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Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play BECM/RC D&D? How Was/Is It?
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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7952964" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>I think the Immortals set that was released for the RC was Wrath of the Immortals and the set released for the BECMI sets was simply the immortals set. They had some differences between them, but as I ever really studied one of them (I think it was the immortals set, which had different levels of immortality which you gained) I can't say the differences between them off the top of my head.</p><p></p><p>I think I may have gotten one of the later BECMI sets, or B and E sets. I don't know if Companion came with dice, but the dice I got with the Basic and Experts sets of the BECMI series had colored dice. If I recall right, the D20 was PUPRLE and the D12 was PINK...for the set I got...which was...interesting. I think I still have it somewhere. </p><p></p><p>I didn't really read through it to learn to play D&D (and AD&D) as I knew how to play from learning many many years prior to that (with earlier versions of D&D), but I did enjoy playing through the choose your own adventure type portions it had. Thus, I never really developed a love or deep abiding interest in the characters (Bargle...and was it Aleena?). However, I felt it was the best introductory game that D&D created for many years (I thought it was much better for an introductory game than Basic was for B/X or the original Basic was...and definitely better than the three original booklets).</p><p></p><p>It held that distinction for me of being the BEST introductory RPG set (not just D&D, ANY RPG) until Paizo's beginner box basically came out and the new Essentials Box for D&D came out. Before that, it hands down was the best introductory RPG box ever made in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7952964, member: 4348"] I think the Immortals set that was released for the RC was Wrath of the Immortals and the set released for the BECMI sets was simply the immortals set. They had some differences between them, but as I ever really studied one of them (I think it was the immortals set, which had different levels of immortality which you gained) I can't say the differences between them off the top of my head. I think I may have gotten one of the later BECMI sets, or B and E sets. I don't know if Companion came with dice, but the dice I got with the Basic and Experts sets of the BECMI series had colored dice. If I recall right, the D20 was PUPRLE and the D12 was PINK...for the set I got...which was...interesting. I think I still have it somewhere. I didn't really read through it to learn to play D&D (and AD&D) as I knew how to play from learning many many years prior to that (with earlier versions of D&D), but I did enjoy playing through the choose your own adventure type portions it had. Thus, I never really developed a love or deep abiding interest in the characters (Bargle...and was it Aleena?). However, I felt it was the best introductory game that D&D created for many years (I thought it was much better for an introductory game than Basic was for B/X or the original Basic was...and definitely better than the three original booklets). It held that distinction for me of being the BEST introductory RPG set (not just D&D, ANY RPG) until Paizo's beginner box basically came out and the new Essentials Box for D&D came out. Before that, it hands down was the best introductory RPG box ever made in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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