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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 9527788" data-attributes="member: 22424">These days, nothing beats a really good webcam and mic. Seriously, if you're going to be doing lots of online gaming (or just online meetings), make the investment.For a non-gamer looking to get into the hobby, I'd recommend the original D&amp;D 5e Starter Set (with &quot;Lost Mine of Phandelver&quot;), if you can find it. The Essentials Set is also really good, so if the budget allows I'd recommend both. Beyond that, of course, there are the core rules.As an experienced DM, the books that are most of use to me these days fall into two categories: new monster books (I like the &quot;Tome of Beasts&quot; series from KP, and the &quot;Monster Manual Expanded&quot; series on DMs Guild), and campaign development books - my single most-used is the old &quot;Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide&quot;, but I also like the two &quot;Lazy DM&quot; books. And Jared Blando has written two books on cartography (&quot;Fantasy Art &amp; RPG Maps&quot; and &quot;Fantasy Mapmaker&quot;) that are probably the single most useful books I've bought in years, largely because of my lack of any artistic talent.And then there's the usual dice, dice tower, minis, maps, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 9527788, member: 22424"] These days, nothing beats a really good webcam and mic. Seriously, if you're going to be doing lots of online gaming (or just online meetings), make the investment. For a non-gamer looking to get into the hobby, I'd recommend the original D&D 5e Starter Set (with "Lost Mine of Phandelver"), if you can find it. The Essentials Set is also really good, so if the budget allows I'd recommend both. Beyond that, of course, there are the core rules. As an experienced DM, the books that are most of use to me these days fall into two categories: new monster books (I like the "Tome of Beasts" series from KP, and the "Monster Manual Expanded" series on DMs Guild), and campaign development books - my single most-used is the old "Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide", but I also like the two "Lazy DM" books. And Jared Blando has written two books on cartography ("Fantasy Art & RPG Maps" and "Fantasy Mapmaker") that are probably the single most useful books I've bought in years, largely because of my lack of any artistic talent. And then there's the usual dice, dice tower, minis, maps, etc. [/QUOTE]

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