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<blockquote data-quote="Enrico Poli1" data-source="post: 8654405" data-attributes="member: 6947027"><p>I will only mention the editions I played, answering three questions: what products are essential to play this edition of the game, in your opinion? What products are highly desiderable to fully enjoy this edition of the game? What products make the game lame and are banned?</p><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mentzer: I consider Basic, Expert, Companion the essential material. Highly desiderable: the Master set,&nbsp; The Grand Duchy of Karameikos gazetteer, the iconic adventures per tier (Keep on the Borderlands, Isle of Dread, Test of the Warlords). Banned: Immortal set, Wrath of the Immortals, Poor Wizard's Almanac</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">AD&amp;D2: PHB, DMG, MM, Complete Psionics, The Will and the Way, and either Complete Fighter or Combat and Tactics. Highly desiderable: High Level Campaigns, at least one major Campaign Setting (Dark Sun original box, Ravenloft original or revised box, City of Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms gray box, Dragonlance Tales of the Lance box, Planescape, Spelljammer). Banned: Skills &amp; Powers, Spells &amp; Magic</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">D&amp;D3e/3.5: PHB, DMG, MM, Tome of Battle. Highly desiderable: Complete Fighter/Mage/Divine, Epic Level Handbook, at least one major Paizo Dungeon Magazine Adventure Path (Age of Worms, Savage Tide). Banned: Psionics Handbook and Expanded Psionics Handbook, The Book of Exhalted Deeds</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">D&amp;D5e: PHB, DMG, MM. Highly desiderable: Starter Set, at least one major adventure (Curse of Strahd, Tomb of Annihilation, Descent into Avernus, Rime of the Frostmaiden). Banned: Xanathar's, Tasha's.</li>
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[QUOTE="Enrico Poli1, post: 8654405, member: 6947027"] I will only mention the editions I played, answering three questions: what products are essential to play this edition of the game, in your opinion? What products are highly desiderable to fully enjoy this edition of the game? What products make the game lame and are banned? [LIST] [*]Mentzer: I consider Basic, Expert, Companion the essential material. Highly desiderable: the Master set, The Grand Duchy of Karameikos gazetteer, the iconic adventures per tier (Keep on the Borderlands, Isle of Dread, Test of the Warlords). Banned: Immortal set, Wrath of the Immortals, Poor Wizard's Almanac [*]AD&D2: PHB, DMG, MM, Complete Psionics, The Will and the Way, and either Complete Fighter or Combat and Tactics. Highly desiderable: High Level Campaigns, at least one major Campaign Setting (Dark Sun original box, Ravenloft original or revised box, City of Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms gray box, Dragonlance Tales of the Lance box, Planescape, Spelljammer). Banned: Skills & Powers, Spells & Magic [*]D&D3e/3.5: PHB, DMG, MM, Tome of Battle. Highly desiderable: Complete Fighter/Mage/Divine, Epic Level Handbook, at least one major Paizo Dungeon Magazine Adventure Path (Age of Worms, Savage Tide). Banned: Psionics Handbook and Expanded Psionics Handbook, The Book of Exhalted Deeds [*]D&D5e: PHB, DMG, MM. Highly desiderable: Starter Set, at least one major adventure (Curse of Strahd, Tomb of Annihilation, Descent into Avernus, Rime of the Frostmaiden). Banned: Xanathar's, Tasha's. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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