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"new" basic game vs. current basic game?
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<blockquote data-quote="Maggan" data-source="post: 3044202" data-attributes="member: 6616"><p>For those curios about the current Basic Set, this is what's in it:</p><p></p><p>*a bag of dice</p><p>*16 minis (12 monsters, 4 heroes) plus stat cards for these</p><p>*4 double-sided large dungeon tiles</p><p>*4 double-sided color-printed stats for Aramil, Regdar, Lidda and Eberk (the 4 hero minis included)</p><p>*1 double-sided "Read this first" sheet</p><p>*1 twelve page "First Adventure Book" with two rooms of a dungeon described, as well as instructions for getting play going</p><p>*1 eight page booklet called "Quick start rules", which is basically an introduction to combat. It mentions Exploration as well ... briefly. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p>*1 sixtysix page book called "Advanced Rule Book", which covers stat generation, races, classes, feats, skills, alignment, equipment, more combat, a little bit more exploration, spells, a section on being the dungeon master, stocking dungeons, solo play, treasure tables, and the rest of the description for the dungeon started in the "First Adventure Book" (the complete dungeon has 17 rooms), a basic monster manual (black dragon, dire rat, warrior skeleton, wolf skeleton, troglodyte, kobold warrior/skirmisher), orc warrior, and a short intro to D&D minis.</p><p></p><p>For me the current Basic Game contains basically what I think a basic D&D set should contain, except for:</p><p></p><p>*Rules covering levels beyond 2nd (I'd like up to 5).</p><p>*An outdoor location as a startup for a campaign (such as an Inn or a small village)</p><p>*An evocative map over the countryside, with cool adventure locations indicated (eg. The Chimera Pass, Three Troll Bridge, Bandit Forest and so on).</p><p>*A couple more predesigned dungeons</p><p>*10 or so more monsters in the Basic Monster Manual</p><p></p><p>That'd be a sweet Basic Set, in my opinion. Now that I've said that, I'll be off to read the thread which was linked!</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p></p><p>/M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maggan, post: 3044202, member: 6616"] For those curios about the current Basic Set, this is what's in it: *a bag of dice *16 minis (12 monsters, 4 heroes) plus stat cards for these *4 double-sided large dungeon tiles *4 double-sided color-printed stats for Aramil, Regdar, Lidda and Eberk (the 4 hero minis included) *1 double-sided "Read this first" sheet *1 twelve page "First Adventure Book" with two rooms of a dungeon described, as well as instructions for getting play going *1 eight page booklet called "Quick start rules", which is basically an introduction to combat. It mentions Exploration as well ... briefly. :D *1 sixtysix page book called "Advanced Rule Book", which covers stat generation, races, classes, feats, skills, alignment, equipment, more combat, a little bit more exploration, spells, a section on being the dungeon master, stocking dungeons, solo play, treasure tables, and the rest of the description for the dungeon started in the "First Adventure Book" (the complete dungeon has 17 rooms), a basic monster manual (black dragon, dire rat, warrior skeleton, wolf skeleton, troglodyte, kobold warrior/skirmisher), orc warrior, and a short intro to D&D minis. For me the current Basic Game contains basically what I think a basic D&D set should contain, except for: *Rules covering levels beyond 2nd (I'd like up to 5). *An outdoor location as a startup for a campaign (such as an Inn or a small village) *An evocative map over the countryside, with cool adventure locations indicated (eg. The Chimera Pass, Three Troll Bridge, Bandit Forest and so on). *A couple more predesigned dungeons *10 or so more monsters in the Basic Monster Manual That'd be a sweet Basic Set, in my opinion. Now that I've said that, I'll be off to read the thread which was linked! Thanks! /M [/QUOTE]
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