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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thommy H-H" data-source="post: 9761879" data-attributes="member: 6797019"><p>I mean....this all sounds like not so much an issue with the set itself as with a group not fully understanding that you expected them to be ready to play the moment you turned up. Which is kind of weird, since every time I've taught someone D&D (or any game, really), I'm the first one there and do all the required prep so they can get straight to playing. It sounds like you imagined the books would guide them through the whole process without any input from you, but I can understand why a group wouldn't know that if they were waiting on the experienced DM to show up and take them through it instead. The problem here is a mismatch of expectations: you wanted them to be able to run it without you there, but they assumed that you would want to run it and so didn't take the initiative. No wonder everyone was flouundering - no one was actually prepared to run the game!</p></blockquote><p></p>