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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CaptainConundrum" data-source="post: 6706149" data-attributes="member: 6801550">5 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Starter SetSo, this is my first time posting to the site! At the time I had purchased this set, I had not run a game in over 10 years. In that time, I remarried and found myself in a blended family with a teenage step-son and a grown-up stepson that had never played tabletop RPG's. My wife and step-sons had never RP'd before and my eldest step-son's bestie had played 4th edition only one time.  I was itching to run some D&D and during the "D&DNext" phase of things, I became intrigued with the new system. (I never hit it off with 4th). It reminded me of old 2nd Edition. I'm old. That's where I got my chops. Back in the 80's when D&D was decidedly NOT COOL in the mainstream.  I scooped up the Starter Set for around $15-$20 and dove in.  For a veteran DM, much of it was hand-holding, but for someone new to the game, the lay out is perfect. The adventure holds the backseat for you while you pedal along and before you know it, you look back and it has let go while you barrel down into Wave Echo Cave.  The rules are simple to understand. After the first session of explaining to a bunch of new role-players the difference between a d8 and a d10, the players were quickly picking up on where to find skills and saving throws on their character sheets and were able to understand the mechanics of the game.  The adventure is straight forward and fun. The story has a nice hook and a sandboxy feel through the middle, complete with side quests! The final dungeon was fun and I found that even though the campaign took us 1 year to complete, the players retained a lot of information regarding NPC's in between our downtime. Always a good sign they are invested in the story!  So yeah. It took us a year. We are only able to get the whole party together once a month or so to play, but that leads me to my next point!  WE got a year's worth of entertainment for 6 folks for under $20!!!!  I call that value.  So now I have some hooked adventurers roaming the Sword Coast craving more dungeons to explore! We are so sold on 5th edition that we have 3 Players Handbooks in the party, a monster manual, dungeon tiles, minis (granted most are old warhammer minis....my lizardman army doesn't make for very accurate looking bugbears), AND I just ordered the DMG and Out of the Abyss.  I hope its good!  Only one thing is certain.  If my group continues at this rate, you can expect my review of Out of the Abyss in 7 years.  Thanks for having me aboard!</blockquote>

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