There are a few recipes online for learning the game if you think you can drag anyone along.

The one I like, which we ended up doing, was to start with Basic (which is kind of too basic, esp. once you know what you’re looking at), then add Supports, then Bernals, then everything but Combat and Endgame. Still! Four games to full competence, really? It really is like the learning curve of a crunchy RPG if you’re a kid who’s never played anything trickier than Risk.