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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8865009" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Yeah, I was surprised at how low the production values of the Stranger Things boxed set was. I felt rushed out as a cash grab. Also, I suppose they wanted to keep the price low enough for it to be an impulse buy at Target and Walmart. I don't mind cash grabs, they should have moved while the show was hot. Also, I don't mind it being lower quality in terms of print materials, etc., to make it affordable as an affordable kids toy.  But they could have done so much more with the adventure. I just found it boring and uninspired. I know it is marketed at kids new to the game, but I've bought and ran a lot of D&D and other RPGs targeted at kids when my boys were younger: No Thank You Evil! (Monte Cook Games), Hero Kids (Hero Forge Games), various adventures from Playground Adventures (D&D 5th ed. and Hero Kids compatible). All of them do a much better job at introducing TTRPGs to younger players. Even TSR did a better job at this in that the OD&D Box set that got me into the game came with decent instructions on how to run the game and Keep on the Borderlands was replayable. I think I played through the Caves of Chaos quite a few times, before I discovered that they were selling other modules and advanced rules.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> The starter sets are good for older kids and adults to use as a quick jumping off point, but hardly feel like stand alone games.</blockquote>

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