More like another half-decade, putting DL smack dab in the middle of the years between the 1E DMG's 1979 debut and the 1989 release of 2E.
::checks Wikipedia::
Holy crap, you're right. I discovered DL a year or so before 2E came out. Huh.
More like another half-decade, putting DL smack dab in the middle of the years between the 1E DMG's 1979 debut and the 1989 release of 2E.
But I remember my sense of **PANIC** when I first played it at 12 years old, largely due to the ineptitude of my GM. I came to it from AD&D (sandbox-style), and it was like walking into the Sahara. But the game just emerges when you get into the swing of it; it's quite remarkable.