Example First

[Nathan P.]

How about including a CD or DVD with actual real people playing the game for examples?  Digital camcorders are getting pretty cheap.   Like when you learn an Xbox game, the instuctions are told to you and you are shown on the screen at the same time.

A cool idea, but it would have to be done well as a video to be engaging, adding another level of necessary competance to the whole process. Which isn't a bad thing, just something to keep in mind.

Also, did anyone else get the Dragonstrike board game back in the day? It came with a video of people playing, flipping back and forth between the gamers and the in-game reality. It really wasn't much about system, but it showed "these are the assumed conventions to playing this game" - i.e. a Gamemaster, multiple players each playing a different character, out-of-character tactical talk being acceptable, etc. And the video was pretty cool, for a 12-14 year old kid at least - I wonder if I still have it around...