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<blockquote data-quote="Bodhiwolff" data-source="post: 4421755" data-attributes="member: 71196">Another alternative ...&nbsp;Wizards of the coast has some podcasts listed where the guys who write the cartoons &quot;Penny Arcade&quot; and &quot;PvP&quot; are taught how to play D&amp;D by WotC official DM's.&nbsp; Funny, and educational!&nbsp;They are are all new to 4th edition, and one of them is a complete newbie to D&amp;D. &nbsp;There are 8 half-hour podcasts, and the DM changes halfway through.&nbsp;The DMs walk them through the character description, the skills, the powers, and get them right into playing.&nbsp;The interesting thing is that they have a real &quot;learn by doing&quot; feel to them -- which means that as the day progresses, they players complain that they weren't told everything at the beginning, but what can you do ... -- and it works surprisingly well.&nbsp;Warning -- adult language. These boyos enjoy venting their frustration by using colourful language.&nbsp;So if you have some work to do on the computer, you can listen to some players be taught how to play D&amp;D, and learn how to play as you follow along.&nbsp;The first podcast can be found here ...<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20080530" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20080530</a>&nbsp;And the entire list of contents is here ...<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drarch/features" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drarch/features</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bodhiwolff, post: 4421755, member: 71196"] Another alternative ... Wizards of the coast has some podcasts listed where the guys who write the cartoons "Penny Arcade" and "PvP" are taught how to play D&D by WotC official DM's. Funny, and educational! They are are all new to 4th edition, and one of them is a complete newbie to D&D. There are 8 half-hour podcasts, and the DM changes halfway through. The DMs walk them through the character description, the skills, the powers, and get them right into playing. The interesting thing is that they have a real "learn by doing" feel to them -- which means that as the day progresses, they players complain that they weren't told everything at the beginning, but what can you do ... -- and it works surprisingly well. Warning -- adult language. These boyos enjoy venting their frustration by using colourful language. So if you have some work to do on the computer, you can listen to some players be taught how to play D&D, and learn how to play as you follow along. The first podcast can be found here ... [URL]http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20080530[/URL] And the entire list of contents is here ... [URL]http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drarch/features[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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