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<blockquote data-quote="STARP_Social_Officer" data-source="post: 3763237" data-attributes="member: 41202">What's the worst example of a newcomer's introduction to an RPG in your experience?An example:Once time we invited a player whose entire previous gaming experience consisted of Warhammer 40K. He therefore had no clue as to the nuances of &quot;role playing&quot;, and thought D&amp;D was just some sort of tabletop wargame without the miniatures (of course, he was also iredeemably stupid). So he screwed everything up in the first thirty seconds of the game.Each PC had recieved a mysterious note asking them to go to a certain tavern, from whence he would get the ball rolling on the adventure. None of us knew where the tavern was, but a couple of Gather Info (or whatever the 2E equivilant was - it's been so long) checks got us there.Not our newbie. He grabbed a random passer-by, drew his sword, held it at the guy's throat and demanded to know where the tavern was. This was, of course, on a public street. Therefore, about ten guards and a whole bunch of other passers-by who were armed helped the guy out, essentially by beating the newbie until he was dead.The DM then pushed the &quot;reboot&quot; button and let the newbie have another go.He never played with us again. He said he thought it was &quot;stupid.&quot;Yeah. That's right. The game was stupid. As opposed to certain players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STARP_Social_Officer, post: 3763237, member: 41202"] What's the worst example of a newcomer's introduction to an RPG in your experience? An example: Once time we invited a player whose entire previous gaming experience consisted of Warhammer 40K. He therefore had no clue as to the nuances of "role playing", and thought D&D was just some sort of tabletop wargame without the miniatures (of course, he was also iredeemably stupid). So he screwed everything up in the first thirty seconds of the game. Each PC had recieved a mysterious note asking them to go to a certain tavern, from whence he would get the ball rolling on the adventure. None of us knew where the tavern was, but a couple of Gather Info (or whatever the 2E equivilant was - it's been so long) checks got us there. Not our newbie. He grabbed a random passer-by, drew his sword, held it at the guy's throat and demanded to know where the tavern was. This was, of course, on a public street. Therefore, about ten guards and a whole bunch of other passers-by who were armed helped the guy out, essentially by beating the newbie until he was dead. The DM then pushed the "reboot" button and let the newbie have another go. He never played with us again. He said he thought it was "stupid." Yeah. That's right. The game was stupid. As opposed to certain players. [/QUOTE]

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