A good concept executed well. Obviously I enjoy the cards but there are a few things I'd like to see done differently.

I'm not thrilled with random distribution but I understand why it is done and can live with it. However, I'd like to see less scrolls, potions, and (especially) wands and staves and more armor, weapons, and wondrous items instead. Yes, characters use a lot of scrolls and potions but I really don’t need a lot of different pretty pictures of them. In many cases they are items that I can be comfortable just giving my players printed cards of. I find that the amount of wands and staves in this set far outpaces their use by my players and again I don’t need wands with many distinct looks – I’d much rather have more variations of armor and weapons.

The artwork is good and there is a nice feel of consistency from the fact that one artist is responsible for all of it. However, this does result on a lack of variation, as any artist will tend to use the same style repeatedly. I like the artist’s style but it would nice to get some variation.

I would like you expand on these item cards to cover everything in a world even dishes books artifacts expesially.I would like to log in all the items I put in my world with these cards I've boughten 10 pack so far and will spend every extra dollar and pop can on more!please come out with more thanks -jeremy

I have bought quite a few of these now and I am very pleased. My players really like them so far and it is cool to have a physical representation of every item a charatcer could have. Since I have every character sheet in its own folder these cards were easy to keep. The art is first rate and the cards seem durable even after multiple writings and erasings. I random aspect is a little annoying but with the main 54 non-random card pack available I really don't seem the need for so much negativity against this product.

I love the cards, but am not too keen on the random aspect. Despite missing 12 out of the set, I still have more than enough cards to represent most of the armor, weapons, and items the PCs will find/use. I may pick up a couple more boosters in hopes of acquiring a few of the missing cards. Sets 3 and 4 can't come out soon enough.

This is a good product. I like these cards and use them in my game. However, the repeats of cards previously published in the Pack 1, if not numerous (I had only a couple of them with four boosters), is a bit disappointing. This should have been pointed out in the announcements before the product's actual release.

I agree that the distribution of the cards could use *a bit* of work (more scrolls, potions, etc), but I find the bulk of the negative comments rather sad. I Used the IP1 cards as the most abundant MIs, so I love the fact that they included them all in the boosters.

The fact of the matter is, that this is a great supplement for DM who are willing/able to invest a few extra $$ into their games and a whole display box of boosters isn't any more expensive than a higher-priced campaign setting book, for instance. I've also encouraged my players to pick me up now and again, since it's only increasing their experience ;)

I can't wait for more expansions!!

Cards are beautiful and will be a lot of fun to play with BUT I'm still not wild about the random assortments and I was surprised that so many of the cards in the Hero's Hoard pack were repeats of cards in the starter set. Still, I'm happy with the set.

i just got my much anticipated display box of hero's hoard, and my reaction is so-so.

The Good:

Great art, very useful, my players love it when i hand them one of these cards.

The Bad:

first, i was unaware that there were repeats from the first boxed set, so that was a little disappointing.

second, i'm not so sure i like the randomness. perhaps there should be non-random sets with items you'd only need one of (eg. magic sword) and random packs of things you'd want more than on of (eg. scrolls and potions). I wouldn't mind lots of a similar potion, but i don't need 4 sets of the same plate mail.

overall, a decent product

I ordered a display box from Paizo.com and am generally impressed.

You are supposed to hand the cards out to players when they discover something other than "30 copper pieces in a stained leather sack." The art on each card is fantastic and it makes finding a magic item a real treat for my group. I used to print items out on notecards to hand out but these blow my DIY method out of the water.

I've only used them over a couple of sessions but I've found that I can buy cheap card protectors at the FLGS and then use laserjet labels to put whatever I want on the back of the card. When the PC burns the card or retires their character I can simply replace the cheapie sleeve and reuse the card.

OK, so I already had Item Pack 1, which is great. I went with these, knowing that the distrubution would be random. Personally, I don't think it is that bad. I have no problem having multiple of the common things, like potions, scrolls, wands and daggers. Actually, I would like more potions! Also, the added foil cards are way cool. It gives me a chance to give super special items as foils, like artifacts. In anycase, the artwork, once again, is awsome! If you are worried about getting a partictular card, just buy some packs and get on the trading thread over on the GameMastery message board.