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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mechascorpio" data-source="post: 6304043" data-attributes="member: 68644">I know very little about 5E, but I'm a bit perplexed by some of the concern regarding the products and the release schedule. My friends and I started with the Holmes Basic Set in fall of '78, and we got AD&D Player's Handbooks a few months later, around Christmas break from school. I don't think we got the Monster Manual and certainly not the Dungeon Master's Guide until fall of '79. But we were totally able to play the game, run the few released modules and make up our own adventures for nearly a year without any other releases. Back in the day, it seemed that the "Player's Handbook" was for all players, both the characters and the DM. The PH was The Rulebook for AD&D, and between that and what was introduced in the Basic Set, it seems we had everything we needed. Perhaps that's the same strategy (content-wise) for 5E and, in any case, we won't have to wait a year for the DM Guide. Surely if we could do it 35 years ago, new players will be able to do it now, and experienced players have virtually no leap at all to make, yes?</blockquote>