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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2890913" data-attributes="member: 177">Correct, but sticking it off into a separate game is perhaps not the right approach.It is my understanding (and someone is free to try to correct me on this) that most new players learn the game from a more experienced player.  It then seems silly to have the more experienced player buy a completely separate product that they won't use except for training new players - it is too limiting a case to make for a solid stand-along product.  Rather than pay an extra 30 bucks, people will try to wing it, leaving us approximately where we are now.My thought is that the DMG ought to contain better suggestions for introducing new players to the game. Educate the DM on good ways to speed the process up.  Give a couple pages of 1st level PC statblocks. Maybe discuss running the player thougth a couple of sessions of one-shot "throw away" adventure so they get to understand the mechanics before their decisions start having long-term impact, and so on.The first edition of Shadowrun had a good idea here - present a whole bunch of archetypal characters, and an initial encounter: the "Stuffer Shack" - a rather flavorful and chaotic combat between PCs and gang-bangers in a convenience store, which gives players experience with the mechanic, and gives the GM lots of space to fill in the flavor of the game.  Every time I introduce new players to Shadowrun, I use the Stuffer Shack.  When I'm starting a new campaign, I have older players looking forward to playing through the Stuffer Shack with the inexperienced folks.  It's like a tradition.</blockquote>

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