Dungeons & Dragons "for dummies" edition?

[Zulithe]

Forgive me if this has been discussed.

I received a gift card for Wal Mart for Christmas, so I was browsing around walmart.com. I typed in a dungeons & dragons search and found this among the results...

Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies
Author: Slavicsek, Bill
Author: Baker, Richard W.
Paperback, 384 pages
Pub. Date: Apr 2005, Publisher: For Dummies
ISBN: 0764584596

Desc: A guide to getting started in your first Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Topics will include:
Finding a Game Learning the Rules Choosing a Character Creating a Character D& D etiquette Becoming a Dungeon Master
...and Much More!
Special 4-page fold-out color cheat sheet will include a scale dungeon that players can use as a game board as well as many other valuable tips, tricks, short-cuts and quick reference tools for game play convenience.

product page at walmart.com:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3417929

A google search turned up some other sites related to this book if you're interested.

I think this is a very cool way to introduce new players to the game. I hope it's a success

 

[Darkness]

Hm. A Google search reveals that diaglo mentioned it here.

i'm waiting for the Complete Idiot's Guide to d02 Roleplaying being released in April 05. by Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker

or D&D for Dummies ... or whatever they are calling it.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0764584596.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

 

[Cerubus Dark]

Forgive me if this has been discussed.

I received a gift card for Wal Mart for Christmas, so I was browsing around walmart.com. I typed in a dungeons & dragons search and found this among the results...

Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies
Author: Slavicsek, Bill
Author: Baker, Richard W.
Paperback, 384 pages
Pub. Date: Apr 2005, Publisher: For Dummies
ISBN: 0764584596

Desc: A guide to getting started in your first Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Topics will include:
Finding a Game Learning the Rules Choosing a Character Creating a Character D& D etiquette Becoming a Dungeon Master
...and Much More!
Special 4-page fold-out color cheat sheet will include a scale dungeon that players can use as a game board as well as many other valuable tips, tricks, short-cuts and quick reference tools for game play convenience.

product page at walmart.com:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3417929

A google search turned up some other sites related to this book if you're interested.

I think this is a very cool way to introduce new players to the game. I hope it's a success

Thats it, they have taken those Dummies Books to far now.

The best way to show new players the game is the D&D basic boxed set. This is just stupid, who the hell needs a "cheat sheet" for a pen & paper game? I hope to the goddess this is a freaking joke, like when target put up marjiuna for sale and forgot to put the writers name with it. If you go look at what the writers have done before they have only done tech books in the past. It seems to be yet another way to scam people out of money on the behalf of walmart.

 

[Henry]

Thats it, they have taken those Dummies Books to far now.

The best way to show new players the game is the D&D basic boxed set. This is just stupid, who the hell needs a "cheat sheet" for a pen & paper game? I hope to the goddess this is a freaking joke, like when target put up marjiuna for sale and forgot to put the writers name with it. If you go look at what the writers have done before they have only done tech books in the past. It seems to be yet another way to scam people out of money on the behalf of walmart.

A couple of comments:

IDG books has "For Dummies" books on everything from Tech to Sex. They have books on Aquariums, Caring for the Elderly, Pets, Managing your Money, Modding your Car, Photography, and as I mentioned before, Sex. D&D for Dummies is NOT out of character for Wiley Publishing / IDG Books.

Second, every little resource can't hurt. The Basic Boxed Set recently released, while good, is also $25.00, and could be seen as somewhat intimidating even for first-timers. The "For Dummies" series carries a reputation nowadays for easy entry for novices, and I think could be worth the time for Bill Slavicsek and Rich Baker to do. Notice that this is under Wiley Publishing's auspices, and not WotC's (though WotC obviously had to give approval I should think). This venture is not paid for by WotC, that I can see.

Believe it or not, I plan on looking at it, and maybe picking it up if it looks like a good teaching tool. Heck, this is something I could loan out to friends if they want to know what D&D is about. I couldn't do that with the Boxed set, because they'd probably look at me like I'm a freak.

 

[Psion]

Hm. A Google search reveals that diaglo mentioned it here.

And if I hadn't been so cryptic with the title, you might have found this previous thread:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107439

 

[Ranger REG]

I think this is a very cool way to introduce new players to the game. I hope it's a success

As opposed to the D&D Basic Game boxed set?

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

D&D for Dummies is kind of a cute idea. But yeah, there seems to be just about too many of them now.

 

[Len]

But yeah, there seems to be just about too many of them now.

You're not supposed to buy the whole set! The point is that if there are Dummies books about everything, you can buy the one book you need to learn about the one particular thing you need to know right now.

 

[Dragonblade]

I think that is awesome! Especially if people see it at chain bookstores and buy it for friends or family members even as a joke. If written well, I think it could really help the game.

 

[diaglo]

i'm still hoping to fill my gift lists with this baby in the coming year.