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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 4180275" data-attributes="member: 9213">Yup. I tought myself D&D through a copy of The Keep on the Borderlands and the Basic set. But I really didnt get alot of the details of DMing until I played in my first game and saw someone else as the DM in action. I've never really looked at RPG's a something that someone should learn from the book only. I've always thought that mentorship and learning by example was a big part of the role playing game community. I've introduced a fair amount of people to RPG's when I was younger, people who normally wouldn't even be exposed to them. I've introduced d00d's who were pretty much straight up thugs to RPG's as well as people who thought D&D was for kids and were pretty snobbish about the idea until they got exposed to the possibilities of what RPG's can be. I'm not a supporter of 4E, I'll be sticking with 3.5, but the only way that I see 4E being successful in the way that WOTC is looking to be is to have the old guard running as many newbie friendly games as possible. The digital game table is no substitute for this at all, but to be honest I don't think it's meant to be. So if you're a 4E guy, as much as it pains me to say this, DONT JUST RUN GAMES FOR YOUR FRIENDS. Run games for people who may be interested in gaming, run a one shot for your non-gaming buddies, put up a notice in your local library offering to run a one-shot for strangers who are curious about it. Basically run games for whoever you can. Even if you get only one person from each group that you run excited, that' one person who's gonna try to suck other people into our hobby.</blockquote>

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