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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8986475" data-attributes="member: 7035894">No, that's wrong. I assume you are referring to Basic. Basic had very high sales but wasn't nearly as widely played as AD&amp;D; it was the D&amp;D set that your Aunt got you because she heard you were into this D&amp;D game (literally in my case). It was widely seen (and mostly marketed) as the kiddie game, and though almost everyone owned a copy, the vast majority of folks who stuck with the game moved on to AD&amp;D (or were already playing AD&amp;D when they received a copy of Basic, again as in my case). That's why sales for the expert set (and above) drop off a cliff, why TSR offered very few supplementary materials for the line, and why they barely referred to it in Dragon magazine.I am aware that there were some folks who stuck with Basic and made it and its follow-ups their game for years, and more power to 'em. But they were very much the minority.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8986475, member: 7035894"] No, that's wrong. I assume you are referring to Basic. Basic had very high sales but wasn't nearly as widely played as AD&D; it was the D&D set that your Aunt got you because she heard you were into this D&D game (literally in my case). It was widely seen (and mostly marketed) as the kiddie game, and though almost everyone owned a copy, the vast majority of folks who stuck with the game moved on to AD&D (or were already playing AD&D when they received a copy of Basic, again as in my case). That's why sales for the expert set (and above) drop off a cliff, why TSR offered very few supplementary materials for the line, and why they barely referred to it in [I]Dragon[/I] magazine. I am aware that there were some folks who stuck with Basic and made it and its follow-ups their game for years, and more power to 'em. But they were very much the minority. [/QUOTE]

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