I still prefer the 'teaching method' first, and for a couple of reasons.
1) Most of the people I know learn a system by making a character, and so having the rules start with that, and work through the system from that angle, helps to teach them. It helps with that 'first through' when the book logically goes from section to section. This also keeps some of the more heavily used sections of the book (skill descriptions, talents, etc) close to the front.
2) The sections that you will need to leave a book open at for long periods of time in the first few sessions benefit from being towards the middle. The benefit of equal weight on either side helps to keep the book open, without pages closing over and hiding what you are looking at.
These are both based off my experience that skills/talents are more referenced than combat rules, which gets them near the front but in a place where they are introduced naturally, while the GM may want to keep combat open and ready to go. Which then benefits from being central, as the book doesn't fight her in trying to keep that section open.
1) Most of the people I know learn a system by making a character, and so having the rules start with that, and work through the system from that angle, helps to teach them. It helps with that 'first through' when the book logically goes from section to section. This also keeps some of the more heavily used sections of the book (skill descriptions, talents, etc) close to the front.
2) The sections that you will need to leave a book open at for long periods of time in the first few sessions benefit from being towards the middle. The benefit of equal weight on either side helps to keep the book open, without pages closing over and hiding what you are looking at.
These are both based off my experience that skills/talents are more referenced than combat rules, which gets them near the front but in a place where they are introduced naturally, while the GM may want to keep combat open and ready to go. Which then benefits from being central, as the book doesn't fight her in trying to keep that section open.
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