''Jump-Start Kit'' is a 1988 role-playing game adventure published by

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''Jump-Start Kit'' is a supplement in which the introductory scenario "The Bats of Mercille" is included, along with eight pregenerated

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s and four one-page rules briefings, allowing players to start playing immediately.

Publication history

''Jump-Start Kit'' was written by

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and published by

in 1988 as 25 loose sheets. 100 copies were printed to be sold at the 1988 Origins/GenCon convention.

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noted that Lion Rampant had been publishing more innovative products in the late 1980s, and "This included two 'jump-start kits'. The first was ''Bats of Mercille'' (1988, 1989) and the second was ''The Stormrider'' (1989, 1991). Following the lead of earlier small-press designers at Yaquinto and Pacesetter, onathanTweet wanted to offer simpler introductions to roleplaying that gradually eased players into the system. The jump-start kits were his first experiments in this regard, providing lots of handouts that helped players to slowly learn the game (Tweet later refind this concept while working on the third edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'')."

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{{reflist Ars Magica adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1988

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