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<blockquote data-quote="Gorg" data-source="post: 8201239" data-attributes="member: 7029501">Never got the RC- not even sure why, as it seems like it'd be right up my alley.&nbsp;&nbsp; (just ask the shelves groaning under the weight of all the D&amp;D related books I own...)&nbsp; I began with B/X, and instantly loved it!&nbsp; &nbsp; Some things I did find irritating&nbsp; (racial limits), but that's true of any game.&nbsp;&nbsp; And we just houseruled that stuff away, anyhow.&nbsp;&nbsp; We never moved on to BECMI, because we were playing AD&amp;D by then.&nbsp;&nbsp; I even ported over my B/X characters, so I could keep playing them.&nbsp; Still have both boxed sets, though the dice that came with them are long lost.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lots of fond memories of playing that game!!&nbsp;&nbsp; I should take them down and read through them again!&nbsp; It was amazing how they were able to pack THAT much information (an entire RPG!!) into one reasonable sized booklet like that.&nbsp;&nbsp; All you needed to play was in that boxed set- rules, dice, and a module.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just had to supply a pencil and paper.&nbsp; I always looked back fondly on those days- when hauling around a 2' tall stack of AD&amp;D stuff to all the games...&nbsp; 3E got rid of pretty much all of the obnoxious arbitrary limits&nbsp; we'd long houseruled- and it's hard to look back.&nbsp; I hadn't thought about how 5E was similar to&nbsp; the early editions of D&amp;D- but it does seem strangely familiar.&nbsp;&nbsp; The much streamlined combat rules DO remind me of earlier, simpler times, when fights and such just seemed to flow better.&nbsp;&nbsp; And while I do miss all the extra choices for spells&nbsp; in 2nd and 3rd ed, I do NOT miss trying to keep them all strait.&nbsp; And I definitely don't miss having to flip through half a dozen hardcovers, softcovers, Dragon Mags etc etc etc to find them when I needed it, lol.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gorg, post: 8201239, member: 7029501"] Never got the RC- not even sure why, as it seems like it'd be right up my alley. (just ask the shelves groaning under the weight of all the D&D related books I own...) I began with B/X, and instantly loved it! Some things I did find irritating (racial limits), but that's true of any game. And we just houseruled that stuff away, anyhow. We never moved on to BECMI, because we were playing AD&D by then. I even ported over my B/X characters, so I could keep playing them. Still have both boxed sets, though the dice that came with them are long lost. Lots of fond memories of playing that game!! I should take them down and read through them again! It was amazing how they were able to pack THAT much information (an entire RPG!!) into one reasonable sized booklet like that. All you needed to play was in that boxed set- rules, dice, and a module. Just had to supply a pencil and paper. I always looked back fondly on those days- when hauling around a 2' tall stack of AD&D stuff to all the games... 3E got rid of pretty much all of the obnoxious arbitrary limits we'd long houseruled- and it's hard to look back. I hadn't thought about how 5E was similar to the early editions of D&D- but it does seem strangely familiar. The much streamlined combat rules DO remind me of earlier, simpler times, when fights and such just seemed to flow better. And while I do miss all the extra choices for spells in 2nd and 3rd ed, I do NOT miss trying to keep them all strait. And I definitely don't miss having to flip through half a dozen hardcovers, softcovers, Dragon Mags etc etc etc to find them when I needed it, lol. [/QUOTE]

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