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<blockquote data-quote="Jan van Leyden" data-source="post: 6325808" data-attributes="member: 20307">Thuis reflects my view as well. My first contact was the Moldvay Basic set, and I didn't have any chance to runa a or play in any RPG whatsoever before.When it finally clicked in my mind and I sort of understood what this curious book could offer me some limitations immediately started screaming at me: race as class, limited to level 3. Another rule had an impact on my view as well: different damage expressions for weapons were an optional rule and the weapon list was rather short.I immediately evaluated my options using the mail order catalog of the only shop I knew of and saw AD&amp;D. The advanced version had to be better, right? I ordered the DMG.&nbsp; With quite some work I found out that race and class were disjunct in this game and the level limit was gone. Sold!I never actually played Basic D&amp;D until 25 years later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jan van Leyden, post: 6325808, member: 20307"] Thuis reflects my view as well. My first contact was the Moldvay Basic set, and I didn't have any chance to runa a or play in any RPG whatsoever before. When it finally clicked in my mind and I sort of understood what this curious book could offer me some limitations immediately started screaming at me: race as class, limited to level 3. Another rule had an impact on my view as well: different damage expressions for weapons were an optional rule and the weapon list was rather short. I immediately evaluated my options using the mail order catalog of the only shop I knew of and saw AD&D. The advanced version had to be better, right? I ordered the DMG. With quite some work I found out that race and class were disjunct in this game and the level limit was gone. Sold! I never actually played Basic D&D until 25 years later. [/QUOTE]

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