Reddit reviews D&D Waterdeep Dragon Heist HC (Dungeons & Dragons)

This is the Amazon link from the article:

https://www.amazon.com/Waterdeep-Dragon-Heist-HC-Adventure/dp/0786966254/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=polygonopt-20&linkId=a9fc4e6f1487d7dd6d0bea1b547cccf2&language=en_US

Does the writer or site point out that they get a cut of the sale to Amazon? It's shady he doesn't mention that when referencing the link.

I strongly suggest picking up either the starter set, or Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, and running that. Both are campaigns that cover levels 1-5 and can be used as a launching point for whatever campaign you want to run after that.

Here's a price history on the book from CamelCamelCamel. 40% off isn't unusual for Amazon. The subreddit doesn't have a rule against it, but I'm not comfortable with encouraging affiliate links here, especially to products at about their normal price.

Just a heads up to people complaining that the book is not worth $50 due the maps' quality: If you don't mind waiting until September 18 (literally less than a week), you can get it here for ~$30. You are not paying WotC $50 for their book, you are paying them $30 for the book and $20 for their pockets. Don't ever buy directly from WotC.

>stranger Things box set

I can't find what you mean by this? Are you on about the actual TV series?

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In regards to the books though...

https://www.amazon.com/Waterdeep-Dragon-Heist-HC-Adventure/dp/0786966254

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterdeep-Dragon-Heist-Hc-Adventure/dp/0786966254

Waterdeep heist is $30 in the US (£23) and £30k in the UK.

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If you generally look most stuff is sold for similiar prices in terms of actual numbers.

MK 11 UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mortal-Kombat-Special-Amazon-Exclusive/dp/B07NGTX1BW £44

MK 11 US: https://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Kombat-11-PS4-playstation-4/dp/B07L75HNK1/ $46

There's a specific term for it that I can't recall where things are priced at the same/similar number.

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But either way things are going to be cheaper in the US as D&D is way more popular in the US (at least in my experience the majority of players I find are American)

Plus I don't think the cost is unreasonable really for what you get.

Check out https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com if you're going to be running in the default setting. If one your players want an urban campaign, WotC just finished releasing 2 campaign books that take place in the city of Waterdeep. Dragon Heist can take them from levels 1-5, and it ends >!with players making 500,000 gp!<. If they don't feel like leaving the city you can run Dungeon of the Mad Mage until level 20 while taking breaks from the mega-dungeon to run their tavern or do any other adventures you feel like making up.

If you're not that into reading wikis I sometimes watch this guy Jorphdan's videos who just explains forgotten realms lore.

Lastly, if neither of those adventures sound cool to you check out adventure lookup's selection of adventures that take place in cities. Unfortunately I can't link you directly to the results, but just check "City/Urban" under the "Environments" tab on the left.

Hope that helps!

Buy some dice.

Buy some books.

Honestly, it depends what kind of game you want to play. I think here you're going to get a lot of weird niche games suggested but for starters you're better off sticking with the a more 'traditional' experience. D&D is an excellent starting point if you want to play a fantasy game, you can even pick up one of their adventures if you don't want to write your own material.

If you're unsure about spending that much just to get started you can pick up this starter set that will include the basic rules, a set of dice, some pregenerated characters, and a short adventure. From there, if you like the game, you can pick up the full rulebooks and some more dice and whatever else you like. Alternatively you can try out the free basic rules by downloading them from the Wizards of the Coast website. All you'll need is a set of dice to get started.

If you don't like or don't want to play D&D you can check out a bunch of other systems that will let you play other games or settings. [Edge of the Empire] (https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Edge-Empire-Rulebook/dp/1616616571/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=edge+of+the+empire&qid=1563883870&s=gateway&sr=8-1) is a really cool Star Wars game, but it requires custom dice. My personal favourite sci-fi rpg is Traveller though, and it has the advantage of only requiring six sided dice.

A lot of people really like Savage Worlds, it's fun, it's cheap, and it's generic enough that you can run almost any setting you like with it. Unfortunately there's a new edition due out really soon so take that in to consideration. If you want a more in depth generic system then I can recommend GURPS, although you'll also need the Campaigns book. This system is absolutely not beginner friendly, it slaps you in the face with tables and rules for all sorts of scenarios, but I adore it and it's not really all that hard to figure out.

If you want an alternative to D&D Green Ronin has the "Age" series of games, starting with Fantasy Age, continuing with Modern Age, and the recently released The Expanse RPG covers Sci-Fi. I will admit that I've not actually had a chance to play any of these games, but I've read the rules and like the system.

Honestly you can find a game to cover practically any genre you want, whether it's Grimdark Fantasy, Martial Arts, Space Exploration, Lovecraftian Horror, Anime Cyberpunk Space Opera, or almost any other thing you can think of.

Don't fall in to the trap of playing a game because someone suggests it's 'easy', play something that really grabs your interest and inspires your imagination.

The new books for Waterdeep is literally about planning a heist, Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

https://www.amazon.com/Waterdeep-Dragon-Heist-HC-Adventure/dp/0786966254/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536353784&sr=8-1&keywords=waterdeep+dragon+heist

http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/dragonheist

Roll20, DnD Beyond, and FG are not the actual book. Yes those are out today.