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Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Prima Official Game Guides)

Stephen Stratton

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Missing some thngs 4 out of 5 stars.
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Most of the info in the book seems to be accurate. There are a couple spots in the game that I had to look some manuevers up online because the book either wasn't clear or omitted certain instructions. Again, for the most part the book is a lifesaver! :-)

Legend of Zelda Guide 5 out of 5 stars.
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The seller sent this to me so quickly that I was surprised, even though I paid for standard shipping. It was in excellent conditon as well.

Zelda Players NEED THIS BOOK 5 out of 5 stars.
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Extremely helpful, Easy to use. If I didn't have this book, I would still be stuck getting the second sea scroll right now!!! Worth the money all the way.

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·Dedicated walkthrough guides you step-by-step through Link s newest adventure, complete with all optional sidequests.
·Legendary checklists for every treasure chest, ship part, Spirit Gem, Heart Container, treasure map, sunken treasure, and more.
·Complete info on all weapons and items.
·Detailed island and dungeon maps with every hidden treasure chest revealed.
·All the tips and tricks you need to overcome every monster and boss enemy.
·Multiplayer tips and tricks from the pros.
·Plus: Pull-out chart poster, fully labeled with all secrets of the Great Sea!

Monster Manual: Core Rulebook III (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying)

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Total reviews: 38 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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Fearsome and formidable foes lurk within. Encounter a horde of monsters armed and ready to battle your boldest heroes or fight alongside them. The fully illustrated pages of this book are overrun with all the creatures, statistics, spells, and strategies you need to challenge the heroic characters of any Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

Over 200 creeps, critters, and creatures keep players on their toes. From aboleths to zombies, the revised Monster Manual holds a diverse cast of enemies and allies essential for any Dungeons & Dragons campaign. There are hundreds of monsters ready for action, including many new creatures never seen before. The revised Monster Manual now contains an adjusted layout that makes monster statistics easier to understand and use. It has 31 new illustrations and a new index, and contains expanded information on monster classes and playing monsters as heroes, along with information on how to take full advantage of the tie-in D&D miniatures line planned for the fall of 2003 from Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Thunderspire Labyrinth (Dungeons & Dragons, Adventure H2)

Richard Baker, Mike Mearls

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A 4th Edition D&D® adventure for characters of levels 4-6

Beneath Thunderspire Mountain lies a sprawling network of mazes, tombs, and caverns collectively known as the Labyrinth of Lost Souls. In recent years, this vast labyrinth has become a living dungeon where trade between the surface and subterranean worlds is possible. However, beyond the well-lit halls where prospectors, merchants, and traders convene lies a darker world where adventurers battle monsters and fiendish beings perform secret rituals for their dark masters. . .

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth is a D&D adventure designed for heroic-tier characters of levels 4-6.

This product includes an adventure booklet for the Dungeon Master, a player's booklet containing new character options and campaign information, and a full-color poster map, all contained in a handy folder.

H2 Thunderspire Labyrinth is the second adventure in a three-part series that began with H1 Keep on the Shadowfell and concludes with H3 Pyramid of Shadows. It can also be played as a stand-alone adventure.

Dungeon Master's Guide: Core Rulebook II (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying)

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Total reviews: 49 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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Weave exciting tales of heroism filled with magic and monsters. Within these pages, you’ll discover the tools and options you need to create detailed worlds and dynamic adventures for your players to experience in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

The revised Dungeon Master's Guide is an essential rulebook for Dungeon Masters of the D&D game. The Dungeon Master's Guide has been reorganized to be more user friendly. It features information on running a D&D game, adjudicating play, writing adventures, nonplayer characters (including nonplayer character classes), running a campaign, characters, magic items (including intelligent and cursed items, and artifacts), and a dictionary of special abilities and conditions. Changes have been made to the item creation rules and pricing, and prestige classes new to the Dungeon Master's Guide are included (over 10 prestige classes). The revision includes expanded advice on how to run a campaign and instructs players on how to take full advantage of the tie-in D&D miniatures line.

D&D Miniatures Game Starter (D&D Miniatures Product)

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

D&D mini 5 out of 5 stars.
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Awesome product. Detailed figures, with a dragon, and includes a map. Great buy!

great buy - fantastic bargain 5 out of 5 stars.
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1. the five figures are great.
human sellsword
dwarf
warlock are all great

the yang-ti is great.
and a green dragon too.

maps:
1:
half of it is Crossroads - good.
other half of that side is Monster Lair with a small stream - good.
other side is Flooded Ruins with a river - great.
2:
one side Jungle Temple - good.
other side is Dwarven Outpost has a bit of a river and a bridge - great.

Bonus: Flooded Ruins map can be used with Dwarven Outpost map [walls and river - everything lines up!] for really big map! - truly awesome!

great maps, a dragon, other great mini's make a great bargain just for the parts contained, but the rules are good for beginners as well.

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An all-new D&D Miniatures Game starter set.

This new starter features new packaging that showcases all five miniatures in the starter. The updated rulebook is written for novice and experienced players and presents terms, battle tactics, and other game elements in an easy-to-reference format. The game experience can be further enhanced with the purchase of Dungeons of Dread booster packs.

Each starter contains:

5 exclusive, non-random, pre-painted plastic miniatures: Large Green Dragon, Human Sellsword, Elf Warlock, Dwarf Battlemaster, and Exiled Drow Fighter
5 stat cards
2 double-sided, illustrated battle grids
1 damage counter sheet
1 twenty-sided die (d20)
Rulebook

The Clone Wars Starter: A Star Wars Miniatures Game Starter (Star Wars Miniatures Product)

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A must have for experienced players (and an inexpensive way for new players to give the game a try) 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Clone Wars Starter Set is the fifth starter set for the Star Wars Miniatures game. This starter set comes with six figures (more information on the figures is presented below). You can also buy the Clone Wars boosters to add significant variety to the game (there are 40 additional figures in the Clone Wars minis set - and this is the 11th booster set for the Star Wars minis game). I'll try to write more about the Clone Wars boosters in a separate review, but the rest of this review focuses on the four key reasons why I gave this starter set five stars.

First, each starter set comes with the same six fixed figures, including three light side figures (General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Clone Trooper Commander, and Clone Trooper), and three dark side figures (Count Dooku of Serenno, Security Battle Droid, and Super Battle Droid Commander). The Obi-Wan and Dooku figures are exclusive to the starter set (which means you can't get them anywhere else). Both of these exclusive figures have amazing stats, special abilities, and force powers (and Obi-Wan also has a super commander effect), so they are definitely worth adding to your collection. And, while the other four figures are available in previous sets, I very much appreciate the fact that you know exactly what you are getting up front. IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a misprint on Obi-Wan's card. Soresue Style Mastery says "When hit by an attack...," but it should say "When hit by a MELEE attack..." (this has been confirmed by the game's creator, so be sure to check out the glossary in the new rule book for the correct wording).

Second, and perhaps just as importantly, this set includes two great new maps ("Christophis" on one side, and "Freight Transit Station" on the other side). To me, these two new maps alone are worth the entire price of the starter set (i.e., since the map you pick and play on can influence the game as much as the figures you chose to play with -- and both of these maps are very melee figure friendly). At the time this review was written there was no other way to get these maps except to purchase this starter set.

Third, the starter set also contains a book with the quick start and advanced rules (and both are very easy to understand). Further, the Glossary at the end contains the latest definitions for all key words, special abilities, and force powers for every set released up to this point (i.e., the only place all of this information is located in one convenient location).

Fourth, the set also includes a D20, force/damage counters, and pretty much everything you'll need to play. So, if this is the very first Star Wars minis item you are purchasing, you will still be able to have a fun game right out of the box.

In sum, I think most experienced players will want to purchase this starter set for the exclusive figures and the two maps. However, if you are new to the game and just want to give it a try, this is a very inexpensive and reasonable way to do so.

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Iconic characters and creatures from the new Star Wars animated television series, Episodes I-III, and more!

The Clone Wars expansion for the Star Wars Miniatures Game features both new and familiar characters from the Star Wars saga, including characters drawn from the new Star Wars animated TV series debuting in Fall 2008.

Each The Clone Wars Starter contains:

- 6 non-random miniatures - all pre-painted and fully assembled
- Full-color game stat cards
- Rulebook
- Full-color battle map
- 20-sided dice
- Damage counters

Ruins of the Wild: Dungeon Tiles 4 (Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Accessory)

Bruce R. Cordell

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Know what you're paying for... 3 out of 5 stars.
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I hate these sealed package products, especially when you can't find what you're buying. This is for all you other folks like me.

What you get in this pack are six double-sided pages of thick cardstock with a plasticy finish. No adventures or anything else--just map bits. Some of them are cut into 2x4" or 2-8" strips, with other bits that have groups of boulders or other terrain on them. The idea is to mix and match them Tetris-style to make a variety of maps. Presumably you could also use them with another forest map, but the thick stiff cardstock makes it so they wouldn't blend well--it's really thick. You could still make color copies of them though, cut out the bits you want, and keep the originals pristine for future use.

Another problem is that about half the cards are dominated by pretty exotic stuff that would be less useful for general purposes: an 8x8 circle of druid stones, hunting lodge floorplan, campsite or big round room filled with hay and bones. The campsite is alright, but the others are way too specific for my preference--determining the adventures you can do rather than giving you tools to run the adventure you want. Now there's still plenty of good stuff. Just about everything that is strange or difficult to use has some perfectly normal foresty grassland on the opposite side--and there's enough variety to the cards that you could just lay down the forest tiles, rotate and swap them periodically and you'd be fine. There are a couple of strange ones that would be a little tough to use in a normal game, like a gargoyle statue, a graveyard, a gypsy wagon, a giant's thighbone, scattered adventuring gear, a full giant's skeleton, a wrecked wagon, and...horses?? More of them are perfectly good and useable than that are odd, however.

One big advantage of the cards is that because they're in peices you can move characters along, laying cards down in the direction they move and pulling away ones where they've been. Especially if you buy a few of the same pack of map bits you could fill a full table with forest terrain and flip some cards over and switch them around and the characters could explore forever. It's a novel idea and I like it.

It really is a lot better than I was expecting. Certainly my first review of them was a bit unfair. I actually hadn't turned the tiles over to see that they were printed on both sides. Yeah, that made a difference. Boy, do I feel kinda' dumb.

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This wonderful product adds a new dimension to D&D games and gives Dungeon Masters an easy-to-use and inexpensive way to include great-looking terrain in their games.

This set provides ready-to-use, configurable dungeon and wilderness tiles of various shapes. There are six double-sided sheets of illustrated, die-cut terrain tiles printed on heavy cardstock.

Dungeons of Dread booster (D&D Miniatures Product)

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Better quality than previous boosters 4 out of 5 stars.
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The figures in the new booster have greater detail and more accurate paint jobs than in previous packs. I've had good success in getting new figures in each pack. The creativity of design is fun to see - armor and shields have terrific detail and patterns, wings are better textured and even the ugliest beasts have vivid color and character depth.

Particularly good, in my amateur opinion, are the Angel of Valor, Ascendant Hellsword, and the Bugbear Headreaver (holding a reaved head, of course). Even the orc raider has a battered shield.

The new packaging makes it easier to get everything out, but it is extremely difficult to open the boxes without completely mangling them.

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Iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters and monsters.

This latest D&D Miniatures Game release is designed for use with the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game starter and includes D&D characters and iconic D&D monsters. In addition, several figures are drawn from key 2008 D&D titles.

Each booster pack contains 8 randomized, prepainted plastic miniatures with stat cards. The complete set contains 60 miniatures.

Against the Giants: A Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Huge pack (D&D Miniatures Product)

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

The Good and the Bad 4 out of 5 stars.
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Let's first start out with the good about the set, which outnumbers the bad. First of all, a lot of the new minis are very good looking, especially the ones that make use of the clear plastic. Noteworthy minis include the Angel of Vengeance, the Blazing Skeleton, Doresain, the Ghoul King, the Death Titan, the Fire Titan, and others. Another good aspect of the set is that it adds epic play back into the game. The product is moderately priced, being fair in my opinion, if you buy it here or somewhere else for less than its retail price. The cards keep their fairly good layout and sharp appearance with the new epic cards being a mustard color rather than a maroon one. Its an odd choice in colors but it works. There are a lot of neat ideas in this set, many of which I hope get carried into other sets.

Now on to the bad. The first bad thing is the large amount of repeats this set has. While they are slightly different, there are repeats from other sets like the Boneclaw Impaler, the Elder Red Dragon, the Xorn Ravager, a third Owlbear incarnation, another Roper, and many others. Another thing is the fact that there are no dragonborn in this set that are not rares, making players who are seeking a dragonborn mini to have to get lucky, buy many packs, or spend $$ on singles. Lastly, the paint job on a lot of the minis are terrible (Storm Giant Thunderer is abhorrent). Plastic is still lower quality than some older sets.

If I could I would have given this product a 3.5, but I can't so I am giving it a 4. The product is generally solid overall, but many of the aspects of former sets that made them truly good falls short here.

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Fee Fi Fo FUM!

This latest Dungeons & Dragons® Miniatures Game release includes figures based on popular D&D® game characters as well as monsters plucked from the pages of the 4th Edition Monster Manual® and various D&D Roleplaying Game supplements. This set features huge-sized figures, including several iconic giants.

Each booster pack contains:

- Eight (8) randomized, pre-painted plastic miniatures, including one (1) huge figure
- A stat card for each figure, with D&D Miniatures Game statistics on one side and D&D Roleplaying Game statistics on the other
- An Against the Giants set checklist

Pyramid of Shadows (Dungeons & Dragons, Adventure H3)

Mike Mearls, James Wyatt

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A D&D® adventure for characters of levels 7-10

The ancient trees of the Shadowsong Forest have borne witness to the passing of epochs, and hidden beneath their dark canopy are the remains of empires long departed. Few souls brave enough to explore the primeval forest ever return, for countless horrors haunt the crumbled ruins. When a band of evil criminals seeks refuge within the darkest reaches of the forest, brave adventurers are needed to root them out. The trail leads to the heart of the woods, wherein looms the greatest secret of all -- the Pyramid of Shadows.

H3 Pyramid of Shadows is a D&D adventure designed for heroic-tier characters of levels 7-10. It can be played as a stand-alone adventure or as the final part of a three-part series.

This product includes an adventure booklet for the Dungeon Master, a player's booklet containing new character options and campaign information, player handouts, and a full-color poster map, all contained in a handy folder.