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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 7085846" data-attributes="member: 6777696">This has always been my theory of introducing new players to D&D — explain as little of the rules as possible, and pull them into playing the game. Focus on the role play and the idea that "you can try anything that makes sense" and explain the rules and the character sheet as they come up. This has worked well for me, and I've had first time players walk in, grab a pregen and start playing, without any preamble, and have a great time.That being said, some people are more willing to walk into a game without knowing any of the rules that other people. Some people just want to be able to sit down and say, "how do I play?" Those aren't bad people. Some DM's also don't feel as comfortable unfolding the game for people. Maybe it's because they can't resist the urge to sit down and explain the whole game for an entire session, or maybe it's because they feel a little too much like they are running a game of Calvin Ball if the players don't know the rules that hold the structure of the game together. So I can see the value of having a completely digestible game of D&D, that is not a board game, and puts the fundamental aspect of D&D role-playing at the center. (The DM describes the scene, the players narrate their actions, the DM narrates the results.)So I'm curious to see how using a document like this would be helpful.Though, yeah, [MENTION=6790458]dregntael[/MENTION], if you haven't tried the "explain as little as possible" approach to teaching D&D to newcomers, that is worth a try as well.</blockquote>

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