Starting with 1st, huh? My favorite is Classic: BECMI and Rules Cyclopedia and their offshoots like Old School Essentials and Dark Dungeons.
Voted also for 2nd Edition if we're including the Player's Option series, which contrary to the title are more like the 1e/3.5 Unearthed Arcana and the 3.0 Epic Level Handbook and Miniatures Handbook.
Voted also for 3.5 Revised Edition if we're including 3.5 and PF1 and we're including third-party materials and we're houseruling the hell out of it.
Otherwise, look, I consider myself an "I'm With D&D" guy. I will talk about how much I hate AD&D 1E or 5e, but I will sit down and play any of them with the right DM and the right concessions-- "PHB only" is an instant dealbreaker even for the editions I like-- and I won't bitch about it and I'll probably have fun. Me complaining that I hate something about D&D, unless it's theology, is only relative to other D&D.
Voted also for 2nd Edition if we're including the Player's Option series, which contrary to the title are more like the 1e/3.5 Unearthed Arcana and the 3.0 Epic Level Handbook and Miniatures Handbook.
Voted also for 3.5 Revised Edition if we're including 3.5 and PF1 and we're including third-party materials and we're houseruling the hell out of it.
Otherwise, look, I consider myself an "I'm With D&D" guy. I will talk about how much I hate AD&D 1E or 5e, but I will sit down and play any of them with the right DM and the right concessions-- "PHB only" is an instant dealbreaker even for the editions I like-- and I won't bitch about it and I'll probably have fun. Me complaining that I hate something about D&D, unless it's theology, is only relative to other D&D.