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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6618085" data-attributes="member: 413">- Make pregens for them or better yet download the starter set pregens and hand them out.- Start right into the action.&nbsp; Think of the starter set or the 4e starter adventure...set up the adventure and open with a simple encounter so they can learn immediately how the game works, then hit them over the head with a plot...Many people when first trying an RPG don't understand how to role play...they don't know what they can do.&nbsp; A simple encounter gives them a chance to learn the basic flow of the game in an easy to understand way.&nbsp; Once the combat is over it easier for them to put the other pillars of the game in context.&nbsp; &quot;Player A, what do you do?&quot; &quot;I do X&quot; &quot;Ok, Y happens&quot;.&nbsp; &quot;Player B, what do you do?&quot; &quot;I do Z&quot;...- Keep the adventure site based and very small...bandits or a monster attack, get away with some prisoners or valuables, PCs track them down to their lair or camp and destroy them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Avoid killing anyone in the opening encounter!&nbsp; I made this mistake once and that player never came back.&nbsp; - Finish with a hook to further adventure (bandits work for someone else, monster was sent by someone, etc)&nbsp; - try to keep the entire first game to about 2 hours (so 2-3 encounters and 1 or 2 RP encounters/problems).&nbsp; Have a rough outline for an investigatory/exploration phase AFTER the initial adventure. If you've hooked them and you have more time to continue playing, order a pizza and let them them explore and investigate the lead in to the next adventure.&nbsp; BOOM.&nbsp; They're hooked.The starter set adventure is really a nice introduction...goblins ambush you, you track them down to their lair.&nbsp; Within 2 hours you can have defeated one of the bosses in the cave.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 6618085, member: 413"] - Make pregens for them or better yet download the starter set pregens and hand them out. - Start right into the action. Think of the starter set or the 4e starter adventure...set up the adventure and open with a simple encounter so they can learn immediately how the game works, then hit them over the head with a plot...Many people when first trying an RPG don't understand how to role play...they don't know what they can do. A simple encounter gives them a chance to learn the basic flow of the game in an easy to understand way. Once the combat is over it easier for them to put the other pillars of the game in context. "Player A, what do you do?" "I do X" "Ok, Y happens". "Player B, what do you do?" "I do Z"... - Keep the adventure site based and very small...bandits or a monster attack, get away with some prisoners or valuables, PCs track them down to their lair or camp and destroy them. Avoid killing anyone in the opening encounter! I made this mistake once and that player never came back. - Finish with a hook to further adventure (bandits work for someone else, monster was sent by someone, etc) - try to keep the entire first game to about 2 hours (so 2-3 encounters and 1 or 2 RP encounters/problems). Have a rough outline for an investigatory/exploration phase AFTER the initial adventure. If you've hooked them and you have more time to continue playing, order a pizza and let them them explore and investigate the lead in to the next adventure. BOOM. They're hooked. The starter set adventure is really a nice introduction...goblins ambush you, you track them down to their lair. Within 2 hours you can have defeated one of the bosses in the cave. [/QUOTE]

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