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<blockquote data-quote="MostlyDm" data-source="post: 6987221" data-attributes="member: 6788973">Good points!I think I am using the wrong term when I say &quot;novice&quot; though.&nbsp; Perhaps better would be... casual?&nbsp; I'm thinking of my sister and her husband, who have actually been playing for 20+ years same as me.&nbsp; But they have three kids, and they play infrequently (more the last couple years, as their youngest got old enough that I can run full family games that exclude no one).&nbsp; My brother in law used to DM when I was a kid and they were the cool older folks.&nbsp; But these days... they are just happy to play.&nbsp; They dive in, roleplay the heck out of their characters... and have zero time or inclination for system mastery.&nbsp; Even if they get to 10th level, I suspect they will still primarily treat the game as relaxed escapism.&nbsp; The epitome of the &quot;beer and pretzels&quot; sort of game, maybe? When I run a game for them, I can generally keep things well balanced.&nbsp; But if my brother in law wanted to run a game for his three kids and his wife, he would need... straightforward guidelines that assumed a lack of system mastery. And the ability to run an exciting game with the illusion of tension, but that would be highly unlikely to TPK his kids.Does that make sense?&nbsp; I think those groups are the people for whom a resource like this is most needed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MostlyDm, post: 6987221, member: 6788973"] Good points! I think I am using the wrong term when I say "novice" though. Perhaps better would be... casual? I'm thinking of my sister and her husband, who have actually been playing for 20+ years same as me. But they have three kids, and they play infrequently (more the last couple years, as their youngest got old enough that I can run full family games that exclude no one). My brother in law used to DM when I was a kid and they were the cool older folks. But these days... they are just happy to play. They dive in, roleplay the heck out of their characters... and have zero time or inclination for system mastery. Even if they get to 10th level, I suspect they will still primarily treat the game as relaxed escapism. The epitome of the "beer and pretzels" sort of game, maybe? When I run a game for them, I can generally keep things well balanced. But if my brother in law wanted to run a game for his three kids and his wife, he would need... straightforward guidelines that assumed a lack of system mastery. And the ability to run an exciting game with the illusion of tension, but that would be highly unlikely to TPK his kids. Does that make sense? I think those groups are the people for whom a resource like this is [I]most[/I] needed. [/QUOTE]

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