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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 7333929" data-attributes="member: 22424">Having just started a lunch-hour game, with some new players no less, some thoughts:First up, strip everything back to basics: use the core 3 only (no Xanathar's Guide or other supplements), and no house rules if you can bear it.Next, strip out everything from the game that you don't need - tracking encumbrance, ammunition, rations, spell components, etc etc. You want to get the best bang for your buck, so don't waste time on trivia. (And yes, I know that would technically count as house rules. I don't claim to be totally consistent.)Third, play at very low levels, and keep the combats small. I'd also note that theatre of the mind seems to be a good bit quicker than using minis, so I'd recommend that. (That said, your experience may not match mine there - do whatever is faster for you.)With new players (or players who haven't played in a long time), I'd recommend starting with pre-gen characters and getting playing as quickly as possible. Spend just a few minutes at the start of each session going over a few key rules, which means you can probably cover most of the basics over 6 weeks or so. And point your players to the Basic rules - those don't include all the options, but they pretty much cover all the general rules of the game.Finally, one thing we've strongly considered, and I something I think I'd recommend: we're starting with pre-gen characters in "Lost Mine of Phandelver" and running for a few weeks, after which we're going to start over (at which point we'll do character creation). That way, everyone gets to make their mistakes and then gets a clean slate - they also get to create their own, custom characters once they're in a position to make somewhat-informed choices.</blockquote>

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