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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 7939207" data-attributes="member: 50987">With all of the talk about the Golden Age of Gaming, and with all of the retro-clones floating around, I'm curious about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons" target="_blank">older editions of the game</a>.&nbsp; I wonder how many folks on ENWorld have ever played the older editions of D&amp;D, and what their satisfaction level was...or is, if you are one of the rare birds that still play an older edition.Last week, I <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-od-d-how-was-is-it.670779/" target="_blank">surveyed my fellow gamers</a> about the original Dungeons &amp; Dragons game that was released in 1974.&nbsp; Three years later, two new D&amp;D products would hit the market.&nbsp; The first of them was the D&amp;D Basic Set, and I'm curious how many of us remember playing it.&nbsp; (Or are still playing it, maybe?)By &quot;played,&quot; I mean that you've been either a player or a DM for at least one gaming session.&nbsp; And for the purpose of this week's survey, I'm only referring to the Dungeons &amp; Dragons Basic Set rules, the ones that were first published in 1977.&nbsp; Also called the &quot;Holmes Edition,&quot; with this awesome cover by <s>John Blanche</s> David Sutherland:[ATTACH=full]119782[/ATTACH]Note that this is not the same edition as &quot;B/X&quot;, or &quot;BECM&quot;, &quot;Moldvay Basic,&quot; or &quot;Cyclopedia&quot;; those editions wouldn't hit the market for another 5-7 years.&nbsp; And this isn't the same edition as D&amp;D 1E, or AD&amp;D, which were released that same year but were quite different.Feel free to add nuance in your comments, but let's not have an edition war over this.&nbsp; I'm really just interested in hearing peoples' stories of playing the Basic Rules Set, and fighting over the coveted polyhedric dice (they were quite rare back in the day, and apparently this edition caused a dice shortage.)Next week, I'll be doing the AD&amp;D 1st Edition (aka &quot;1E&quot;) survey.&nbsp; So if you were wondering about the other 1977 edition of D&amp;D, stay tuned!Other Surveys<a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-od-d-how-was-is-it.670779/" target="_blank">OD&amp;D Survey</a><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-1e-ad-d-how-was-is-it.670977/" target="_blank">AD&amp;D 1E</a><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/editon-experience-did-do-you-play-b-x-how-was-is-it.671105/" target="_blank">B/X D&amp;D</a><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-becm-rc-d-d-how-was-is-it.671237/" target="_blank">BECMI / Rules Cyclopedia</a><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-ad-d-2e-how-was-is-it.671382/#post-7958983" target="_blank">AD&amp;D 2E</a><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-3rd-edtion-d-d-how-was-is-it.671476/#post-7963141" target="_blank">D&amp;D 3E</a><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-4th-edition-d-d-how-was-is-it.671597/post-7968258" target="_blank">D&amp;D 4E</a><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-compiled-survey-results-all-surveys.671694/" target="_blank">Survey Results (24 Apr 2020)</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 7939207, member: 50987"] With all of the talk about the Golden Age of Gaming, and with all of the retro-clones floating around, I'm curious about the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons']older editions of the game[/URL]. I wonder how many folks on ENWorld have ever played the older editions of D&D, and what their satisfaction level was...or [I]is[/I], if you are one of the rare birds that still play an older edition. Last week, I [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-od-d-how-was-is-it.670779/']surveyed my fellow gamers[/URL] about the original Dungeons & Dragons game that was released in 1974. Three years later, two new D&D products would hit the market. The first of them was the D&D Basic Set, and I'm curious how many of us remember playing it. (Or are still playing it, maybe?) By "played," I mean that you've been either a player or a DM for at least one gaming session. And for the purpose of this week's survey, I'm [B][I]only[/I][/B] referring to the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set rules, the ones that were first published in 1977. Also called the "Holmes Edition," with this awesome cover by [S]John Blanche[/S] David Sutherland: [ATTACH type="full" alt="D&d_original.jpg"]119782[/ATTACH] Note that this is not the same edition as "B/X", or "BECM", "Moldvay Basic," or "Cyclopedia"; those editions wouldn't hit the market for another 5-7 years. And this isn't the same edition as D&D 1E, or AD&D, which were released that same year but were quite different. Feel free to add nuance in your comments, but let's not have an edition war over this. I'm really just interested in hearing peoples' stories of playing the Basic Rules Set, and fighting over the coveted polyhedric dice (they were quite rare back in the day, and apparently this edition caused a dice shortage.) Next week, I'll be doing the AD&D 1st Edition (aka "1E") survey. So if you were wondering about the [I]other [/I]1977 edition of D&D, stay tuned! [B]Other Surveys[/B] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-od-d-how-was-is-it.670779/']OD&D Survey[/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-1e-ad-d-how-was-is-it.670977/']AD&D 1E[/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/editon-experience-did-do-you-play-b-x-how-was-is-it.671105/']B/X D&D[/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-becm-rc-d-d-how-was-is-it.671237/']BECMI / Rules Cyclopedia[/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-ad-d-2e-how-was-is-it.671382/#post-7958983']AD&D 2E[/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-3rd-edtion-d-d-how-was-is-it.671476/#post-7963141']D&D 3E[/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-did-do-you-play-4th-edition-d-d-how-was-is-it.671597/post-7968258']D&D 4E[/URL] [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-experience-compiled-survey-results-all-surveys.671694/']Survey Results (24 Apr 2020)[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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