Basic D&D: Did it hook you?

[Wombat]

When I got into the hobby, there were no basic versions of the game.

Out of my buddies, none of them started with a basic set of any kind -- they lept straight on in.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Yes, Basic D&D.

I should've given the answer of '10' in this thread, and the above (actual) answer in the other. Hehe, never mind. Next time.

 

[dougmander]

Blue Box Set, 1977:

 

[cholke]

Blue Box. Seeing that cover just gave me the chills. It has been boxed up for way too long. Maybe when my son is a few years older, we will start with it...

 

[dougmander]

blue box for me

I've always loved basic much more than advanced. And the sample dungeon in the blue book will always be my fav.

Absolutely -- and that cross-section map of Skull Mountain with the subterranean domed city? Goosebumps, to this day. My dream is to write and illustrate the equivalent of a blue box set for 4e!

 

[Jaws]

My first rpg was Top Secret. I can't say it was 'basic.'


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[James Heard]

Well, I got the Basic & Expert D&D sets for Xmas when I was in 3^rd grade but I didn't really have much to do with roleplaying except reading them until a year later when we moved and I discovered Traveller's little black books that I could buy one a week of with my allowance and plenty of people wanted to play (which makes some sense, since everyone's parents pretty much worked for the Air Force or NASA where I was at in Huntsville.

But really the whole thing can actually be blamed on Squad Leader, which kind of kicked the "games in boxes shaped like this are way cooler than Monopoly" notion in the first place. Wargames with my father used to be a really big deal, I suppose because it was an opportunity for him to steer me towards military history and perform an activity with me in his study surrounded by thousands of books that I inevitably read.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

The "Red Box" Basic Set for me.

What delericho said.

Also, I started early on with BRP via Call of Cthulhu, which is kinda "Basic."

 

[DragonLancer]

My intro to RPGs was the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks

Same here, and that led to the red box basid D&D and from there into 1st ed and so on.

 

[PapersAndPaychecks]

The Holmes ruleset for me too (same one Dougmander linked, except for me it was 1978).

We initially had to play from a photocopy of the rules that cost us some exorbitant sum like £5. Several of us clubbed together and chipped in our pocket money for that photocopy.