Just about to start a new game myself, albeit in the flesh... The Mrs and a couple of her friends expressed an interest... so after much sighing, I've gotten a friend to DM (he's been doing it 30-odd years and won numerous competitions... which I didn't even know existed) and we're just about there. Got us the usual mix, including the Wood Elf Ranger and everything.
We're playing 3.5ed, though, as later revisions seem a bit OTT for a basic fantasy intro system... DM only uses the books as guidelines anyway, as things like stats get altered to more real-world values...