Pathfinder Pawns: Villain Codex Box

First, this is a great way to get a lot of tabletop game figures for not a whole lot of money. I assume that's why most people buy this (it was for me). If that's all you're interested, this is a 5-star product. You can't beat the price per character (unless you color print on cardstock and spent hours with a pair of scissors cutting them all out).As for the reviewer who said this does not work with 5e: these *do* work with D&D 5e. The names may not be the same but there are a lot of resources for finding pre-generated NPC stats if you need them; I bought these to find characters that work with the LMoP starter adventure and it is very easy to find Lord Albrek, some Redbrands, a bunch of cultists, townsfolk, etc.As to the product itself: viewing the product on its own merits (and not just as one of the cheapest ways to get a ton of characters), there is some room for improvement.While most of the art fits on the tokens, some are not centered or scaled (one archer's bow is completely off the perforated card, there are some clipped feet and hands). Some of the artwork is a little dark, like the colors don't pop. I can't tell if that's intentional or not - but it makes the figures less appealing from across the table in anything but full daylight. That being said, lots of the characters "match" so you can have a good theme or color palette running for a particular group or organization. The standard cutpurses and pickpockets make for good background characters.There are enough bases for most encounters, but the inclusion of some "small" bases for the small-sized creature would be nice (they have to share the medium bases). It would also be nice to have a couple copies of some sort of lifted or raised base for the handful of villains that can obviously fly.Lastly, there is a LOT of cardboard left over after you remove the tokens. I'm sure they've done the waste/quality analysis, but especially in a product with these kinds of margins it is sad to throw away like 1/3 the weight of the original product. That's expensive cardboard.

This set includes a boatload of character options, many of which have just a touch or two that makes them look "evil" (read: scary), but by and large these can be used for player characters, NPCs, or whatever you want. Notably, there's a pretty heavy reliance on human or near-human races, so you actually don't get a lot of exotic playable races, but there are some. It's not a total loss on that front.Best surprise was a bunch of horses and a few other large creatures in the mix for mounts and pets. There's not a lot, but there's a decent amount of small figures, too.I don't have it, but I hear the NPC Codex (*not* the Villain Codex) is the absolute best value if you're looking for humanoids and especially playable races, but it doesn't seem to be in print anymore. In lieu of that, this box, the Villain Codex, is absolutely a great value.

Paper minis are not my favorite thing. My wargaming background has me preferring 3d solutions wherever possible. But sometimes you just don't have the right mini, or don't feel safe taking your painstakingly painted figures to a given venue.In those situations, pawn boxes can shine. You get an adequate amount of bases included for most any single encounter. You get a bunch of pawns arranged in groups like snake cultists/monks, bandits, thieves, a couple other cults, a secret society, evil church, and there's even still some large pawns like horses, giant snakes, lions, and so on.If you like pawns, this is the box to get for humanoid enemies. I think there may be a couple orcs and some demon dudes, but this is where you go for humanoid enemies from the humanoids generally accepted by society.

Just got this today, and opened it. It's missing the bases. The pawns look pretty cool but without the advertised bases (on the back of the box: 20 medium and 5 large), they're just cardboard. I don't have bases already, I got this box in order to get the bases. It's unusable to me as is and I am very disappointed.Edit: Issue was resolved. Got my bases, and it is coming very much in handy for my home brew campaigns.

The quality is what I have come to expect from paizo, that is quite good. The Villain Codex box helps you nicely round out your human/humanoid pawns from the NPC Codex. If you utilize the pathfinder pawns and need a bucket load of humanoids, this is the box for you.

The prints are high quality and the art is gorgeous. Our party had a lot of fun looking through it, we ended up using a few tokens for our characters. Small gripe: a few of the arts are printed a bit high up, so that if you punch out the token part of the art gets cut off. Doesn't really affect the quality, though.

My only problem is that I bought it thinking it would work with D&D, but the monsters are not the same, however I make it work so I still think it gets four stars! It could use some more bases though.

Great value. The cardboard minis are a tad wide for my tastes, but they fit in the 1" squares okay. I would like more bases, but they DO provide more than enough that a reasonable person should need. Well animated, sturdy and thick. Can't beat it for the value.

Los pawns son buenos, pero creo que le falta variedad, bien pudieron no repetir tantos y mejor incluir más. El arte está bien, sin embargo, algunos dibujos se salen del limite donde se desprenden y se pierde parte de éste.

I now have now a lot of NPC and enemy pawns thanks to this incredible box. This one is incredible along with the bestiary box for playing dnd 5e

Excellent

Handsomely made and with a versatile stack of beautifully painted villains and NPCs to cover a lot of my needs. Not as essential as the first Bestiary Box, it still packs a punch.

A+