My 13 year old nephew will be joining all of us for the holiday. He has never gamed. I don't know if he's ever heard of D&D based on his upbringing. I do know that he loves the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films and digs dinosaurs. So I'm hoping that he'll want to join his grandparents and his favorite aunt in trying his hand at a short adventure I will run. I asked him during casual chatting what his favorite colors are: gray and maroon. So I picked up a set of gray dice with a maroon bag that I will give him whether he plays or not. Hopefully he decides to give the experience a try and it sparks his imagination.
For this occasion I will run a short B/X scenario. Since B/X has 7 classes (cleric, fighter, magic-user, thief, dwarf, elf, and Hobbit (I prefer that term over halfling)), I will create a pre-gen for each and let everyone choose what they want to play. Any extra pre-gens will be reserves in case the dice are unkind to the players. To help the players with no experience, I'll use a battlemat with minis to help them visualize and keep their bearings in a dungeon type environment.
I'm hoping for some good times for a few hours around the table in a few weeks!
