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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9285005" data-attributes="member: 2209">I played I believe one game of 1e AD&amp;D at a friend's then got the <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/110274/d-d-basic-set-rulebook-b-x-ed-basic?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Moldvay Basic set</a> and devoured that all-in-one 64 page rulebook. It is how I learned D&amp;D. After playing a bunch of AD&amp;D and B/X D&amp;D and getting and reading a good bunch of the 1e PH, MM, and DMG and UA, I started DMing 1e using the basic module <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17081/b1-in-search-of-the-unknown-basic?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">B1 In Search of the Unknown</a>.Moldvay Basic is a great way to learn OSR style D&amp;D. 1e is convoluted and&nbsp; esoteric, this is both a complication and hindrance to use and a delight of options and part of the charm. Reading 1e you will get into a weird eldritch pulp fantasy state of mind where dweomercraft seems like a natural term in English.If you want to functionally learn 1e rules, OSRIC the retroclone is probably the way to go.If you want the full on experience of the 80s, go with the core 1e books and try to figure it out from reading and the experiences of those you game with, skip some of the really intricate parts, end up doing a lot your own way, think your way is the official one, find out later that part of your way is contradicted by hidden passages of text in your books and the experiences of lots of others, and hopefully have a blast doing it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9285005, member: 2209"] I played I believe one game of 1e AD&D at a friend's then got the [URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/110274/d-d-basic-set-rulebook-b-x-ed-basic?affiliate_id=17596']Moldvay Basic set[/URL] and devoured that all-in-one 64 page rulebook. It is how I learned D&D. After playing a bunch of AD&D and B/X D&D and getting and reading a good bunch of the 1e PH, MM, and DMG and UA, I started DMing 1e using the basic module [URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17081/b1-in-search-of-the-unknown-basic?affiliate_id=17596']B1 In Search of the Unknown[/URL]. Moldvay Basic is a great way to learn OSR style D&D. 1e is convoluted and esoteric, this is both a complication and hindrance to use and a delight of options and part of the charm. Reading 1e you will get into a weird eldritch pulp fantasy state of mind where dweomercraft seems like a natural term in English. If you want to functionally learn 1e rules, OSRIC the retroclone is probably the way to go. If you want the full on experience of the 80s, go with the core 1e books and try to figure it out from reading and the experiences of those you game with, skip some of the really intricate parts, end up doing a lot your own way, think your way is the official one, find out later that part of your way is contradicted by hidden passages of text in your books and the experiences of lots of others, and hopefully have a blast doing it. [/QUOTE]

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