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Chris Vicari's avatar

Great write-up and review! Looking forward to your review of the new 2025 starter set: Heroes of the Borderlands when it releases this month!

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Adventure Coast's avatar

Thanks for the write-up. My first DnD starter was the original 2014 Starter Set with the Lost Mines of Phandelver adventure. That's still one of the best adventures ever written for 5e, to be honest... except for the early goblin lethality.

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solorpgstudio's avatar

Love Phandelver! And yes that ambush is hard. Same is true with the manticore in Dragon of Icespire Peak

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Christian Lindke's avatar

Very good review. The Essential boxed set was one of the best products for 5e and was a bargan.

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solorpgstudio's avatar

Thank you! And yes totally agree with you. Really excited to get my hands on the new starter in the next few days

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