This dude is pretty cool looking. I use the miniatures to play D&D, and this guy is just a little too big for comfort for a medium, but not big enough for large. This is my only complaint, and why I didn't give it 5 stars. I'm not sure why Paizo has him priced so cheaply, I've seen him for at least $2 more on other sites. But I'm not complaining. If you are looking for a bugbear to be an intimidating presence on the board, this is your guy.
1 rulebook
1 adventure book
1 double sized (4”x8”) dungeon “start” tile
40 (4”x4”) dungeon tiles
1 d20 die
5 sequence of play cards
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5 blue hero figures: female human rogue (Sharn Cutthroat), female human ranger, male dragonborn fighter, male dwarf cleric, male eladrin wizard (Eladrin Pyromancer)
5 hero stat cards (4”x 4”)
50 power cards, 10 for each hero (at-wills, dailies, utilities)
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8 villain figures: grey: vampire (Vampire Vizier), howling hag (Howling Hag), kobold sorcerer (Kobold Sorcerer), werewolf (Werewolf, GoL); white: huge dracolich (Dracolich), 2 large zombie dragons (Zombie White Dragon), Flesh Golem (Berserk Flesh Golem)
4 2-sided villain stat cards (3 4”x4”, 1 4”x 8”)
30 monster figures: white: 3 gargoyles (Earth Element Gargoyle), 3 zombies (Terror Wight), 3 skeletons (Warrior Skeleton); translucent blue: 3 blazing skeletons (Blazing Skeleton), 3 wraiths (Lurking Wraith); red: 3 kobold skirmishers (Kobold Soldier), 3 ghouls (Gravetouched Ghoul), 3 wolves, 3 spiders (Deathjump Spider), 3 rat swarms (Rat Swarm, SE)
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60 encounter cards
30 monster cards
45 treasure cards
10 adventure treasure cards
10 condition tokens (5 slowed, 5 immobilized)
70 hit point tokens (60 1-hp tokens, 10 5-hp tokens)
5 healing surge tokens
10 monster damage tokens
12 trap and power markers 2”x2”
3 cloud tokens
1 sun token
1 character token (Kavan)
5 time tokens
6 reaction tokens
1 mistform token
1 dragon’s breath token
10 coffin tokens
17 item tokens
40 monster tokens 1”x1” (9 0-monster, 11 1-monster, 6 2-monster, 2 3-monster, 5 howling hag, 1 werewolf, 1 kobold sorcerer, 1 young vampire, 1 flesh golem, 1 zombie dragon, 1 dracolich, 1 count strahd
Got this game and played a few times with friends, the quote in the title was from one. The game is worth it just for the miniatures and tiles alone (dracolich is worth the price of the entire game).
Each player plays a hero and also acts like the DM, there are 3 phases to each player's turn. The Hero phase where the character acts, using powers similar to what 4e would use. Exploration phase occurs next, if the character is on an explored edge then a new tile appears which a monster appears on and an encounter (traps, random attack, change in environment, etc) may happen. The third phase is the foe phase, if a new tile wasn't explored then an encounter happens. The foes under the control of the player act as well. All foes have a set "AI" chain of actions that they follow. Players get some choice in how they act and can game the system a little (place the foe in a convenient position for example).
Players act as a team and for most adventures they either all win or all lose. Resources are shared (healing surges and experience points). Characters can level up to 2nd level by rolling a 20 on an attack or disarm. Due to the way each player acts as a PC and a DM, a person can actually play the adventures alone if they wished. In fact some of the adventures are designed to be single player.
Great game, great minis and tiles, and you can like it even if you are not a fan of 4e.
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