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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5490483" data-attributes="member: 34175">There seems to be a lot of this going around as I too am making this same choice (I've been flip/flopping for days.)I decided that BECMI (I like the Mentzer rules but to each his own) with AD&D splashes would be the thing that works for me - so much so that I'm setting the world in Greyhawk and running Temple of Elemental Evil right off the bat.Which was as much of a struggle because it was a real close call between this or running B1, B2, B4, B5 and then stringing them along until X1, X2.Ret-conning T1-T4 is more work for me, but allows me to give the darker, grittier feel I want and takes some of the background work off of my shoulders.  Most players know about Greyhawk, so I have less to do there than if I ran a Mystara based campaign, even with converting stats.  As for the AD&D monsters, I know you are going with the cook rules, but check out BECMI era accessory AC09 - Creature Catalogue I think you'll find that many of your AD&D favorites have already been transformed for you.  I know I did and this was probably the thing that pushed me over the edge to go BECMI.</blockquote>