Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition) Buyer's Guide
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Wondering how to get into D&D? For newcomers to tabletop RPGs (and to D&D 5E) knowing what to buy and where to start can be a challenge. Any major role playing game quickly amasses a collection of books that you don't need to buy. So what should you buy? This guide is my introduction to dungeons & dragons products and what newcomers should look into buying.
0:51 - Part I - summary of product line so far
8:51 - Part II - my buying recommendations
14:25 - Part III - honorable mention
15:31 - Conclusion
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WASD20 I just started playing d&d and I find your content verry helpful.
Great review. Thanks for the advice. I noticed you didn't show the blank character sheet provided in the starter set. Perhaps your copy didn't include it, or you missed it, when you jumped over the ad sheet for D&D Encounters. The starter set that I just purchased has a blank character sheet on the back of the ad for D&D Encounters. Just curious.
Hey great video. I think you may have forgotten to mention that the add in the starter set has a blank character sheet on the back of it though! Its a big plus for new players like me, as all the free character sheets I've found online haven't been as nice.
Hello, I'm trying to get into D&D with a new group. I was wondering is it worth it to go ahead and purchase all the 5 th edition things or should I wait for 6th edition since 5th has been out for a few years?
Hey there, 5th edition is still very much alive, with an average lifespan of about 8 years per edition. New books are still being released. Tomb of annihilation came out last September and xanathars guide to everything comes out in a few days. Plus, 5th edition and its material will still remain totally valid despite new editions coming out. There are people who still play 1st edition.
This video not only saved me money you also made everything much simpler. I didn't know what was what! Thanks for this video.
I'm glad I came across your video. My gf played with me and a few of her friends a few weeks ago. She keeps talking about wanting to host a game soon. Being beginners I'll def get what you recommended. It will be a nice surprise for her birthday next week.
Great! Have fun!
A very thoughtful review, nice to see the free pdf's being mentioned.
Thanks
Kind of hard to find players where I'm at. It's quite a small town and the next towns over are both an hour away. Everyone at work has looked at me strange and said "No thanks." I played this in the military during downtime, and I really miss it.
That's tough. I made a video on the topic a while back. Might have some useful suggestions for you. ruclips.net/video/Af7aWnDtLbU/видео.html
neemguy81...Have you tried playing D&D online over a Skype-like setting? That's better than not at all. BTW...what branch were you in?
Agree, if you just starting, playing with an established group, just show up, they'll get you started borrowing their materials. If you find that you enjoy it, buy a players handbook and a set of dice of your own.
If you are a whole group of rookies, I really like the starter set. Everything a group needs to play.
It's okay for a rookie to not have the books. But you really don't want to be the guy who has played for 6 months and still has to bum books and dice all the time. No one likes that guy.
You'll likely want to look things up at home and you need the PHB for that.
Oh and either bring your own snacks, or help out with money for group snacks. EVERYONE likes the guy who helps buy the pizza!!!
One of the traditions in my groups is if you are a new player I as your first DM will gift you your first set of dice.
Oh and if you want to DM, then you'll need the other books, DMG and monster manual. But by then you should know that.
As far as premade adventures go, I suppose I'm strange, but I always had a much easier time creating my own adventures. I never liked, and am not good at running premade adventures. The rules for doing home brews are pretty simple really. If you passed pre-algebra you can figure it out.
Experienced players will help you in all facets, being a DM for experienced players makes it a lot easier, as they will help you. I think a lot of folks think it's harder to run for veterans and I've found the exact opposite is true.
Another really REALLY good resource is the plethora of forums and blogs about the game. There are a ton of great character and campaign ideas out there, and it's perfectly fine to steal them.
The Lowmein I don't think you're strange at all in preferring your own adventures. Most DM's I know are that way too, including myself. Pre-written adventures were a good way for me to get my feet wet and figure out how good encounters were built and stories could be told, but I think you are right that's it's pretty easy to figure out how to make your own. Anyway, thanks for the comment. Solid advice!
Hi!
I'm asking for advice here because I'm stuck on what to do...
I feel like I'm personally in an awkward situation...because I really want to play d&d, and I have 3 friends that want to play with me, one has even volunteered to be the dungeon master!
But I've never played d&d before, none of us has ever played it, and I want to start a campaign but I don't want to spend too much money on all the materials, I just want to see if we like it...
What do you recommend?
@@victorianpoison199 I haven't played D&D yet either, but I think the general opinion is to go with the Starter Set, which has everything you need. First adventure and such. I personally would need to find people to play it with.
@@Dirtfire Me too lol I don't have enough (anyone really) people I know who would be interested in this sort of thing. One other person who'd definitely be keen long term, but only one other who'd be a semi-regular at best. Unfortunate you can't order people online. Well, I don't wanna go on the deep web, sooo haha
Sorry bout that, I played tonight and it was great! We spent four hours making our characters and it seemed like it would be tedious at first but it was so much fun!! I went to play having nothing and I was fine, we're planning on buying a grid and such in the near future. We also had the players handbook that we shared.
***** I think you have replies disabled on your account. Hopefully you see this. :) The DM screen was not out yet when I released this video. The DM screen did make my 'related products' section of my written version here - www.wasd20.net/dd-buyers-guide/
But no, you certainly don't need it to DM. It has some tools to help you improv and some rules summaries and such that give good reminders so you don't need to refer to the book as often, but it's not something you need at all. See my review over here - ruclips.net/video/rRC_BFWgP00/видео.html
hey I want to start to play d and d with my buds is this info still up to date? just need help with what to buy and we'll figure it out along the way, feel like thats part of it right ? :)
Absolutely. Still up to date. A few new books have come out, but they are definitely more optional than anything in this video. Pretty much just adventure modules, and the Sword Coast Adventurers guide (a few new things, but very much just extra). Have a great time figuring it out, and welcome to the world's greatest hobby! :D
alright thank you and will do :)
This was a great help, thank you! I'm trying my hand at DMing for the first time and I was really lost, there's a lot more to the game than I initially thought. But I have to admit I wouldn't have it any other way.
Lia Dominguez Thanks for watching. Good luck to you as you start DMing!
Hi, I use to DM long time ago and now im looking to DM again with a small group of mature friends. Maybe I will start with the starter pack and the free pdf content. Thank you for your video. very helpful
+Joel Richardson -- I think you have replies disabled man, so I hope you see this. You absolutely don't need a Player's Handbook or Starter Set to play if you are just showing up as a player. They will likely have everything you need if they have played before. It might be worth asking if they have dice you can borrow. Most experienced players have extra :) Enjoy!
Mines of Phandelver is a damn good adventure, even for veteran players. I actually bought that after getting the main 3 books and my players loved it.
Buying order for me would be Players Handbook > Monster manual > DM guide >Tyranny of Dragons, and lastly Starter set. I have all of the above and only thing I regret buying of the lot is the Starter set, but with that said I am about to finish the Mines of Phandelver with my group. This is more about me not really liking Modules than the product itself. I Think all players should pick up a copy of the Players Handbook and potential Dm's should at least grab the Monster Manual with the DM guide being optional.
Cool, Troy. Yep, the DMG before the MM is certainly debatable. But I'm just going off the fact that the free PDF has about 100 monsters. Also it's pretty easy to snag monsters from previous editions or make your own monsters (guide on this in the DMG). Still, I wouldn't give up my monster manual :) And the DMG is certainly optional too. The Starter Set is not something most people are going to need if they've played RPGs before, but for a group of complete newcomers I think it would be very hard to get into D&D without something like the starter set. It's a good first step.
Can I just thank you. I'm a newbie played last week and very much enjoyed it. Wanted to buy something, therefore bought the starter set. I didn't open it for 4 days as I knew I could change it for the players book. Watching this video your sample sessions etc has greatly help. I will try and hold off buying the players book, it looks a great book. When I played last week I was understanding procedures etc and then looked in the players book and got confused quickly.
I wish to try and play stuff solo as well, which I'm told is possible, but no one seems to know how.
Anyways great videos, thanks, it has helped (and will) lots.
+Ronask -- Thanks! Good luck to you as you begin in this great hobby.
Excellent video. I am just starting up DMing myself but I did the same sort of stuff you suggested. When you play the first time don't buy anything, or read anything, just have your DM help you out. I picked up the Player's Handbook and plan on picking up the other 2 since I am interested in them. I did read the free online PDF which was very good and once again is a good suggestion. For a new player the video makes very good recommendations.
Thanks for this. I am wanting to get into this game but did not know where to start.
Between this video, the character creation guide video and the how to play sample game, your videos have been insanely helpful to me and my friends get started from having no experience at all! Thanks so much for the videos and keep it up!
HybridDBela Awesome. That's exactly my goal. Thanks for the feedback and happy gaming to you and your friends!
Our group is currently running the mines of Phandelver. We are an experienced group not rookies( about twenty years combined among us starting with the tsr original starter set), but it's my first time DMing so for me it has been a big help because of the quick reference material. Our Usual dm is a player for a change and he loves the adventure and loves the quick reference rule book. This module I would recommend for any vetran group to get back to basics It helped up get a renewed familiarity with the rules especially since up till recently the adventure we were playing was a 3.5 adventure and there are some tweaks to the rules for 5e.
Thanks for this. I'm looking to get my family into D&D and this has helped immensely.
In my situation, a have a large group of friends, and we all want to start. One of us has gotten the starter set, and we're waiting for a time to start. We have too many people for the starter characters, so I have to create my own character! Already set on a tiefling!
Fantastic review man! I have all three 1st edition core rule books from when I was 14, and love to go back and peruse them when it all started becoming more popular. They are usually sealed and in mint condition. I haven't played in a long time and am jumping in and getting the starter set as well as the three cores (just because of your review). They look gorgeous!
The D&D line has certain come a long way! Thanks for the comment, and welcome back to the hobby!
Thanks for the guide! I'm playing for some years now but for big systems like D&D where there are dozens of books, adventures and supplements available it's always harder to choose what to buy and in what order. ;-)
Cool. Yeah, I'm thinking of making an updated version sometime soon too. Thanks for the comment.
thats great news!!! when? we are still waiting for it,and wanting that plus more videos really like your options /thoughts and videos and this was a good well thought out video and didnt tell us to buy anything but give the info like to know a bit more through on things like how many pages it has what all is in it what Allll other stuff it covers just a couple extra minutes nothing to much more but again like it other wise and hope to see a updated buyers guide as well very soon and Thanks!!!
I found this really helpful. I am currently trying to get into the game, but I have a habit of over-preparing and this gave sound reasoning and insight into what I might one day purchase. I intend to play a tiefling so I'll probably still get the Player's Handbook, but I'll probably hold off on the other two core books for now since I don't know if I'll be DMing or not. I need to find the group first, lol. How troublesome.
Thanks for the video!
+Kurt Van Horn -- Well thanks for the comment :) Good luck to you!
I saw an old friend from school and he invited me to play. So I bought starter set, players handbook, monster manual and a few dice sets and I haven't even played yet. No regrets. Can't wait.
Livin the dream. Have fun. :)
Awesome guide, my starter set should be arriving today. My kids and I will be jumping in and having some fun when it arrives. Thanks for the guide.
Awesome! I'm new to tabletop RPGs, having only played Star Wars: Age of Rebellion (I'm a Game Master), so I think I should give this classic a try. Good thing they have free PDFs, I had no idea :)
am a newcomer for dnd 5e as well as dnd itself and this video really helped me out what's what and which one to buy first (PHB). Thanks a lot to WASD20.
Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to comment and welcome to the hobby!
WASD20 Great video man. I've had a hard time understanding whether or not you actually have to buy minis and battle mats and all this stuff to actually play the game, but this cleared it right up. It'll be a couple years before I actually get to play, but I'm glad I have this knowledge in my pocket for when I actually get to. :)
I played without minis and a mat for a while, but my new group is starting we're using custom minis and a chessex battle mat, if you want to know how to get custom minis, I found a guy at www.shapeways.com called iamcro just message him with a description of your character(s) and he'll make some really cool figures.
+aesp51 -- That's cool. I really like paper pawns too. Pathfinder has good ones, or you can make your own. This guy has a great tutorial. -- ruclips.net/video/VWWu9Ny8cW8/видео.html
+WASD20 thanks for the tip!
My guide:
For Players: Free pdf's > Player's Handbook
For DM's: Monster Manual > Lost Mine of Phandelver
I really don't find the Dungeon Master's Guide to be very useful and it's up to you if you want to run any other premade adventure or if you want to run your own. But you should probably start with LMoP to understand the basics and whatnot.
Not a bad way to go.
;)
Great video...glad to see someone mention the free PDFs. I'm an old school gamer who had been away from RPG's for about 20 years. Work and family kept me away from the hobby. About a year ago I started with 5th edition and all I have purchased so far is the starter set and copied the PDF's. Your gaming world and player options may be a bit more limited than using the core rule books, but like you said, enough info in them to last a gamer a lifetime.
Nate, where were you when I was jumping in a couple of years ago? Excellent beginner videos! For me, I just bought random 4e stuff and learned as I went - my wallet paid the price. Thankfully I came across great smaller, cheaper RPGs (Castles & Crusades, Hero Kids, and especially Harvesters) which I play tested with my middle school students to see how it all worked. After "getting" the feel of the DM, I finally weeded out all the chaff and was able to start purchasing wisely. I'm just now starting to pick up 5e and your videos have certainly helped.
Great Work
CptRoboto Well thanks, and happy gaming to you!
A great video, I am just starting out as I know no one who plays I volunteered to be DM
I have just downloaded the free PDF and bought a set of Die.
Next a good read before starting. Thanks for the advice
Nate, thanks for taking the time to review this material. Jumping to 5e,..been playing AD&D and looking forward to this edition!
Thanks Nate! I haven't played D&D in thirty years and your videos are very helpful in getting me up to speed with all the changes.
Great! Thanks for the comment, Jeff. Welcome back to this wonderful hobby!
go to target they have a tube of dice in the kid section/games its like 10$ and get tons of diffrent dice vs 5-10$ for just 1 set
you can find simalar stuff at walmart
John Garvey Well, they probably aren't balanced very well and are not a pretty as the gourgous two color swirl ones, but in general dice cost a dollar or two per set if you get them in bulk.
Hey Nate maybe you could do an updated buyer's guide soon? Lots of new Goody's for us since you made this video!!
Thanks for the suggestion, and I agree it's about time! :D
The whole line is amazingly pretty and well written from everything I have seen from my quick perusal at the FLGS.
Not my game, but oh, so awesome!
I bought the dmg and some minis because I was dming for my first time. It never occurred to me that I might want my players to make characters.
Great video for newbies, thank you. It's been over 30yrs since I played the original game back in the early 80's. Sure would like to find a group to join up with.....wish I'd have seen this BEFORE I purchased everything in your video. Thanks again !
Thanks for the comment, Joseph. :)
I've looked everywhere for a video like this. I had the starter set but I had no clue what to buy next. I think I'm going to get the dungeon masters guide and the monsters manual to create some fun adventures. Thanks.
Great Video. Answered most of the questions I had about the various D&D products.
3 years late to the party, typical of me. I used to have sessions using the old AD&D rules but life got in the way. I'm really looking to get back into it so thanks for this video.
Cool. You should! Thanks for the comment.
Thanks dude for the advice on what I should get. I'm starting to get into D&D and I was wondering what I had to get in order to get into it.
I'm not sure why videos seem to take forever. Here's the basics:
If you're not sure about playing 5th edition - buy the Starter Set.
If you know you're going to play it, then:
ONE person should own the DM's guide (preferably your DM ; ) and they should also own the Monster Manual.
Everyone, including the DM, should buy the Players' Handbook.
You can share the PH, but only likely between 2 of you. Otherwise, everyone is scrambling for a book.
TA DA!
WASD20 I find you very helpful with trying to learn facts, rules, and items to use for beginners such as myself.
Keep doing what you do because you are awesome at it and you help so many people with your very useful and awesome videos 🤗 👍
Thanks so much! :D
I really think All a DM should need is Monster Manuel and Sticky notes for keeping track of Initiative, Monsters, and important details you plan to do.
You could absolutely get by with just that. I would actually rather have a PHB as a DM, but to each his own. Really - you could get by with just the basic rules. That's the beauty. You don't need to spend anything to play the game.
Great video. Told me what I needed to know about starting this journey
Great! Make sure you're subscribed as I'm currently writing an updated version.
Excellent overview - I just got the starter set to begin playing with my children. Thanks for doing this!
Awesome. Thanks for the comment and happy gaming! It's a really fun family activity. :D
Great overview. I ended up going for the DMG, Players and Monster to start. Thanks for sharing.
Don't know if you really want to play:
1. download the pdfs and join a game trough discord with a group
Want to play, found the awesome:
1. Buy the player's handbook
2. Buy 2 sets of dices
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Want to DM:
1. Start by playing and getting experience
2. Buy the monster manual and dungeon master guide to learn more about stuff
3. (If you play in person, if only online skip)Print some free paper miniatures, get a good colection of cardboard ones to give your game more depth.
4. Buy an adventure, I'd recommend starting with the lost mines of phandelver or you can choose anyone of your like.
5. Buy the other important books (volo and mordekainen for monsters, xanathar and sword coast for more player stuff.
Want even more?
Buy more adventure books, there are a bunch of them, most of them are awesome.
Only for the MVP:
You're great at playing and dming? Want more? Want things that the game don't have a way to provide for you yet?
So create your own content! Your world! Monsters! Npcs! Adventures!
Homebrew all the stuff you'd like in your game :D
Oh, and the most important thing for a player to do:
Try to spend like 2 hours every week by improving your character, you don't need to min-max or combo anything, just think about roleplay and the world he is in, be ready for the next games. Your DM is spending a ton of time preparing the world for you, so at least try to spend a couple hours preparing to make a better game, try at least to read the PHB and know your skills and spells for the session :D
With enough effort you can google search all the sub classes and spells ect. I go to dnd beyond first and i bring my latop for gaming sessions as my character sheet is there. Whatever is locked on beyond I just google. There's a few good wiki databases for dnd.
Just bought the starter set, thank you for the advices and everything!
getting a lots of fun right now! haha
Love your videos!
thanks for the video! I've been wanting to get into D&D for awhile but never really knew where to start
Your video inspired me to go ahead and print off the Basic PDF's. I had sold all my 2e, 3e and 4e books to got all in on Basic and 1e, but I figured "why the heck not?!" So ≈100 pages, one black ink catridge, a binder covered with hearts I stole from my daughter, and one paper jam later - I'm fully loaded. I also googled some Table of Contents for both documents (c'mon WoTC! No art? Fine. But not even a table of contents??).
Again, thanks for the vid Nate! I'm going to a con in March, and now I can be set to go for
Haha. Nicely done, sir. You won't regret it and I'm glad you found my video inspirational :)
Thanks!, I really needed to know what to do because I have no idea what to buy!
There is also some free pdfs for the monsters guide, dm guide and other things too. You can just search it up.
So I guess I say PRIZE ME right here? Congrats on 10,000 Nate! Your channel is what got me into D&D, and now it's one of my favorite hobbies, so I really appreciate it.
Always great. You’ve helped my son and I enjoy this new hobby together, thx
also there are a lot of basic game boxed sets that include all of the starter set items as well as usually 4 of the 2 sided map pieces and a variety of miniatures. several of these would be enough to get more than enough items to run a variety of adventures as well as starting ideas to get yourself and your friends into the game.
one that i got even had the character sheet template in its basic rules abridged leaflet
Oh wow. Are you sure that was for 5th edition? I'm curious to see it.
they are for 3.5 but you can use the adventures as a guideline and you still get a full set of die and miniatures as well as the 4 10 inch by 10 inch two sided map pieces. and they can usually be gotten fairly cheap.
Nice. I'll keep an eye out for that.
I have a question does it support you if i click your links in the description? Because i don't want to start buying the books unless it helps you out.
Well, thanks. Yes, the links in the description are affiliate links. I think they time out after 30 minutes or so, I can't remember. But those will support me for sure. After you click on one of my links, anything else you purchase on Amazon in that tab will credit me a small commission.
Thanks again for your support of the channel.
Good info, man! I've had a lot of people asking me about this too. I'll send them the link to this video.
Thank you. I hope it helps people out.
Im new to D&D, don't have it, never played, and dont know anyone who has. But damn it looks cool! This review was certently what I needed. I have been searching for this type of information but this was what help me more. Thank you very much and good luck with the channel ;)
And sorry for my bad english
Great. Glad you found it helpful. Happy gaming!
Have to say the 5th Ed Starter Set is pants compare to the superb 4th Ed Starter Set which came with a great map plus tokens plus a way to generate your own characters.
thank you for the video. I just start to play DnD a week ago. It helps me a lots!
Excellent! Welcome to the world's greatest hobby. :)
+WASD20 I want to start playing but i dont have any friends who do :(
Great video.
I guess I'm going to take your advice and try to play with the downloads
Only detail is that the only place I can play D&D is a gaming store and they will push to get me to buy the books.
(I don't really have any fam or friends interested in gaming)
+Cesar “Isaac” Perez -- Cool. Good luck at the game shop! :) Unless you're DMing the only book you may want to buy eventually would be the Player's Handbook. But starting with the free rules is a great way to give the game a try.
Great guide thanks! Much appreciated.
Where can I find people to play with? None of the friends I hang with are not into DnD. And I'm bew at DnD.
The Noble Fighter from the Starter Set is actually my 5e iconic, Odenwald.
At least.. Odenwald is that Noble Figther. =P
Nice. The starter set pre-mades are pretty good. And I kinda like that they let you pick the name.
Thank you so much it real helped me think about what books I should buy I was confused before I watched this thank you so much 😊
Great guide! Sadly my roommates think I'm a nerd and won't play with me so I had to skip the starter set. :(
It's funny though how things work out... meeting every Wednesday night at my game store I set around this huge table with about 6 other people. I know none of their "real" names, only the names of their characters. I guess you can say the people I play D&D with are strangers to me but we share a type of bond that my roommates could never understand. Hahah
But yeah if you are new to D&D and have no one to play with I highly recommend doing what WASD20 said and checkout the free pdf's then move on to the Players Handbook. Go to your game store and see who plays, ask them if you can watch their game then see if they have a spot open.
Seriously- meet people, and make friends!! I know it can be scary but trust me it's well worth it, more-so than the actual game and products!:))
Good words, man. Sorry your roommates are like that, but I'm glad you've found some people to play with. I'm slowly trying to convert my own friends and family as well, but like you I got my start by just showing up to some game shops and jumping in. Take care, brother.
Thank you for making this video! It really helped me out a lot, keep up the great work!
If you don't even want to put down money, try learning how the website, roll20 works. It helps a lot and has virtual dice. You could use that and the free pdfs to get into it and, after that, decide if you want to play more later. If it's something you like the game and want to play more, get the player's handbook. If you are obsessed get the DMG and monster manual. It's all really fun, but you decide how invested in it you want to be.
5th edition to me seems like a modern re-skin of 2nd edition. I actually like the art work, modules and aesthetics of that old edition better than anything 5e has to offer, although I did buy the starter's set and it's cool. But that's just me I am older.
If you are watching you could get the free pdf with the dnd beyond add for free
On the back of the add is a character sheet
+Dyson Bonham True.
Thank you for your videos, very inspirational.
+Zewen Zhang Thanks! :)
Bro thank you for this I am just starting d&d and I needed some help thanks for the vids I watch all your character creation vids and I thank you 😀😀😀
Cool! Happy gaming.
Awesome video. Very helpful and informative.
Great! Now I know how to start out as a noob :D
+Tawny Owl who whoo noobs unite!
Welcome noobs! Glad you're here. :)
I know this video is kinda old and all but you sir are a life saver.
I have subscribed to your channel :)
Well thanks!
i don't know if it was wise to do but i just straight off bought the books :D i oredered the starter pack to start playing + the pothers just to read some new things between games :D
+Stieven Cox -- There all great books :) You done good.
I just bought all these, thanks for making this video.
hopefully this helps me get started.
I think I got mine from amazon for more than $12 :( but its still fun! :D
Please make a video on how to make a character I am so confused and does the players handbook tell you how to make one?
why were you all beat up in this video?
Mr420NinjAFTW Tavern brawl.
Hope the other guy looked worse
WASD20 Was it worth to use "cure minor wounds"?
I want to play dnd. But Idk if I need the monster manual and the dungeon master guide. Are they only for homebrew worlds? Is it hard to make homebrew worlds?
Very informative thought out video! Thanks
What about essential kit? And im 16 years old and my friends too is this problem for understand something? :d
Yes thank you
I really wanted to start playin d&d and i didnt know where to start.Now i know
That sucks because when I bought the 4th edition starter set it came with maps and character tokens cardboard cutouts and some other stuff
Yeah, a lot of people are disappointed by this, which is fair. However, 5th edition is designed to be played well without maps or miniatures, which I think is cool. You can always add those later. However, if you're a maps and minis type I understand your disappointment. This box is also quite a bit cheaper than the 4th ed set.
I noticed the D&D Beyond spp seems to have an expanded Basic Rules, but I cant find anyway to print them or find them to download and print.
I actually do not recommend new DMs to start with pre-written adventures. It's great as a reference, but it's MUCH better to write your own adventures, set in your own fictional worlds - because doing improv in a set- in stone already existing universe without investing hefty amounts of time reading up on it, is hard. Like really really hard.
+Quikie93 -- I definitely see where you are coming from, but for me as a new DM it was worth the work to learn what an adventure consisted of. I would have totally floundered and probably never DMed in the first place if I didn't have the pr-written adventure. Still, I think if someone feels at all able to come up with their own, it is a good idea. You are right about that. And pre-written adventures ARE a lot of work.
+WASD20 I definitly think it's a great help to read them through - if nothing else to learn how dungeons are and or can be made, how things work and if nothing else for inspiration :) Me and my family tried pre made - although I wasn't DM back then (but i'd imagine i wouldnt have done any better) and it was a pain - because any form of improvisation was almost impossible.
Now we're trying again, with me as a DM - and I've made my own world and story and going from there, and it's going a lot better.
you can find free full PDFs of all these books online
And I strongly encourage everyone to buy the actual books to support artists, writers, and game designers who already have enough trouble making a living in this hobby. :)
Excellent look at the product line. Well done!
Thanks dude.
Thanks Nate.
why wouldn't they have a smaller package instead of a piece of cardboard at the bottom that just takes up a half inch of room?
They have to look nice on the shelf next to board games. But yeah, what a waste.
Barnes and noble is the best place to buy this stuff if you're a member.
I found this video very helpful. Thanks WASD20!
You’re welcome!