d20 System Dice with Booklet
The d20 Dice product contains a complete set of polyhedron dice including a 4-sided die, a 6-sided die, an 8-sided die, a 10-sided die, a 12-sided die, and a 20-sided die. These dice are used when playing the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the Star Wars(r) Roleplaying Game, or any d20 roleplaying game. Also included are Fast-Play Rules for the Dungeons & Dragons and Star Wars games. These Fast-Play Rules will help jumpstart any new gamer wanting to learn about roleplaying games.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Useful But Could’ve Been Better!
The basic tools were given. Basically the dice. However, it seems like Wizard’s of the Coast would have provided a more in depth explanation for new comer’s to the d20 system to make it more user friendly. Like d20 For Dummies.
4 Stars Fast to Get
I don’t live in the USA, so getting some dice is very hard, especially when my friends are thinking on getting themselves some. So i told them to get this box that is cheap compared to the price of the trip to the nearest gaming store, and they are available in the bookstore around the corner. Yea, you may complain about the expensive, but some people don’t have the time to go looking fo the final gaming store/website where to find the good products, they just want to start playing. That is what this set is all about.
2 Stars Worth it?
I would have to say that if you were going to get a dice set there are many different places online that sell products like the “Pound-O-Dice” that will have all the die you need to play this and many other games. THere are more die that would be usefull that don’t come in this set either, such as the D3. It is used within the D&D games and other for that matter. To be Honest I have got this set and find that it is sadley lacking on the rules side and I found myself buying the comple DMG, PHB and Monstrous Manual before my second setion of AD&D. So just a point get the core rule books and a good LARGE set of dice if you are really interested in playing, and if your not sure find a group to try it out with first.
1 Stars Sometimes, quality is important
Okay, so maybe you just want to get a random result and focus on story. But you know what? There are two sides to playing a table-top game (vs. a computer game, for instance).
One is the social exprience, playing with people whose company, hopefully, you enjoy.
Second is the quality of the components. For example, would you rather play chess with hand-carved wooden Staunton pieces that are weighed, with felted bottoms, on an inlaid wooden board? Or will you go for the cheap hollow plastic pieces and lay them down on a piece of cardboard?
These dice are so cheap that for me they detract completely from the game experience. It takes me back to the days when the numbers on the dice weren’t even inked in and you had to rub a crayon over them just to see the numbers. I thought we were past that.
Do yourself a favor and turn off your computer and start looking through the yellow pages for a local hobby shop. You won’t be sorry. If there is none available, then make some friends online. Roleplayers are a generally friendly and helpful lot, and I have no doubt you’ll find someone to help out if you start participating in an online RPG-related discussion forum.
Again, avoid these dice except as a desperate last resort.
1 Stars For the Desperate Only
The sole advatage of buying these dice is that they are sold at your local chain bookstore. The instructions are obtuse and redundant, and the dice are cheap, small, and only one of each type is provided. Advice: take your ~[$$] to a hobby store and pick out your own dice or failing that buy for [$$] the D&D introduction game that includes the same identical dice, and get a few goodies as well.
As a note it sickens me when for the price they charge for cheap, [discount chain store] quality dice they couldn’t throw in another set, or at the bare minimum include the 10-00 10 sided die as a complement to the 10 sided dice that comes with the ‘System dice.’
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