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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrea Rocci" data-source="post: 7908608" data-attributes="member: 6884158">My experience with the CoC7 starter set as an long time CoC player new to the 7th edition.Alone against the Flames. Played it two times, barely surviving. It is short but very atmospheric. Liked it a lot. A great way to learn how the new edition work.I have run Paper Chase for my son and he had a lot of fun. His policeman went temporarily insane (two times), while insane he shot at the "monster" killing it with a 04, and run away without saying goodbye or giving an explanation to his employer. He found that it was a great way to learn that CoC is not D&D: even in a low-threat adventure like this one your character is brittle and can have a nervous breakdown. As a Keeper, I did appreciate how this classic adventure had been rewritten to teach how investigation and skill rolls work in CoC7.Edge of Darkness looks like a great adventure and I look forward to run it. Relatively simple, yet very scary. Yes, the "quest" structure may be simple, as the reviewer says, but the scenario has enough horrific surprises under its sleeve and novice CoC players would be very mistaken to approach it like a D&D adventure.I have not yet fully read Dead Man Stomp, which is a bit more complex scenario, in what seems a nice progression (BTW the review does not even mention it).The rules are those of the Quickstart. And they are clearly written and complete enough, with the possibility of creating new investigators. I have the Keeper's book for CoC7, but I'm not a huge fan of how it's written. I missed the more terse and concise style of earlier editions. The Starter Set reconciled me with the 7th edition and showed me that the changes to the rules play very smoothly. So, I'm very happy of this product.</blockquote>

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