it’s their choice...

I got a bit advanced with my spellcasting services. I haven't actually implemented this yet, though. (It's unlikely in my homebrew PCs would ever be able to get a hold of services for 6th circle or higher without it being some part of a larger quest).

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. It, of course, has a really different feel - where the Borderland set seems aimed squarely at modern newcomers who've...

I have enough FFG games that I invested in small jewelry bags (from the likes of Hobby Lobby) and uses some of the extra ones I had, or just reuse the bags that my X-wing cards and stuff came in. :) The bags that came with the starter set felt overly thick/bulky.

WotC itself has been only producing a trickle of product, the 3PP scene is where all the options and action is happening. I find it very interesting these days how much 3PP stuff is now available through D&D Beyond - seems like a regular stream over the drip of WotC itself. Personally, I'm...

As a side note, if you have the RTF versions of the books from the Core rules, Obsidian is an excellent bit of kit to paste the text into (in small sections, by subject) and hyperlink. I believe it has tools for making the data available via cloud/web, but I haven't tried it. It also has a...