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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9271142" data-attributes="member: 59816">A bit. I once (only once, mind) had to convince a father that the 4e PHB1 that he'd grabbed off our blowout shelf, in spite of being a &quot;good deal&quot; was NOT going to help his kid play D&amp;D (5e) with his friends and that he NEEDED to get the &quot;more expensive&quot; one.Mostly, though - people come in and say &quot;Where's your D&amp;D&quot; and we point them to the big shelf of 5e books, and if we need to (which we usually DO) we explain what books are what. I mean, the giant shelf of various titles (mostly Adventures) is pretty daunting for the &quot;normies&quot;, forget Editions. Often, that sort of person will buy a Starter or Essentials set, otherwise a PHB. It's not terribly complicated, and they usually get it after a bit of explaining.This is a very regular occurrence. I think us &quot;nerds&quot; overestimate how much &quot;research&quot; your average person will do...OTOH, there's certainly plenty of people that will look stuff up on the internet, of course. Sometimes that makes them know what they're talking about. Other times, not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 9271142, member: 59816"] A bit. I once (only once, mind) had to convince a father that the 4e PHB1 that he'd grabbed off our blowout shelf, in spite of being a "good deal" was NOT going to help his kid play D&D (5e) with his friends and that he NEEDED to get the "more expensive" one. Mostly, though - people come in and say "Where's your D&D" and we point them to the big shelf of 5e books, and if we need to (which we usually DO) we explain what books are what. I mean, the giant shelf of various titles (mostly Adventures) is pretty daunting for the "normies", forget Editions. Often, that sort of person will buy a Starter or Essentials set, otherwise a PHB. It's not terribly complicated, and they usually get it after a bit of explaining. This is a very regular occurrence. I think us "nerds" overestimate how much "research" your average person will do... OTOH, there's certainly plenty of people that will look stuff up on the internet, of course. Sometimes that makes them know what they're talking about. Other times, not. [/QUOTE]

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