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I'm glad I bought this map, and while I rate it highly there were some things I didn't like that I want to mention.

While you can fold the map to show just one ship, you loose being able to see a true top-down view of the ship unless you add a new crease to the map.

I don't like the plank rendering, there's a nice wood texture but each plank looks like it's framed with a shaded rectangle.

There are some print and play maps out there that do a great job of showing rigging. I would have likes to see the same technique used here, because a pirate ship is really a great piece of 3D terrain to fight over. I think this map failed in that sense.

Those are my gripes, but I'm still glad I bought this map and looking forward to getting some good use out of it.

If you've already bought anything else in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game line, then you know what kind of quality to expect. The Beginners box does not disappoint, even if you've already been playing for awhile. I recently moved overseas and couldn't take my core book with me, so I bought the beginners box instead. While the rules are simplified, they are not changed, meaning that you can simply add on rules from the Core book as you need to.

Some rules that are left out are some skills like Handle Animal, rules such as attacks of opportunity and encumbrance. I think in general, having left out certain rules has made the game easier for new players. However, I'd advise more experienced players to use the Core rules on top of this set.

Besides rules, you get a decent set of character/NPC card mini's, monsters to cover level 1-6, two great dry-erase maps, a solo adventure, a small party adventure (3-5 PC's) as well as a stack of free PDF downloads.

What more could anyone really want? Maybe more plastic bases for the mini's.