This is a cool little product. I like card stock minis as they're easy to use, infinitely reprintable, and they don't kill my wallet. This set comes in two varieties: full color and printer friendly. Having that option is a plus. It not only makes me want to use it, but ensure I can print a bunch of them if needed. Best of all, the art is fun. The characters look a bit on the cartoonish side, but that only makes them even better and are a good reminder of the old days of D&D art that was as much comical as it was indicative of the play in which you were about to engage. Some of the characters play up the tropes found in the post-apocalyptic genre with the humor of the artist's style in depicting the characters. While I do like some of the more "mature" or "serious" art that has dominated in gaming, the more whimsical stuff provides the comic relief needed so the game remains just that. Then again, as a GM, it's when my players stop laughing from the beatdown they're about to get that makes me smile, which is also a great staple of the RPG genre.
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