Thoughts on a Beginners Game

[Morrus]

I don't know when I'll get chance to work on this - after the existing projects are out next year - but I keep thinking about a beginner set. It's just a concept right now, kinda a bit like the D&D Starter set. The pregens, short adventure, 10-page rulebook.

One thing I did consider for the beginners game was having just three stats - physical, mental, personal. I'm kinda thinking along the lines of kids learning to play and stuff.

 

[Primitive Screwhead]

I would see a beginner set not cutting down on the rules for playing the game, but rather the complexity of the characters themselves. In other words, provide the players with pre-generated NPC style characters. Spells/Psi abilities would be preset and listed as exploits.
This way the player still sees all the various aspects of the character sheet but doesn't have to use most of it.

One advantage of this method would be that the beginner set would double as a town/npc resource.