Best First Scenario

[HikariStarshine]

If it wasn't currently between printings, I'd say that the webstore-exclusive Stock Up! would be a better first scenario than either DZD or Escape in the Truck. It's balanced heavily in favor of the heroes, in that the scenario search items are weapons so the heroes will more easily be armed (and thus more capable of defending themselves) than in EitT, but at the same time it focuses more on the 'Get these items then go to this place' that many scenarios involve, rather than the much more dangerous 'go kill zeds' of DZD.

Granted, DZD forces you to get *really* familiar with the fight mechanics, but the 2-hero-deaths-mean-zed-win is far too tight for a good first scenario.