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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 6071840" data-attributes="member: 52734">Actually, I played most of my 1E years without a MM, as the ol' DMG had a monster combat matrix in it with the creatures vital stats (no fluff, just the raw combat stats).However, of all the D&amp;D stuff I have, if it hadn't been for the Moldvay set, my D&amp;D interest would have never gotten off the ground.&nbsp; AD&amp;D was too complex a starting point for me.I really think D&amp;D needs something like that ol' B/X or B(ECMI) set for new players.&nbsp; Preferably, something you don't HAVE to move away from after one or two uses.At the same time, perhaps we could do with something like the ol' OD&amp;D 3 booklet set, and build a more complex/expanded book from that, even if it isn't 100% compatible with the advanced game - as long as the compatibility is as good as, say AD&amp;D to BECMI (where you could run Caves of Chaos and the like with either ruleset without having to change anything).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 6071840, member: 52734"] Actually, I played most of my 1E years without a MM, as the ol' DMG had a monster combat matrix in it with the creatures vital stats (no fluff, just the raw combat stats). However, of all the D&D stuff I have, if it hadn't been for the Moldvay set, my D&D interest would have never gotten off the ground. AD&D was too complex a starting point for me. I really think D&D needs something like that ol' B/X or B(ECMI) set for new players. Preferably, something you don't HAVE to move away from after one or two uses. At the same time, perhaps we could do with something like the ol' OD&D 3 booklet set, and build a more complex/expanded book from that, even if it isn't 100% compatible with the advanced game - as long as the compatibility is as good as, say AD&D to BECMI (where you could run Caves of Chaos and the like with either ruleset without having to change anything). [/QUOTE]

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