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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 5305013" data-attributes="member: 42040">Overall opinion: If you're an experienced 4E player, save your money for the other Essentials books coming out later this month. If you're curious about 4E, download the test drive rules and the Character Builder demo and work it out on your own from the Wizards site for free. &nbsp;Sadly, I can't recommend the red box whole-heartedly for any gamer. While there is some nostalgiac value for those lapsed gamers who look back fondly on the 1983 set, I don't think that this is the entry product to bring them back into the fold. Nor do I think that this will bring back 3.x players. &nbsp;It makes me wonder who the target audience for this product is. &nbsp;What is worthwhile about it: diehard 4E fans can preview new builds and powers a couple of weeks before the other Essentials books are released; a handful of okay combat encounters; a set of polyhedral dice; counters and tokens; an awesome box with Larry Elmore's nostalgiac art. If this is worth $20 to you, then by all means pick this up. &nbsp;Retreater</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 5305013, member: 42040"] Overall opinion: If you're an experienced 4E player, save your money for the other Essentials books coming out later this month. If you're curious about 4E, download the test drive rules and the Character Builder demo and work it out on your own from the Wizards site for free. Sadly, I can't recommend the red box whole-heartedly for any gamer. While there is some nostalgiac value for those lapsed gamers who look back fondly on the 1983 set, I don't think that this is the entry product to bring them back into the fold. Nor do I think that this will bring back 3.x players. It makes me wonder who the target audience for this product is. What is worthwhile about it: diehard 4E fans can preview new builds and powers a couple of weeks before the other Essentials books are released; a handful of okay combat encounters; a set of polyhedral dice; counters and tokens; an awesome box with Larry Elmore's nostalgiac art. If this is worth $20 to you, then by all means pick this up. Retreater [/QUOTE]

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