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<blockquote data-quote="CarlZog" data-source="post: 1977710" data-attributes="member: 11716">Thanks for all the feedback.I've heard huge support for Tom Moldvay's version of the basic set, but the books I gave the kid were Frank Mentzer's books. I had picked them up somewhere virtually free -- a thrift shop I think -- but have never read them. (I was reared on Holmes and OD&amp;D.)Despite the support many of you have given for using the old Basic books, we all know how frustrating it is to switch to new rules systems. I didn't want him and his friends to have go through that early on. I also wanted them to be able to go to their FLGS and marvel over all the cool stuff -- though I don't know excited their parents will be by all that. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />But I guess I'm stuck since he's already absorbed the Mentzer rules, so I'm think I'll just stick to that for starters; Pick up another copy of the rules and a couple old modules via pdf. If he likes it and wants to continue, I'll talk to him about C&amp;C, 3e, d20 and the wonderful world beyond. Let no one say I'm not doing my part for the future of our hobby!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CarlZog, post: 1977710, member: 11716"] Thanks for all the feedback. I've heard huge support for Tom Moldvay's version of the basic set, but the books I gave the kid were Frank Mentzer's books. I had picked them up somewhere virtually free -- a thrift shop I think -- but have never read them. (I was reared on Holmes and OD&D.) Despite the support many of you have given for using the old Basic books, we all know how frustrating it is to switch to new rules systems. I didn't want him and his friends to have go through that early on. I also wanted them to be able to go to their FLGS and marvel over all the cool stuff -- though I don't know excited their parents will be by all that. :) But I guess I'm stuck since he's already absorbed the Mentzer rules, so I'm think I'll just stick to that for starters; Pick up another copy of the rules and a couple old modules via pdf. If he likes it and wants to continue, I'll talk to him about C&C, 3e, d20 and the wonderful world beyond. Let no one say I'm not doing my part for the future of our hobby! [/QUOTE]

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