I absolutely love the quality of everything I've received. It's all gorgeous!! Being new to One Ring, I also really dig the rules, they're excellent.
The adventures in the starter set, though...they're definitely a bit...hmmm...childish? I know they were probably written to evoke the feeling of the early bits of The Hobbit, and The Hobbit in general, but it's definitely really low stakes. Crossing a mildly rushing river in a pastoral farm area, encountering a yapping dog in a museum with zero consequences, etc....
Look, I think they're pretty good, overall, if a bit nonsensical - why does Bilbo want you to steal the map from Michel Delving in secret if he himself donated stuff to the museum, and he only needed a single night to copy the map completely anyway? Couldn't he have just gone there himself, copied the map, and come home?
Anyway, just wanted some thoughts on this. I was going to roll it out to my crew, and they're DEFINITELY not Monty Haul gamers/love a more narrative type adventure - we play lots of CoC and Star Trek Adventures, some Tales from the Loop.
Maybe I'm overthinking, and it'll go fine.
I love the presentation, rules, and the shire book, the writing, etc, though, amazing stuff!
Maybe I just want MORE options/material/books of adventures in addition to this