 March 8, 2010 - 4:03am | WOTC Red Box Set Found this over at Dragonsfoot, looks like a rehash of the Mentzer basic set from the 1980s. Can Star Frontiers be close behind?  Designed for 1–5 players, this boxed game contains everything needed to start playing the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game, including rules for creating heroes, advice for playing the Dungeon Master, a solo play adventure, and group-play adventure content. Learning the game has never been so easy! Several different character races (dwarf, elf, halfling, and human) and classes (cleric, fighter, rogue, and wizard) are presented, along with powers for each race and class. Game components:
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 March 30, 2010 - 5:56pm | Have you seen the reviews on D&D 5e? http://www.gamegrene.com/node/971 How long has 4e been out?  I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 March 30, 2010 - 8:18pm | I see the d20 system just a updated Gurps/Champions systems. I've played D20 AD&D and Cthulhu, and had a blast because of the DM, the character creation process was what reminded me of the above. I'll never play 4th, I tried it and thought to myself, if I wanted to play Warcraft I'd go home and log on. ( I finally got that monkey off my back and been Wow free for a year and a half!) But I truely do think it's the DM and his skill that make great games. Gold is for the mistress-silver for the maid-copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade.But Iron-Cold Iron- is master of them all |
 March 30, 2010 - 8:25pm | Amen ArtMic! Long live talented GMs and may their dice never roll natural 20s when I'm playing! The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of
the strong. * Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi |
 April 1, 2010 - 10:53pm | I have the most fun with the level 1-6 games and honestly could play level 2-3 games until drawing my last breath, to me the greatest reward is surviving level 1! AMEN! Oh hell yeah!! I can agree there. On a side note, Awhile back I was pointed to a forum (that I have long lost) where some gamers working with the 3.5 d20 put a level cap in. What level could that be? Why level 6 it is. All hit point, saves, attacks, stopped at level 6 on the charts. Every so many xp after that, 1500ish maybe 2000, the player got to pick a perk. So hit points, saves, defense, spells, etc could still increase through that route. The forum had comments from the gm and several of his players. It sounded like the players really liked it. It forced a bit more teamwork and tactics. Not so many wanted to go off alone anymore. At the same time, there wasnt anymore guessing at npc levels, because they knew where the cap was at, but the perks kept it challenging. At 6th level, a single solid hit can still drop a sturdy fighter. And suddenly nobody actively hunted for dragons... It sounded like alot of fun. I never did get the chance to try it. But for a bit, there was a spark of interest in d20 D&D again for me. Calle E6 (never played it myself, although it does sound interesting.) One of the threads on it (first post has a lot of info on it and links) |
 August 10, 2010 - 10:37am | We (RPGA) had 4 copies of the Red Box at GenCon. They were guarded before, after and during play. You weren't allowed to take pictures of the box, insides or nothing. A very large display showed a poster of Larry Elmore on a motorcycle pumping his fists, the other side was a behind-glass view of the Red box and a view of some contents. Here's a review by @SarahDarkmagic http://www.sarahdarkmagic.com/content/running-red-box-gen-con |
August 10, 2010 - 3:56pm | So they're play testing it....good sign. a poster of Larry Elmore on a motorcycle pumping his fists Now THAT I would like to see! |
August 24, 2010 - 4:24pm | I made it a point to go on ebay and get a holmes set, an origional SF boxed set, and the core 1st Ed AD&D books, I am trying to get my wife nd kids into it, but the wife still hangs the nerd label on it, hmmmmm one day... Death is lighter than a feather Duty is heavier than a mountain |
August 25, 2010 - 10:42am | but the wife still hangs the nerd label on it, hmmmmm one day... consider getting a new wife. |
 August 25, 2010 - 3:40pm | My wife has said she would play. But she is a nerd like me. I chose my mate wisely. The bombing starts in five minutes. |
 August 25, 2010 - 4:19pm | With ya there, DM.... at a D&D game is how I met my wife. Dem dice do have some magic... Have not played in a while, but I guess I could coax her a tad... "If we knew what we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" -A Einstein |
August 25, 2010 - 6:29pm | The wife unit and I play middle-earth fantasy games. Besides gaming we have been working on adventures and maps for a game called Labyrinth Lord. We hope to publish some of them. :-) |
August 25, 2010 - 6:42pm | Oh.. and I'm getting the Red Box and having it signed by Larry Elmore next time I see him. :-P Here are the contents; I'll also purchase the Dungeon Master Kit boxed edition. And perhaps Lamentations of a flaming princess. I love boxed sets. I want to make one myself someday. Wife unit says if I print the box cover image she can order and make boxes. |
October 12, 2010 - 2:32am | <snipped from Dragonsfoot forums> My wife works at Wal-mart and came home today to tell me they are now selling the 4th ed box set that looks like the Classic Mentzer Basic Set. She said its not in the game section, instead its with the as seen on tv stuff. I popped into my friendly neighborhood Wally World on the way home from work tonight, didn't see it in either section. But it seems to be trickling into the market nonetheless. |
October 22, 2010 - 6:23pm | <snipped from Dragonsfoot forums> My wife works at Wal-mart and came home today to tell me they are now selling the 4th ed box set that looks like the Classic Mentzer Basic Set. She said its not in the game section, instead its with the as seen on tv stuff. I popped into my friendly neighborhood Wally World on the way home from work tonight, didn't see it in either section. But it seems to be trickling into the market nonetheless. Kind of like SF miniatures being sold at Sears. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
October 23, 2010 - 2:53am | Well I still haven't found this. It's supposed to be in the CCG area and I've yet to see CCG at WalMarts here (they used to have them a few years ago but I've not seen them in a while). I'm told Target might have it though. Anyone else actually seen this set yet? |
