You've got a group of non-gamer friends together who are willing to play a role playing game. But they're not too excited about wizards and dragons, and until you showed them, they didn't even know there were dice that had more than 6 sides. "New Worlds" is the game for you. Create a world together with characters anyone can imagine. Take turns narrating the adventure. Collect rewards each time you pick up the dice.
You don't need to study a massive rule book to call yourself a role player. You don't need to own a bucketful of dice to enter a world of heroes and drama. You just need New Worlds.