Today, I taught five newbies how to make D&D 3rd Edition characters. All of them had played D&D before, but not 3rd edition. It was fun to watch for one reason and one reason alone. I thought of all those people who tell me D&D is THE game to introduce new players to roleplaying games.

I had five players — all of which had played roleplaying games, even D&D in its various editions — and it was THE most confusing, convoluted, and… well, it was hard. It was also very funny.