New Beginnings is an adventure for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) fantasy role-playing game.

[1] DLS1 New Beginnings was designed by Mark Acres with editing by Michael Stern, and was published by TSR, Inc. as a 32-page module.

[1] Although he initially didn't appreciate the "school-like exercises", Rolston actually found them "quite instructive" because he realized how little he knew about the AD&D 2nd Edition rules.

[1] He commented: "The character-creation walk-through, the how-to-role-play essay, and the exercises are well designed and effective, given their purpose to introduce new players to the AD&D game systems.

"[1] Regarding the short adventure found in the New Beginnings package, he commented that "in terms of appealing to the visual, dramatic, or tactical senses of the [Dungeon Master] or players, this isn't particularly exciting or well presented".