August 24: What is the game you are most likely to give to others as a gift?
If we're talking a gift for beginners I would have to go with the Pathfinder Beginners Box with special mention to the D&D 5E starter . Both games are a small investment and they give the new player a taste of what role playing is all about. On the 5E starter--a lot of folks would say it's obsolete because you can get the PDFs and they give more options than the actual starter set does. I say the price is so low on Amazon and Ebay that the dice alone are worth it, and it's a nice gift to try to recruit potential new players. The Pathfinder Beginners Box in many ways is much better. The set is more fun with the maps and the standees. I recently ran the boxed set adventure with my 5E group and they really liked it. There's a certain feel to it that's slightly different than 5E. The only drawback I see here is that fewer people are playing it at the moment.
For the experienced players/GMs I would likely buy the PHB or equivalent for whatever system that I wanted to play next. It would hopefully encourage the players to read and think about new characters for the campaign. Since I like trying different systems, now would be the time to gift my players with the 7th Sea 2nd edition or the Dungeon Crawl Classics book. Both of these source books give the players and potentially the DM/GM everything they need to run the game in one book. In fact in the case of DCC a potential drawback is that it gives the players too much access to information. They have to be on their honor not to spoil themselves by looking at the adventures or monsters included in the book.
Any other board game or RPG related paraphernalia would be good gifts. You can never have enough dice.
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