D&D General First official D&D game product you owned?

[Ruin Explorer]

I voted 2E core but please note that at release, in 1989, when I got it, the 2E core was not PHB, DMG, MM, it was PHB, DMG, MC - Monstrous Compendium, which was a ring-binder rather than an actual book, in a deeply misguided attempt to keep all the monsters in one place (there were a number of misguided RPG and wargame products taking this approach in the late '80s). The actual 2E MM didn't get released until 1993. I was in the US with my family and we visited some old friends, turned out their kids were into RPGs too, and I was astonished when we went to the RPG store and there was this new MM - we also got Dragon Mountain (a campaign boxed set) and together both products were my first exposure to Tony DiTerlizzi's art, which completely blew me away.

#nerdfacts #akshully

 

[Thunder Brother]

5e core rulebooks

 

[JEB]

I voted 2E core but please not that at release, the 2E was not PHB, DMG, MM, it was PHB, DMG, MC - Monstrous Compendium, which was a ring-binder rather than an actual book, in a deeply misguided attempt to keep all the monsters in one place (there were a number of misguided RPG and wargame products taking this approach in the late '80s).

#nerdfacts #akshully

Yeah, I realized after I posted it that I should have "MC or MM", but I can't edit existing poll options. Sorry!

(And agreed that the looseleaf MCs were a mistake, if a well-intentioned one. Fortunately they'd switched over to books again by the time I got into the hobby...)

 

[crazy_cat]

AD&D PHB

 

[Mezuka]

D&D Basic Moldvay, as a Christmas gift. The first product I bought was the Expert box set.

 

[Alby87]

I've always been fascinated by TTRPG and D&D, but never ever found someone to teach me/try the game. I played a little campain with the "D&D The Fantasy Adventure" boardgame (an Heroquest-like board game with D&D theme).
During the pandemic I discovered the joy of playing thanks to many online DDAL available online, and after being guided on how to play, I bought exactly one year ago the gift set and XGE. Going downhill, I now have TCE,VGM,MTOF,FTD, Starter and Essentials (for the adventures)...

 

[Tallifer]

A few Dragon Magazines back in the early 1980s. All I could afford at that age.

 

[CreamCloud0]

I remember looking at my older brother's 3E/3.5E/4E(?) rulebooks when i was in my early teens but i didn't have the attention span to properly read them when confronted by walls and pages of text and tables, The first product i properly interacted with was the 5E starter box that came with the stripped down PHB, dice set and Mines of Phandelver module

 

[aco175]

We first played and bought the Moldvay basic set. A few months later we got the AD&D PHB with the red statue on it. Not sure when we realized that they were 2 systems, but pretty much switched to 1e at that time.

 

[Cadence]

Moldvay Basic boxed set. Box and ads are long gone, and I think so are the dice. Still have these: