I Read Heroes of the Borderlands

I Read Games reviews are me reading games when I have nothing better to do, like read a module or write or play a game. I don’t seriously believe that I can judge a game without playing it, usually a lot, so I don’t take these very seriously. But I can talk about its choices and whether or not it gets me excited about bringing it to the table. Ages ago I picked up Heroes of the Borderlands, the Dungeons and Dragons 2024 Starter Set, an homage, I had assumed from the title, to the classic starter module Keep on the Borderlands (which I reviewed along with two other homages here). It was new when I picked it up, getting closed to a year old now). I was at home tidying, and I found it tucked behind some board games on an upper shelf, and I thought, why don’t I open it, give it a read? So, I did. The cover to the Heroes of the Borderlands boxed set Let’s unbox this: At a glance, this a chonkier, sturdier starter set than Lost Mine of Phandelver starter set for D&D 2014 was. When you open…