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Monday, June 18, 2012

Pathfinder Beginning Box

It's not you, it's me.

I've just been feeling a little...curious...these past few months.

It was just a one-time thing.

It won't happen again.

I still love you, D&D. I'll always love you. I'm excited about 5e and I plan to participate in each and every iteration of the playtest, offering as much feedback as I can along the way. But for a while now I've been intrigued by Pathfinder, and I wanted to see what all the buzz was about. That's why I bought the Pathfinder Beginner Box.

See this link, especially for the customer reviews.

What can I say? For $23, it's the best introduction to fantasy roleplaying since the D&D Basic Set, the fabled "red box" of 1983 (certainly not the current red box introductory set, which pales in comparison both to its ancestor and to the Pathfinder box). Don't count on my converting the Druid Cycle campaign world to Pathfinder or anything like that, but I see why it's so popular. I see why people who turned away from D&D in the wake of 4e would embrace this game. I'll have a lot more to say about it in the coming days once I've digested the rules.

And if anyone is starting up a Pathfinder campaign, let me know...

1 comment:

  1. I had character themed builds for players to choose from. I started a game, but lost players along the way due to other commitments.

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