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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8528018" data-attributes="member: 4348">I really dislike the trend of starter sets...or more to the point, starter sets which have NO CHARACTER GENERATION rules.Give me a set where I can create my OWN characters after the initial play through.&nbsp; THAT will do FAR more in getting me interested in a system, or knowing if I am interested in a system than simply making me play through with pre-generated characters in pre-generated adventures.&nbsp; That gives a taste, but not enough of a taste to know whether you like it or not.It's like going to a coffee shop and them letting you have a sniff...not a REAL taste, just a sniff.&nbsp; How can you know if you REALLY actually like the coffee after that?Not that this really has anything to do with this starter set, except that the review indicates that it continues this trend that started some years ago of offering a starter set that's really not much of an offer for how much they normally cost (give me the material offered for $2 or maybe free and I might consider it something worthwhile, but as it is...these starter sets aren't starter sets as they don't really start anything (unless you want EVERYONE to have the EXACT SAME CHARACTERS), and more like a small sampling of a small part of the game (IMO).In otherwords, no intention of getting the starter set from what I read in the review, which means, though I like the creators and their stuff, no closer to being convinced to try out the One Ring either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 8528018, member: 4348"] I really dislike the trend of starter sets...or more to the point, starter sets which have NO CHARACTER GENERATION rules. Give me a set where I can create my OWN characters after the initial play through. THAT will do FAR more in getting me interested in a system, or knowing if I am interested in a system than simply making me play through with pre-generated characters in pre-generated adventures. That gives a taste, but not enough of a taste to know whether you like it or not. It's like going to a coffee shop and them letting you have a sniff...not a REAL taste, just a sniff. How can you know if you REALLY actually like the coffee after that? Not that this really has anything to do with this starter set, except that the review indicates that it continues this trend that started some years ago of offering a starter set that's really not much of an offer for how much they normally cost (give me the material offered for $2 or maybe free and I might consider it something worthwhile, but as it is...these starter sets aren't starter sets as they don't really start anything (unless you want EVERYONE to have the EXACT SAME CHARACTERS), and more like a small sampling of a small part of the game (IMO). In otherwords, no intention of getting the starter set from what I read in the review, which means, though I like the creators and their stuff, no closer to being convinced to try out the One Ring either. [/QUOTE]

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