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<blockquote data-quote="DDogwood" data-source="post: 4609140" data-attributes="member: 73527">I have the 3 core rulebooks, H1, H2, and Adventurer's Vault.&nbsp; I feel that the core books are a good value for the money; I'm running my group through H1 right now, and we will probably do H2 next.&nbsp; Since we only play once a month, this is enough material for a couple of years of gaming.I bought Adventurer's Vault because it's nice to have lots of premade magic items - both H1 and H2 have treasure that isn't always appropriate for the PCs, and so this book makes my job easier.&nbsp; I have 6 players, and 4 of them are playing Martial classes, so I may pick up Martial Power at some point as well - we'll see what my (limited) gaming budget allows.I already have a couple of battlemats, loads of dice, and plenty of minis because I've been gaming for over 20 years, so these weren't a major issue for me.&nbsp; I do sometimes buy D&amp;D minis, but usually I just buy cheap singles from online dealers - that way, I can often get them for as little as 5 for $1.00, and as long as I'm not too picky about the minis perfectly representing the monsters, I have a plentiful supply of bad guys for my PCs to fight.I picked up a couple of packs of dungeon tiles, but I'm not totally sold on them yet.&nbsp; I find it hard to keep them organized, and time-consuming to set them up - so far, it's been easier just to use a battlemat.I won't be picking up any Forgotten Realms stuff, or most of the other hardback books for that matter - if I'm not likely to use it in my campaign, I'd rather not have it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DDogwood, post: 4609140, member: 73527"] I have the 3 core rulebooks, H1, H2, and Adventurer's Vault. I feel that the core books are a good value for the money; I'm running my group through H1 right now, and we will probably do H2 next. Since we only play once a month, this is enough material for a couple of years of gaming. I bought Adventurer's Vault because it's nice to have lots of premade magic items - both H1 and H2 have treasure that isn't always appropriate for the PCs, and so this book makes my job easier. I have 6 players, and 4 of them are playing Martial classes, so I may pick up Martial Power at some point as well - we'll see what my (limited) gaming budget allows. I already have a couple of battlemats, loads of dice, and plenty of minis because I've been gaming for over 20 years, so these weren't a major issue for me. I do sometimes buy D&D minis, but usually I just buy cheap singles from online dealers - that way, I can often get them for as little as 5 for $1.00, and as long as I'm not too picky about the minis perfectly representing the monsters, I have a plentiful supply of bad guys for my PCs to fight. I picked up a couple of packs of dungeon tiles, but I'm not totally sold on them yet. I find it hard to keep them organized, and time-consuming to set them up - so far, it's been easier just to use a battlemat. I won't be picking up any Forgotten Realms stuff, or most of the other hardback books for that matter - if I'm not likely to use it in my campaign, I'd rather not have it. [/QUOTE]

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