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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MadLordOfMilk" data-source="post: 5300285" data-attributes="member: 77691">In a couple weeks, I'm going to be starting up a new campaign, with a number of players more or less new to the game. While a new campaign is nothing new to me personally, a few circumstances change things up a bit:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'll be running it at a weekly club at my university, so other campaigns will be starting up around the same time, with different systems. If at all possible, I'd like to get some play time in during the  first session, so people can judge whether or not they like the game  within the first session.</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have no idea of what sort of players I'll be getting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most of the players will be new to the game system (Classic D&D)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some (possibly many?) may have never played a tabletop RPG before</li> </ul>This complicates my planning, especially on how to run the first session. One easy option is running a demo game; basically, have everyone roll up characters, run a demo adventure, and say "if you liked it, come back next week for the start of a campaign!" I'd rather get things rolling right off the bat, though.The problem is, I'm not sure where to start, especially in terms of planning:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'd like to let the group decide on a general theme/tone of the campaign, but given it's primarily newbs who might not even know what they want, should I just pick a general tone/concept and stick them with it? If so, what would you all recommend for newbies?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I normally like to give out campaign handouts, but I don't want to overload newbies with too much information. Should I hand one out anyway? Forget about the handout? Wait a couple sessions? Hand it out and tell them it'll make more sense once they've played a bit?</li> </ul>(Though the questions above are my immediate/specific concerns, other advice would also be fantastic!)Thanks!</blockquote>

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