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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 4617164" data-attributes="member: 34865">For me, it depends on what I want out of a given D&D game.  Firstly, by "Basic" D&D I assume you're referring to everything up until (and excluding) the D&D RULES CYCLOPEDIA.  While a "form" of Basic, it really had a life of it's own above and beyond.Now with that aside...Basic D&D is, for me, good for a quick bash-up.  I didn't find it as feature-rich as AD&D, despite going into the higher levels.  AD&D has a lot more going for it in the module department, character classes, spells, treasures, campaign worlds and general support.With that said, certainly, there are rules aspects of Basic D&D that are less onerous than AD&D - but as I have unwound the complexities of AD&D I have found the utility of things like spell-casting time, weapon speed, and so forth to be very handy.  There are times when no, I don't want to "just handwave" things with regard to those issues.  That's where for me AD&D shines.  Basic D&D is good for a quick three or four sessions every once in a blue moon, plus, as with all versions of D&D it can be mined for ideas and inspiration.Peripherally, it and AD&D are tied for coolness of artwork; I view TSR D&D artwork from that era as all on equal footing because it was all largely from the same artists: Trampier, Otus, Dee, LaForce, Sutherland and to a lesser degree Elmore.[/font]</blockquote>