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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5414393" data-attributes="member: 90804">Oh.  Well, if you want to start a 4e game but have no budget for any 4e materials, why not just stick with 3.5?  I mean, I love 4e but if you don't already know the game it will be tough to run it on a zero budget.Once you have a little money to spend, I would suggest starting with the Dungeon Master's Kit (a boxed set).  Someone in the group will need to get either one of the Heroes books (Fallen Lands or Forgotten Kingdoms) or a subscription to Dungeons and Dragons Insider in order to get access to the Character Builder.There are some quick-start D&D 4e rules available on the Wizards of the Coast web site along with a published adventure called the Keep on the Shadowfell, which you could POSSIBLY use to start running a 4e game.  But the drawbacks there are that those are only a subset of the rules, and they're the original 4e rules rather than the cleaned-up (and improved, in my opinion) Essentials versions.I'd suggest waiting on 4e until you have the $40 for the Dungeon Master's Kit (currently $26.39 on Amazion) and the $20 for Heroes of the Fallen Lands (currently $12.62 on Amazon).  Those can get you going for a good long while.</blockquote>