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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 496136" data-attributes="member: 7233">After months of trying to put together a group (here in Moscow), I had my first session.There were four players, one of whom was my wife.  I DMed.  None of the players knew the rules, so I had to explain from the beginning concepts like race, class.   They hadn't even seen any dice except the d6.  After a brief explaination of basic concepts (thanks everybody for all the comments on how do do so in a related <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32003" target="_blank">thread</a>), I gave them some pregenerated characters (I had quite a few, so the players could choose something they wanted in terms of race and class), and we went through The Burniong Plague.  We got to encounter 6, and had to stop the session while being attacked by zombies.I have to recommend The Burning Plague as an introductory module for newbies.  It's got a little of everything.  My players fell through thier first pit trap (a near TPK),  got ambushed several times, tried sipping a potion, listened through doors, etc.We did combat on makeshift battle sheets I did by drawing the rooms on a sheet of paper and drawing a grid with a pencil.  We used small chess pieces for miniatures.  It worked really well.  It was the first time I had every used miniatures to such an extent.  It really helps, I must say.  I'm really interested in battlemats now.To give them a taste of what might lie in the future, I showed them my Greyhawk map from LGG, which I plan to use in modified form (I'm going to add a Russian-flavored kingdom somehwere)  They had never seen such a detailed fantasy setting map, and thought it was really cool.     I really hope the players are as interested in continuing as they say they are.  It's always difficult to judge. They probably don't yet have the same passion I have, and may never will, but we have agreed to meet again, so their's real promise of an ongoing campaign. Anyway, I can finally say my D&D-Moscow campaign has begun!!!</blockquote>

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