D&D General What version of the Basic D&D/BECMI starter set did you first own?
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steeldragons
Steeliest of the dragons
I started with the Mentzer '83 "Red Box", but had/gotten a copy of the Cook/Marsh '81 Expert rules before the "Blue Box" Expert came out...which I then got anyway...
...cuz, you know,...had to get/have the matching sets.
...cuz, you know,...had to get/have the matching sets.
Musing Mage
Pondering D&D stuff
'83 Red Box on my 13th birthday. Ahhh... good times. Ended up taking the D&D stuff up to my cousin's that summer as I was staying with them for a month. We had all of the ridiculous, stupid, definitely-getting-the-rules-wrong adventures that you can imagine a group of kids would have, and everyone loved every minute of it!
At one point my aunt demanded that we spend some time outdoors and banned us from the house - so we dragged the table and chairs into the backyard and played outside!
Come to think on it - That was also when I learned that a DM can never have too many dice. At the time I had only the one set that came with the red box, shared among 7 players.
At one point my aunt demanded that we spend some time outdoors and banned us from the house - so we dragged the table and chairs into the backyard and played outside!
Come to think on it - That was also when I learned that a DM can never have too many dice. At the time I had only the one set that came with the red box, shared among 7 players.
The first one I owned was the Metzner set.
The first one I used to play was the Moldvay set. That was the one my friend's brother who was my first DM owned and the first one I read cover to cover to figure out how to play the game. When my mom picked up a basic set for either my birthday or Christmas (I can't remember) it was the Metzner set.
The first one I used to play was the Moldvay set. That was the one my friend's brother who was my first DM owned and the first one I read cover to cover to figure out how to play the game. When my mom picked up a basic set for either my birthday or Christmas (I can't remember) it was the Metzner set.
beancounter
(I/Me/Mine)
My first one was the 1981 "purple box" with The keep on the Borderlands.
btw, it's so nice to see so many "older" players like myself still enjoying the game!
btw, it's so nice to see so many "older" players like myself still enjoying the game!
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Blue Moldvay, same as beancounter (reminds me I gotta do my taxes!). Bought it at a local hobby shop right in the middle of the Satanic Panic. My parents weren't religious, though, so they thought that whole kerfuffle was hilarious.
not-so-newguy
Legend
Red box
Older brother was the DM. I played Dweeny the Dwarf.
Older brother was the DM. I played Dweeny the Dwarf.
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