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<blockquote data-quote="Pseudopsyche" data-source="post: 5078600" data-attributes="member: 54600">I think the new red box seems to offer quite a lot for $20.&nbsp; DMs get enough rules, tokens, and maps to run their first game, all of which are still usable with other Essentials products and even existing products.&nbsp; Players can create their own characters, suitable for both the beginner adventure and which presumably graduate to further adventures.&nbsp; It's not like everything in the box is useless after you finish level 2.Regardless, for $20 you get to sample D&amp;D.&nbsp; Sure you need to buy other books once you reach level 3, but for $20 you learn whether that money will be well spent.&nbsp; (Besides, all you should really need after the starter et is the Rules Compendium and one DDI subscription.)&nbsp; The point is that you don't have to start with $105 for the first three core books to learn whether or not this hobby is for you.That said, we'll have to see how well designed this product will be.&nbsp; Even for just $20, they should be able to produce a better introduction than what's currently available.&nbsp; I'm just glad they didn't stop with just releasing H1 free online.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pseudopsyche, post: 5078600, member: 54600"] I think the new red box seems to offer quite a lot for $20. DMs get enough rules, tokens, and maps to run their first game, all of which are still usable with other Essentials products and even existing products. Players can create their own characters, suitable for both the beginner adventure and which presumably graduate to further adventures. It's not like everything in the box is useless after you finish level 2. Regardless, for $20 you get to sample D&D. Sure you need to buy other books once you reach level 3, but for $20 you learn whether that money will be well spent. (Besides, all you should [i]really[/i] need after the starter et is the Rules Compendium and one DDI subscription.) The point is that you don't have to start with $105 for the first three core books to learn whether or not this hobby is for you. That said, we'll have to see how well designed this product will be. Even for just $20, they should be able to produce a better introduction than what's currently available. I'm just glad they didn't stop with just releasing H1 free online. [/QUOTE]

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