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Had an incredible time teaching my parents how to play Pathfinder with the beginner box :)

If you're really interesting in finding a family friendly or kid friendly version of D&D, Basic Fantasy RPG (BFRPG) is a retroclone based on D&D Basic, is simpler that OSRIC, and it's free. BFRPG has free supplemental content including adventures. BFRPG does not have devils and demons in the monster section of the book, does not have alignment (in other words, no player option to be chaotic or evil), and it has ascending AC (roll d20 add modifier, meet or beat AC) which may be easier for kids to learn.

Hey there! At 11:48 you mention a review of the digital version, but I can’t seem to find that video. I have the digital version from a Humble Bundle, and seem to lack the creative vision to use it. I’d love to see your video on the digital version. Thanks!

I want to buy this but can’t find it anywhere.

Link to blog post?

Very interesting Beginner Box. Thank you! Started in 1980 with D&D BX. Played every edition of D&D since then. It's time to look at Pathfinder now that it's Remastered without the OGL.

Doesn't it also improve their imagination?

It’s a fantastic setting. I like that it has a lot of open content so you aren’t beholden to canon

Eberron's aesthetic feels magi-punk more than high fantasy or sword & sorcery. It's like Shadowrun tried to re-create Indiana Jones. And I love it.

Amazing video!!

Hello! I run a podcast about all sorts of things d&d/rpgs. I am also a teacher that runs a d&d club. Any chance you'd be interested in being on my show to discuss making rpgs more accessible for kids? Thanks! X - @rollaroundpod

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Why there isn't a solo-option in general is beyond me.

Nice part is.. you can use Archives of Nephys to glance thru any of the books systems without spending a dime and decide if worth your $$. IMO almost all the books are, I just don't have the $$ on hand to buy them all... yet.. also waiting for next years releases before really start getting hard copies. Joy of PF2e is there is literally $0 needed to spend to start playing it, gming it, or learning it in any respect.

Awesome taster for this book Chris - thanks so much! I'm guessing I'll need to also grab one of their adventures/settings books if I'm not going to want to freestyle an adventure?

How many total hours of play would you estimate each monthly book/adventure covers?

I think the biggest thing preventing me from getting into Pathfinder 2e is the sheer number of books. Are the different Player Core books required, should I just wait for the remastered versions to be released? It's like looking back at how D&D 3.5 turned out, a book for every occasion it seemed. I kinda choked when I looked at the price of this box set, but with literally everything in it, it's definitely a much better value then any of the 5e beginner sets, and I have generally high opinions of those, in comparison with the rehashings of old content back to the AD&D days.

I'm going to have to try this I'm always struggling to draw the maps quick so we can get back to playing

Really enjoyed the detailed review, thanks!

What is very good about the BB is that it gives you enough monsters and info on Otari that you can continue the adventures beyond what's in the box.

Hi I am the author of an educational role-playing game for children. This is the game where young heroes solve the problems of monsters without violence. Everything takes place in the Land of Heroes, a magical world where almost every creature speaks and has its own rights. The rulebook is very friendly for new Game Masters and the game rules are easy to learn for kids. I will start a crowdfunding campaign on Gamefound, because I want to translate my game into English. Master of Fables (Mistrz Baśni original) has many fans in Poland. Here is the link to the DEMO version: drive.google.com/file/d/1bwJLbrjZW9yE--xq8Wmov7H6gnzJ3h85/view and the draft page on Gamefound: gamefound.com/en/projects/school-of-imagination/masteroffables Why am I writing to you? Because I want to ask you if you are interested in looking at my game and maybe showing it to your audience? This game is different from other children's RPGs. I will be glad if you reply to my message. My email: mar.kubiesa@gmail.com Best regards Marcin

Thanks so much for that info about the school/youth support from Paolo, I’m definitely going to suggest that to some people that work in schools and in youth work programs!

This is a great review. I have been running RPGs for a few deacdes. Whenybkids are old enough they are allowed to play in the weekly game, before then they get one shots every so often (herokids, mouseritter). My weekly group switched to PF2e (original) just before the OGL stuff hit. Some of the players (grown ups) really haven't caught that this isn't d&d and that is a bit of a difficulty. They really like how easy d&d is with very few conditions and damage type not mattering. Im hesitant to buy the new books, because having to learn a new set of terms may fry some brains.

I have used this in my sandbox campaign. It’s great. I love supplements like this that you can plug into your game.

Great intro to their complex game.

I love this beginner box. It's so fun to open and go through. Christmas every day of the year!

While I'm not a fan of the old editions, I don't think they have any dark themes in them. On the contrary, I think they are actually rather made for a child audience than current editions. Current editions have more mature themes and more complex rules. Old editions were more cartoonis and had a stronger resemblence to board games. If anything at all, DnD has grown up with it's audience.

It looks identical to the previous 2e Beginner Box set. What exactly makes this set "Remastered" ?

Wow. I did not know that they remastered the BB. That's great!

Thanks for this review. I had the original PF 1E beginners box, and even though I did not use it for playing PF games, I still to this day use the pawns, maps, and the beginner adventure. Paizo really makes good products. I might have to buy the new beginner’s box anyway. Btw, their goblins are the best! I have 10 of their pre-painted goblins in my minis collection ❤ Thanks again!

I love all Dungeons with Dads videos!

The Paizo team learned a lot from making this box. That is why the Pathfinder box is so good. Pathfinder box came after this one. This box is fantastic for what it is. I don’t like the nerfed character sheets as it’s impossible to roll into the next level without rerolling a character. My kids loved it.

love the break down.

Thanks for running through this Chris, great information!

I'm glad I picked this book up for the infiltration and chase subsystems alone. Love this one

I love Tinyd6 games! I moved over to ICRPG (for the crunch and Runehammer is cool af) but they have similar LOOT driven character mechanics which I love.

Ok…so I have heard repeatedly that you’ll need to know the 5e rules in order to play this campaign/setting. What specific rules is that? Outside of the action economy and combat…what other 5e base rules are needed if you play this using only the setting of LOTR?

I've been running TTRPGs since 1989. I've also GMed several campaigns in PF2. I'm still overwhelmed by this system.

When it comes to fantasy game I always go with pathfinder 2e, because this system support many styles of fantasy. I just finished an short adventure that me and my friends was all undeads finishing a mission that went wrong.

I like the fact that they got rid of ability scores, and Alignment. Honestly, after 2E, D&D did not need the ability scores anymore, and I never used Alignment since every other rpg out there shows you don't need it (lol). Do they still use spell slots? Because that would be best changed to a more modern system (and not the system that 5E used, which is crazy more complicated that the original spell slot system of AD&D and B/X). Thanks for the review! This is the kind of game I would play (and my oldest daughter would too if given the opportunity), but never would run, because of the crazy size of the books. I personally feel if your game is 300+ , then that should be all the rules for the game (that's why I only use the 5E PHB & the DM's section of the basic rules and even then, we've thrown out so many rules lol)

I have not read the Playing the Game sections that come after all the character creation sections and basically it took me several days to become confident about making a character. The step 7 in the sample build was confusing but that information is there on each Class chapter, but there are small details that take time to see. Now as far as role-playing feats and skills, I do recognize the levels of training and how that effects proficiency bonuses but just interpretation of some of the feat and skill descriptions is possibly going to be a challenge at least until I read that later Playing the Game section of the book. There are tags or keywords highlighted at the top of most descriptions and those are important but basically I looked at some remastered monsters in Monster Core and found that it was readable and friendly which made me happy but like I said feats and skills descriptions are not transparent yet to me and will take more time.

what a lovely review! it's great that you remind people that if the GM wants to, they can take on the rules burden, so the players can just focus on the story!

Kids and grown-ups love it so. The happy sight of a six on a roll.

I cut my teeth on B/X and 1e. But even then we didn’t bother with segments and weapon speeds. 1e’s RAW combat is its greatest failing, followed very closely by different ability score maximums based on sex. Most other things, even the quirkiest ones, are fun and endearing. OSRIC presents this system very well.

right. i thought this was for system administrators who want to teach their kids about the linux shell in a playful way