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<blockquote data-quote="Lord_Blacksteel" data-source="post: 5282486" data-attributes="member: 53082">The red box set is not a bad idea if you can wait a bit. There was also an earlier 4E starter set as well [ame=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Roleplaying-Starter-Introductory/dp/B003BVK32U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1281886875&amp;sr=8-2&quot;]here[/ame]. Besides all of the boxed set talk you might look in a used book store and see if they have a 3rd edition or 4th edition player's handbook. Get that, make some characters, see if you can find a 3E or 4E adventure or monster manual and preferable a DM's guide, and you're off. Just try to make sure they're all from the same edition. 4th edition has that white band with red lettering on every book while 3E tends to have the gem-covered look with gold lettering. My advice is to buy or borrow the basic books and jump in. If you know of another local group that plays, I would get whatever edition they play so that you have more players. Heck, if they play 1E, well, those books turn up in used bookstores too and they are cheap on ebay. If you are totally new to the game and don't have friends or family that already have a stack of books for a particular edition then I would say start with 4th - it's the current version and it's pretty much made for the tastes of Generation Z or whatever the heck we're supposed to call the 13-ish crowd these days. I'm teaching my kids in the same age range with Basic, 1E, 4E, and d6 Star Wars but they have to live with my garage full of legacy stuff, so it's a little different situation.&nbsp; Pick any of the editions, grab the basic books, make characters and have fun - that's really the point and you can have fun making monsters eat your friends with any of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord_Blacksteel, post: 5282486, member: 53082"] The red box set is not a bad idea if you can wait a bit. There was also an earlier 4E starter set as well [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Roleplaying-Starter-Introductory/dp/B003BVK32U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281886875&sr=8-2"]here[/ame]. Besides all of the boxed set talk you might look in a used book store and see if they have a 3rd edition or 4th edition player's handbook. Get that, make some characters, see if you can find a 3E or 4E adventure or monster manual and preferable a DM's guide, and you're off. Just try to make sure they're all from the same edition. 4th edition has that white band with red lettering on every book while 3E tends to have the gem-covered look with gold lettering. My advice is to buy or borrow the basic books and jump in. If you know of another local group that plays, I would get whatever edition they play so that you have more players. Heck, if they play 1E, well, those books turn up in used bookstores too and they are cheap on ebay. If you are totally new to the game and don't have friends or family that already have a stack of books for a particular edition then I would say start with 4th - it's the current version and it's pretty much made for the tastes of Generation Z or whatever the heck we're supposed to call the 13-ish crowd these days. I'm teaching my kids in the same age range with Basic, 1E, 4E, and d6 Star Wars but they have to live with my garage full of legacy stuff, so it's a little different situation. Pick any of the editions, grab the basic books, make characters and have fun - that's really the point and you can have fun making monsters eat your friends with any of them. [/QUOTE]

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