What Edition of D&D was your First (with fixed Poll)

[FreeXenon]

The very end of 1E right before 2E came out.

 

[dmccoy1693]

I can add a poll if you like.

Dude, Thanks P-cat.

 

[HellHound]

Started with B/X (Holmes Basic to be specific, but then Pink Box Basic - either way it was basic), then to 1e, then to BECM.
Came back to 3e.
Will buy 4e.

 

[grodog]

I listed Old D&D since Holmes Basic isn't on the list.

 

[blargney the second]

My oldest brother's basic red box.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

I started with the Holmes Basic set in 1979. I won't be purchasing 4E.

 

[diaglo]

Chainmail (1971)

 

[Delta]

As I recently said, the best thing TSR ever did was to have a Basic set, with standard character generation, that interfaces directly with the Advanced rules (or tries to). The worst thing they've done is to fail to have the same ever since. I think this poll helps to bear out how important that was.

 

[dragonlordofpoondari]

I played BECM for about a year ('82-'83) before switching to 1E AD&D ('83-'89).
I played 2E for about a year (1990) before dropping the hobby through to 2003, when I picked up at 3.5E.

 

[Doug McCrae]

Moldvay basic set in 1982. I will be purchasing 4e.