Pathfinder Pawns: Villain Codex Box

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.

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.

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.

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.

This set I received had all stands and the cutouts were centered correctly. I had also purchased Inner Sea Pawn Box and it had misprinted sheet, but this box was perfect. If only all of their sets had good quality.

These are absolutely the best way to amass a large collection of "figures" for your Pathfinder or DnD game. Miniatures are, of course, preferable but they're expensive compared to these. These are great quality and printed on tough card stock.

Excellent mix of humanoid figures, along with some a few non-humanoids. A great supplement to any GM who doesn't want to keep using blank bases for there generic enemies.