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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 8055076" data-attributes="member: 14159">The existence of Basic D&amp;D was always a curious evolutionary offshoot of D&amp;D, never treated as the main focus.&nbsp; I'm sure it split business some, but it was always clear that AD&amp;D was the focus.&nbsp; TSR made many, many questionable decisions, I'm sure it could be studied as a &quot;what not to do&quot; case study in business school, and I'll definitely agree with you that the split between Basic an Advanced D&amp;D was a separate error than their overdoing it on campaign settings in the 2e era (they made lots of wonderful settings, but a lot of things that could/should have been a one-off release got their own product line, and lots of supplements that could have been good stand-alones were turned into things specific to one product line).However, as I said before, I think that making the introductory products Basic D&amp;D, and the main product line that most players used AD&amp;D, you imposed a needless learning curve on players having to re-learn things.I'm hoping this new box set is designed for as seamless a transition between it and the main 5e D&amp;D as possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 8055076, member: 14159"] The existence of Basic D&D was always a curious evolutionary offshoot of D&D, never treated as the main focus. I'm sure it split business some, but it was always clear that AD&D was the focus. TSR made many, many questionable decisions, I'm sure it could be studied as a "what not to do" case study in business school, and I'll definitely agree with you that the split between Basic an Advanced D&D was a separate error than their overdoing it on campaign settings in the 2e era (they made lots of wonderful settings, but a lot of things that could/should have been a one-off release got their own product line, and lots of supplements that could have been good stand-alones were turned into things specific to one product line). However, as I said before, I think that making the introductory products Basic D&D, and the main product line that most players used AD&D, you imposed a needless learning curve on players having to re-learn things. I'm hoping this new box set is designed for as seamless a transition between it and the main 5e D&D as possible. [/QUOTE]

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