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<blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 2722091" data-attributes="member: 17551">My answer is &quot;no&quot; as well.&nbsp; Simply put, I believe the barrier to entry for kids who have no one else to introduce them to the game is way too high both in cost and in terms of amount of material to be digested before play can begin.There really has been very few single box starter sets that have come out in the last 10+ years that have had enough legs for extensive repeat play.&nbsp; The newest Basic Set for example, is not designed to be a complete game so much as an introduction to the rest of the game.&nbsp; It's not even as much as what you used to get in the old Basic sets, and it's quite a bit different from, say, Star Frontiers or Gamma World or Marvel Super Heroes.Are there any good starter games out there right now?&nbsp; I don't know.&nbsp; The Castles &amp; Crusades boxed set might be decent.&nbsp; The new editions of Tunnels &amp; Trolls could be good.&nbsp; The Lejendary Adventures Essentials set might do the trick.&nbsp; I have yet to see any of those three on the shelf in a specialty game shop, let alone on the shelf at Toys 'R' Us.R.A.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rogueattorney, post: 2722091, member: 17551"] My answer is "no" as well. Simply put, I believe the barrier to entry for kids who have no one else to introduce them to the game is way too high both in cost and in terms of amount of material to be digested before play can begin. There really has been very few single box starter sets that have come out in the last 10+ years that have had enough legs for extensive repeat play. The newest Basic Set for example, is not designed to be a complete game so much as an introduction to the rest of the game. It's not even as much as what you used to get in the old Basic sets, and it's quite a bit different from, say, Star Frontiers or Gamma World or Marvel Super Heroes. Are there any good starter games out there right now? I don't know. The Castles & Crusades boxed set might be decent. The new editions of Tunnels & Trolls could be good. The Lejendary Adventures Essentials set might do the trick. I have yet to see any of those three on the shelf in a specialty game shop, let alone on the shelf at Toys 'R' Us. R.A. [/QUOTE]

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