Paizo Starfinder Roleplaying Game: Beginner Box

Starfinder Beginner Box set is chock full of good stuff.First for the players, unlike some Beginner Sets (cough, cough, D&D), this actually has both pre-generated characters AND a booklet to help you create your own characters if you want, albeit with limited advancement rules present (pretty sure you can go to level 3 or 4 before you'll want to get the Core Rulebook). There are six well designed mini-booklets, one for each pre-gen PC, that has a little blurb about the history of the character, as well as sidebars on the left and right of the 2-page character sheet design (which on a non-pregen would be the front and the back), which explains what each section of the character sheet is for and why that character has those specific things selected or written. Then it also has several pre-printed blank character sheets in case you want to dive in to the 64-page Player's Guide and create a character from scratch. On top of that, it has a "What you can do on your turn" list of actions card for each player to keep handy.For the Game Master, there is another 64-page booklet that starts off with an annotated min-adventure similar to the one in Pathfinder Basic Set (very similar to, as in, this boss is "steel talon" not "black talon"). At each scene it explains how the GM would handle that type of scenario (such as, neutral NPC reactions, stealth, combat, skill checks, traps, and more). After that, the rest of the booklet is a little bit about the Pact Worlds setting, and a lot of advice for new GM's on how to create and run adventures, how to award experience, a mini-bestiary, and some "treasures" that aren't listed in the gear pages of the player's book, and etc.There's also a set of 6 polyhedral dice, and a pretty decent sized collection of cardboard pawns and bases which can be used to represent the player-character races and classes as well as the aliens and monsters from the bestiary. And lastly, there's a battle mat of 1" square grids that acts as the map for the pack-in adventure and on the back is a blank one that could be used for basically anything if you have dry-erase markers.That's a lot of value, really, and it all fits nicely in one box along with your own pencils and extra dice if desired, and you got yourself a nice easy to run as a one-shot to teach people how to RPG or how to specifically Starfinder. Not too shabby! Well played, Paizo. Well played.

Wow! I can't recommend this enough. What a great introduction to Starfinder. Being somewhat bored with high fantasy medieval rpg's this is the breath of fresh air my old and jaded brain has been begging for.

Aún no pruebo el juego, pero llegó antes de lo esperado, en muy buen estado y tiene mejor apariencia que las cajas de inicio de DnD

This sci-fi rpg offers many creative ideas that are quite different from the traditional high fantasy type classes, abilities and monsters!

Ah, the starter set. There's no feeling more exciting than sitting down with a single small box holding everything you need to set off on new fantastic adventures. Boxed sets have a kind of friendliness to them, like they're welcoming you into the fold, as opposed to the stodgy stiffness of a hardcover or the sleazy come-on of a softcover.Paizo tends to put together great packages for their starter sets, and the Starfinder Beginner Box is no exception. Here's a list of what you get:* The Hero's Handbook, the book you read first, which drops you right into the action with a brief solo adventure (think Choose Your Own Adventure) that teaches you the basic dice mechanics and how a roleplaying game might work. It then describes how to create a character by combining an ancestry (alien species), a theme (high concept), and a class (set of abilities).* The Game Master's Guide, which provides a short adventure to run players through that guides you along step by step. It then goes into more details on the game rules, including a few creatures and aliens for players to encounter.* Player aid cards to refer to during a game so players can remember their options on each turn.* Sample characters of several different classes in case you don't have time or don't want to create your own character.* Three sheets of Starfinder Pawns, with a bag of bases. Pawns are Paizo's replacement for miniatures; they're little cardboard standees that can be swapped in or out of pawn bases. There are pawns for for each of the included ancestry-class combinations, as well as an assortment of different aliens and some extras of commonly-encountered opponents (like Gang Toughs).* A folded battlemap to use with the Pawns. Paizo makes a lot of these; they usually show a generic location, like a section of a city or a starport, with full color art. They're made to take dry-erase markers and are used for resolving combat situations. This one has a generic tile floor on one side and a specific location from the adventure in the Game Master Guide on the other.* Two promos for Munchkin for some reason.* Two glossy pages of ads.This is a tried-and-true configuration, providing both a basic foundation in the rules for everyone at the table and an extra guide that walks the gamemaster through the first lessons of that extremely difficult trade.TL;DR: If you're interested in a space-fantasy RPG with a well-developed universe, a multitude of intelligent species, and plenty of overarching mysteries, give the Starfinder Beginner Box a try.