Reply To: Dungeons and Dragons – where to begin

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The D&D 5th edition Starter Set is great. The core books are expensive, unless you *know* you’ll be playing the game.

I would recommend, though, you research what RPGs are good to play over Skype. Search on “rpg over skype”or “D&D over skype”.

If the kid has an active imagination and doesn’t like all that crunch, I’d recommend One-Shot World, a rules-light narrative distillation of  Dungeon World. OSW is easy to play and about 24 pages long, of which players only need two pages. Or, rather, you can have a Skype conference call, ask him worldbuilding questions (eg. ask him to draw a map of the world, ask him what he thinks might be in the haunted ruins, etc.), and not worry about rules.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/242339/One-Shot-World-Beta

https://www.reddit.com/r/DungeonWorld/