The Four Lands Forum

[Leif]

I first got the old blue boxed set - Basic D&D, the predecessor to the infamous Red Box. But I had already given up and switched to AD&D before the red box even came out. I only wound up using the blue box set for some months before I got the AD&D books.

 

[Neurotic]

Not to be nitpicky, Neurotic, but both 1E and 2E were actually called AD&D.
Very early 1E was just D&D, but when the hardcover books were published the name officially became AD&D, and that remained the case until 3E was released.

Peace of history! I didn't know that. We always refered to 1E as D&D. I was actually starting just as AD&D got out so never did more then browse trough 1E PHB

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Ah, the old Blue Box! D&D life was so simple then!

 

[Leif]

Ah, the old Blue Box! D&D life was so simple then!

Indeed it was! We didn't play together back then did we? I remember suing my blue box set when I played D&D with Arvin, but that's about the extent of my playing until I got the PH, I think.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Indeed it was! We didn't play together back then did we? I remember suing my blue box set when I played D&D with Arvin, but that's about the extent of my playing until I got the PH, I think.

Seems like we may have played the Blue Box once or twice, but I don't recall for sure.

 

[Scotley]

AD&D is 2E

D&D is 1E (2nd one being Advanced D&D)

I thought it was OD&D
1e= AD&D
2e=Second edition AD&D
3e/3.5e
3.75=Pathfinder and other revised
4e

 

[Lou]

I thought it was OD&D
1e= AD&D
2e=Second edition AD&D
3e/3.5e
3.75=Pathfinder and other revised
4e

I think you left out a version (perhaps a minor revision or printing...)

OD&D was the white books that could be used with Chainmail
Classical D&D came in two flavors but basically the red/blue boxes, etc. feeding the players information a few levels at a time--actually came out about the same time as AD&D 1st ed.
AD&D 1st ed.--this is what we played in high school--I started here with a small diversion to Classical D&D
AD&D 2nd ed.--I never played this or knew it existed until later
3e/3.5e--I never played 3e or knew it existed until later
3.75=Pathfinder and other revised--I like Scotley's description
4e

 

[Scotley]

I guess the blue box 'basic' D&D did slightly precede AD&D. I started in the summer of '78 at age 11 with the blue box and then almost immediately started in on the AD&D books as they came out.

Basic/Expert etc. I only had limited exposure to. Didn't Leif and Lou try to go back to a hollow world type homebrew with those rules at one point in high school?

 

[Leif]

Didn't Leif and Lou try to go back to a hollow world type homebrew with those rules at one point in high school?

Shoot, I don't know! Maybe? Some sort of hollow world rings a vague bell, I think, and I know that Lou and I at least discussed a world/campaign for at least one night, but that's about all I can remember now. Lou, what do you say?

 

[Lou]

Shoot, I don't know! Maybe? Some sort of hollow world rings a vague bell, I think, and I know that Lou and I at least discussed a world/campaign for at least one night, but that's about all I can remember now. Lou, what do you say?

I don't remember the hollow world concept, although we did draw up a complete set of deities for a campaign....