When I'm learning a new game I like to...

[diaglo]

BG@Work....is that once for every core book?

 

[Zappo]

I like to skim all of it, trying to get a feeling for the style of the rules, without geting too much into detail. At the same time, I try to get the gist of the setting.

If it appeals, I'll read both the rules and setting in detail, while creating a character.

 

[BiggusGeekus@Work]

BG@Work....is that once for every core book?

Don't be silly, those are all the same ruleset so I can do it for all three books at once.

Geeze, you're acting like I'm some kind of deviant or something.

 

[coyote6]

For a combination rules-and-specific-setting game, I'd rather have a capsule description of the setting, then the rules.

For settings in general, I'd like a capsule description of the setting up front; give me the big picture before I hit the details. It gives me a handle on the setting, and lets me point players at it, so they can get the gist of the world.

One of the things that I think bugged me about Kalamar was that the book just jumped into the details.

 

[LGodamus]

BG you have the most triple posts of anyone on the boards, I think.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I was about to click "Read the rules first..." and then I thought about my actual RL habits and realized that I usually just make up a character and start playing, learning the rules and the setting as we go. I promise, it isn't actually as half-assed as it sounds.