What was the first Dungeons and Dragons rule system you used?

[Stormonu]

I got the Holmes books first, but the rules were a bit beyond me (I was in 4th grade, about 10 years old). The first ruleset that "clicked" with me was the Moldvay set.

 

[GreyLord]

Didn't vote. My first experience was with the Original D&D but the books were owned by someone else back then...waaaay back then...

Some of you might not even have been twinkle's in your parent's eyes at that point.

 

[delericho]

The very first game I played was 1st Ed AD&D. However, that doesn't really count, since the DM handled all the rules. (This actually led to my thinking that was how the game was supposed to be, and so up until I went to university some years later, I rolled all the dice for my players.)

The first rules system I actually used was BD&D (Mentzer). Though even that was after a proto-D&D system I cobbled together from reading "What is Dungeons & Dragons"!

 

[Blue]

First I played was Holmes Blue box. First I owned was D&D Basic red box.

Man, I hadn't realized red box came out after AD&D 1st. I had my Basic & Expert sets for a couple of years before upgrading to AD&D 1st, and I remember playing that for a while before 2nd. Were things just that spread out?

 

[Gilladian]

Voted blue box, but we were playing by my older brother's cribbed notes from OD&D for a few months before we convinced Mom we had to OWN this game!

 

[Ahnehnois]

2e. Which, in my mind is what constitutes "classic" or "old-school" D&D.

 

[Lord Mhoram]

Holmes Basic.

 

[Baron Greystone]

Started with Dungeon!, played around with Holmes, but when I finally got into a regular game they were transitioning into 1st ed AD&D.

 

[Obryn]

Moldvay Basic here, but quickly mixed in with AD&D (statue & demon covers)!

A friend of the family introduced it to my brother and I, then gave us the books and dice before he left! I don't remember if we played Dungeon! before or after this...

-O

 

[Ryujin]

My brother and I played a little of the early Basic rules, but 1e AD&D was my first real experience.