D&D 4E Best adventures to introduce 4e with?

[MacMathan]

What do you think the best AP or adventures to introduce and hook players into 4e are?

 

[Lindeloef]

Not "Keep on the Shadowfell", except you tweek the heck out of it.

Last Weekend I had my first Session as a player with a first-time DM and we played "Slaying Stone" and I really liked it.
Some interesting encouters and room to roleplay. And it's a bit sandboxy cause there is an open town to explore and lots of encouters to avoid if played smart by the group.

 

[Spatula]

People really like Reavers of Harkenwold, from the Essentials DM Kit.

 

[Quickleaf]

What do you think the best AP or adventures to introduce and hook players into 4e are?

The above suggestions are good. If you're open to non-WotC material there's the War of the Burning Sky and Zeitgeist here on ENWorld which have rave reviews. There's also Wolfgang Baur's Open Design adventures. And then there's other third party stuff - I particularly like the Death Dealer adventure from Goodman Games.

It really depends on your players and particular situation.

 

[mcmillan]

I'll second the recommendation for Slaying Stone. I also really like what I've seen of Zeitgeist, though haven't had a chance to run it myself yet, but not sure if it's where I'd start people off, depending on what kind of introduction you're trying to give people. If you just want something quick and short just to give people a taste, there's some decent short adventures available to DDI subscribers over on the WOTC site, particularly the chaos scar adventures. Of those I've run Elves in the Valley as a side trek for my players which was pretty fun.

 

[Pour]

Cairn of the Winter King from the Monster Vault is also nicely put together. If you like things deadly, some of the fourthcore adventures are great, like Crucible of the Gods.

Really, though, I think the best adventure to introduce 4e is one of your own. Seriously, give it a try, it's a really DM-friendly edition and I bet you'd do well. There's certainly more ownership and, by default, personal investment.

 

[Castellanox7]

I'll report to my virtual flogging and say the Red Box was a GREAT intro for not only me DMing, but for my players into D&D--everything was self-contained, and, outside of the initial hook, everything you need as the DM is in one book.

I will agree with the other posters that Slaying Stone and Harken are both good intro modules, but require Dungeon Tiles (which is a mild hangup with me, but YMMV).