The Essential Dungeons And Dragons Holiday Gift Guide!
9. Essential Kit
Acting as almost a companion piece to the Starter Kit is the Essential Kit, which at first glance may seem to offer pretty much the same experience, but if you look closely there's a key difference which might prove to be much more pertinent for some players setups.
Where the Starter Kit is designed with a minimum of four players in mind, The Essential Kit only requires TWO, meaning it's a perfect way of introducing friends to the game without the possible pressure of a larger group. Here one play can take up the role of a Dungeon Master and the other a solo party. However, if you're worried that your fresh faced adventurer is going to get chewed up in short order, fear not! As the kit also provides NPC helpers to aid you on your quest and full comprehensive guides for both player and DM to make the experience as fun as possible! It even comes with brilliant illustrations of key items and monsters to help new players visualise the experience!
The best thing about the kit (bar the exceptional quality and presentation of the whole thing) is that once you're done with the prebuilt missions, there's a code inside for 50% off the digital version of the Players Handbook on D&D Beyond (THE go-to place for all things DND) which means you can continue exploring how to build your character straight away!