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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AdmundfortGeographer" data-source="post: 1764307" data-attributes="member: 4682">This is really a call out to old-timers who know these things. In recent threads about the desire for rules-lite version of 3.x D&D, folks have brought up both of these two versions of D&D.I'm probably one of the few gamers that started with AD&D1, moved to AD&D2, moved to 3.0/3.5, and then discovered the Mentzer series of Basic/Expert/Companion/Master/Immortal rules (and Aaron Allston's compilation that became the Rules Cyclopedia). I have a great appreciation for the simplification of the game that this edition of the rules implemented. So much so that I had been trying to re-engineer D20 to mimic many things in that edition, but gave up because when I got to D20 monsters it was overwhelming. At this point I'm exploring the intricacies of the old systems in greater depth and trying to house-rule in D20-isms, like D20 + modifier beats DC.That's a huge tangent for what I was trying accomplish. My main issue is to learn just what the difference was between the two "Basic" D&D's. I ask about the difference because there seem to be folks out there making a distinction between them. Back to my question...Could anyone who knows both systems give a detailed run down of all the differences between the two Basic D&Ds? I really want to know![edit]Added post icon[/edit] <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Regards,Eric Anondson</blockquote>

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