For the Love of Basic and Boxed D&D
Posted by Billiam Babble on
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A few years back I finally completed my Basic / Expert D&D set collection.
I'll post pictures first, maybe chat about some rules later.
I'm proud of the fact that I was lucky enough to start with the red box basic set because all the later boxes match. My redbox was mocked by friends and in White Dwarf for dumbing down, i.e. teaching a new player with solo text. It also didn't contain B1: Keep on the Borderlands, which was a genuine shame.
I was flipping through a forum the over day and was baffled by the acronym "BECMI". About three threads later I realised that they were talking about Dungeons and Dragons: Basic, Expert, Companion, Masters and Immortals.
When I was into Basic D&D, my loyality seemed unfashionable and I eventually gave in to the newly re-covered AD&D rules. But to be honest most of my friends were still playing it like Basic, so the change was really about extra weapons, classes and spells (and no-one I knew used the weapon vs. armour class matrix, or helmet rules, and I think we simplified initiative, so I guess we were really home-brewing back then and didn't know it). Also, a majority of articles in White Dwarf and Dragon were written for AD&D.
This is the version of Basic some of my friends had:
(1981-ish)
(This set is a long term loan from a friend - I secretly hope that he's forgotten. ;) )
A good guide to Basic set editions can be found here:
http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpages/basic.html
So I'll resist waffling about different editions.
Other random boxed versions of D&D I've procured because the were complete sets that I reminded me of the Basic/Expert game or complete introductory games.
Prizes if you can date them.
Mortis has DragonStrike - the ultimate in intro-D&D. *cheesy grin*
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/For-the-Love-of-Basic-and-Boxed-D-D-tp4599510.html
A few years back I finally completed my Basic / Expert D&D set collection.
I'll post pictures first, maybe chat about some rules later.
I'm proud of the fact that I was lucky enough to start with the red box basic set because all the later boxes match. My redbox was mocked by friends and in White Dwarf for dumbing down, i.e. teaching a new player with solo text. It also didn't contain B1: Keep on the Borderlands, which was a genuine shame.
I was flipping through a forum the over day and was baffled by the acronym "BECMI". About three threads later I realised that they were talking about Dungeons and Dragons: Basic, Expert, Companion, Masters and Immortals.
When I was into Basic D&D, my loyality seemed unfashionable and I eventually gave in to the newly re-covered AD&D rules. But to be honest most of my friends were still playing it like Basic, so the change was really about extra weapons, classes and spells (and no-one I knew used the weapon vs. armour class matrix, or helmet rules, and I think we simplified initiative, so I guess we were really home-brewing back then and didn't know it). Also, a majority of articles in White Dwarf and Dragon were written for AD&D.
This is the version of Basic some of my friends had:
(1981-ish)
(This set is a long term loan from a friend - I secretly hope that he's forgotten. ;) )
A good guide to Basic set editions can be found here:
http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpages/basic.html
So I'll resist waffling about different editions.
Other random boxed versions of D&D I've procured because the were complete sets that I reminded me of the Basic/Expert game or complete introductory games.
Prizes if you can date them.
Mortis has DragonStrike - the ultimate in intro-D&D. *cheesy grin*
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