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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 2720887" data-attributes="member: 3649"><p>I think it is, in the sense that I have yet to see an RPG that is an entry-level game. Almost everyone I know who plays has been taught D&D by other players, and that D&D was their first intro to RPG's. </p><p></p><p>The Basic Set and the Dummies books are not really of any consequence; that's just marketing to put more product out there rather than a real attempt to create a 'ramp-up' product.</p><p></p><p>In some ways, I question even the need for such a thing. I've heard of people on this forum doing it, but I myself have never seen a single person come into the hobby by picking up a D&D book off a book shelf and going 'huh, what's this? It sounds cool, I'll puzzle it out later'. Everyone I know that plays RPG's has always been brought into the hobby by someone else who teaches them how to play and instills in them the basic 'gamer template'. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, perhaps something is needed. Some of my best friends have a 15-year-old son. They are gamers themselves and they often talk about their sons friends and their nascent roleplaying efforts. They like to play D&D but in trying to GM it for themselves after a time they run up on something they can't solve or find, and that pretty much ends the campaign. They're trying Castles and Crusades now, I think, but after reading through the main book for that I can't really see where it's that much less complex, rules-wise, than D&D. Just fewer options. So, I dunno. They would love to find something the boys could play <em>by themselves</em>, but so far nothing has really appealed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 2720887, member: 3649"] I think it is, in the sense that I have yet to see an RPG that is an entry-level game. Almost everyone I know who plays has been taught D&D by other players, and that D&D was their first intro to RPG's. The Basic Set and the Dummies books are not really of any consequence; that's just marketing to put more product out there rather than a real attempt to create a 'ramp-up' product. In some ways, I question even the need for such a thing. I've heard of people on this forum doing it, but I myself have never seen a single person come into the hobby by picking up a D&D book off a book shelf and going 'huh, what's this? It sounds cool, I'll puzzle it out later'. Everyone I know that plays RPG's has always been brought into the hobby by someone else who teaches them how to play and instills in them the basic 'gamer template'. On the other hand, perhaps something is needed. Some of my best friends have a 15-year-old son. They are gamers themselves and they often talk about their sons friends and their nascent roleplaying efforts. They like to play D&D but in trying to GM it for themselves after a time they run up on something they can't solve or find, and that pretty much ends the campaign. They're trying Castles and Crusades now, I think, but after reading through the main book for that I can't really see where it's that much less complex, rules-wise, than D&D. Just fewer options. So, I dunno. They would love to find something the boys could play [I]by themselves[/I], but so far nothing has really appealed. [/QUOTE]
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