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Where were all these beautiful roleplayers when I was gaming?

All those came in the first edition game or it's expansions.

I think that Peterson Games did a great sculpt of all the Old Ones, Elder Ones, etc. But I really don't dig the design of the cthulhu figure. I find his design on the more basic Cthulhu look. You know giant Octopus Head with a humanoid body along with giant dragon wings. Pretty basic. But I do admit that the wings are pretty cool. I love how it doesn't look like you typical boring wings and over all just looks reallt dope. I find that Petersons second Cthulhu Mythos board game, Cthulhu: Death May Die, have a much better Cthulhu model. It was great to me because of how realistic it look. Cthulhu Wars made Cthulhu this big muscular monster, but Death May Die made him look a bit fat which is what I am expecting from elder one whi slept at the bottom of the ocean for like 10,000 years. And I am pretty such doinf jogs and sit ups are in his daily routine. Great video guys. Keep the good work.

Never mind once you showed the book it is the same one I got. but if you want to see what I asked before I watch the video you can check the rest of this message. You can read ahead after this. So I have the player's handbook and that's it with some dice this is to build my characters, what other book do I need? and anyone live in Connecticut that plays the game I live in that state I think this is the Buckeye guy I'm just getting into it and I got the D&D players handbook. It has a bearded guy with red eyes and a skull helmet on he's a giant and he's fighting two people looks like a sorcerer and either a rogue or a fighter it's mostly red period on the top it just says in red D&D and then and white players handbook. Is this the book you're talking about is this fifth edition?

I love Nyarlathotep and all, but jeez the Cthulhu figure looks beautiful.

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Oh god that book is freaking gorgeous

Wow, I am buying EVERYTHING.

great review, girls :) Although I think it is an unfair comparison. If we restrict ONLY to the content of these boxes, the Pathfinder one is waaaaay better.

I wonder the situation when authors stuff becomes popular after their death, would lovecraft approve of the look of these monsters, do they actually represent what he had in his head when he described them.

read the gamemasters guide first ladies there's 2 pre made adventures: black fang's lair and the return of black fang. Then they have 12 random encounters and finally 10 adventure ideas for you to flesh out and make your own using the monsters in the box. Way more content in the beginners box then the starter kit. Otherwise enjoyed the review thumbs up.

Kinda tough to compare these two as pathfinder was based on the 3rd version of D&D and 5th edition D&D is a completely different creature. Oh and you can get the D&D starter set off of amazon for really cheap.

girl u fine

Thank you so much for the review! One note... the smaller Skullport boards will actually fit right on top of the removable tray and make a perfect little lid for it. We made notches just their size. Try it out! :)

MY FAVORITE IS CTHULHU!!!!!

I was hoping they would include miniatures to paint and represent your party.

Metallica..

Thanks for the close-up shots. Perfect, just what I needed. As for the two asswipes who downvoted you, screw them. It's not like you were the one who made these... you're just showing them to ones who might want to buy them.

What a gimmick these guys have going, no offense. 50 bucks a book, dam! I'm in the wrong business.

So this is a thing that we did. Yeah. 2 bucks down the drain :)

Great video, but those are the ugliest, most awful miniatures I have ever seen.

You go to Twenty Sided Store? I used to go there before I moved to Philadelphia. Love that place :)

I would want this just to paint the minis. The game play is too convoluted for me.

Best Cthulhu Wars unboxing video so far! Thanks for sharing!

I miss Lockwood's art :-(

damn, i want to try some rpging, but none of my friends play and no, i'm not gonna play by myself, that's lame

I would say the D&D box set is way better for two reasons. For one it's cheaper, obviously. But the big reason is that if you wind up buying the PF game, everything in the PF box set is useless except for the dice and pawns. The D&D box set includes a full adventure module, which is still useful even after you buy the game. :] An extra 15 bucks for some popouts and cheap plastic standies just doesn't seem worth it as the only other reusable content.

personally, I am thinking of playing a Investigator Archetype Empiricist, Were the Investigator is basically Sherlock Holmes on speed Empiricist make it just a bit more Sherlocky for me. Investigators are classified as rouge alchemist but they are really week alchemist and week rouges with only less sneak attack and the down side of only being about to use it once/enemy/day. Meaning they will not use it as much as rouges. Were they shine though is they get accesses to nearly every skill (exception are Fly, Handle Animal, Swim, and Ride.) I'm not sure why they don't have Swim as it is a Rouge skill. They also get access to all Alchemist and Rouge talents as well as a list of a bunch of great new Investigator talents. They can also use and make poisons effectively. They get trap finding and sensing like Rouges. In they get what is called inspiration. Inspiration is what will make investigators better then any other class at both skills, saves and attacks. It allows them to add a d6 to there d20 a number of times each day equal to 1/2 there level + there int mode. On top of that they can add half there level to any attacks that they study first. Studying is also only a move action and you can only do it once/enemy/day, but that is the attack you get to add to your sneak attack (called Studied strike) to. On top of that if you miss the first time you try to hit you can try again with the same advantage up to you int mod number of rounds. While the investigator do have weak alchemist and rouge abilities what really makes them shine is the extra flavor they gave them. It makes them completely different then Alchemist and Rouges. I wouldn't say they are necessarily more powerful or unbalanced though. both Alchemist and Rouges have accesses to things that are less assessable to investigators. The investigator has to make a more choices rather to take alchemist, rouge or even investigator talents ever other round after 3rd. Meaning each Investigator is likely to look very different. But basically less rouge like then a normal rouge and less alchemist like then the traditional alchemist and much more knowledge and skill based then either of the other two.

my one concern is how is says Pathfinder Adventure Path on the front, thats one of my only concerns

9:19 "If anyone says they are ripping off Pathfinder" That is HILARIOUS because you know Pathfinder did not rip off anyone else's idea, making their game...3.5 *Cough *Cough

bloodrager sounds pretty brutal, a barbarian with ability to blindly cast spells while punching enemy to death Awesome!!

go 5e, pathfinder has awesome content now, 5e has more simple math and a focus on roleplaying vs combat.

Both boxes on the shelf at the local game store. What's in each box? The less expensive box shorts you a D%, no figures, no map, but you get a really nice cardboard filler so the D&D Starter Set can appear comparable to the Pathfinder Beginner Box. Classy!

I'd definitely like to see a second review after testing out both starter sets in action. Thanks for the vid!

How can people NOT like this video? Cute girls reviewing starter sets. HOW DARE YOU!!!!

Review this!

Which classes have you tried out so far? you get 10 points for playing 2 or more of them!

Have you tried the heroes yet?

Looks really cool. My one concern (since I haven't read it yet) is that these new classes seem like they could be a lot more powerful than the core classes, which would then make the core classes obsolete. Are the new ones balanced enough where they won't outshine the core classes?

Video looks great Dan.

Book looks real good.I am definitely picking it up when I can.

Thanks Dan, I've embedded it at insightgames.uk/DD-Players-Handbook

Thanks Dan - would it be okay to link to this review on our site at Insightgames.uk ?

D&D 5e is significantly streamlined, and easy to play without being dumbed down. Pathfinder is 3.5e with some rules improvements, but it is still a bloated game, especially at high level play. You should also mention that the pathfinder starter set is about $15 MORE than the D&D starter set. While I would agree that a nice wall poster or something should have been included, the included adventure: the Mines of Phandelver is simply outstanding. Use the pregen characters, go over the module and get real familiar with the first two parts and you can start running almost right away.

Looks cool but I was expecting more indoor tiles... The Wraiths might be the coolest thing about it.

For non-painted, prefab minis... I have to say that I'm fairly unimpressed. Hopefully Wizards and/or Wizkids will do better quality control on the next batches.

Thanks! This was helpful because the Amazon product listing shows the wrong picture.

half look decent enough. Why Drizzt and the thief does look terrible lol.

I've run the D&D 5e starter game, quite hard, my party on the first encounter with the goblin cave, was a total TPK! I've also GMed PF (not the starter box, the full game) and it's so full of bloat, it always ends up in a rules fight so I stopped bothering. The new 5e D&D seems to be better streamlined, hope they keep it that way.