Cyan Wisp
Explorer
I said BECMI, however my preferred method of teaching kids to DM is 5e Basic Rules (not listed for some reason). It's free, current, and the rules are (mostly) intuitive. A few students have since bought their own 5e PHBs and so the cycle continues.
Personally, I started on the Red Box in 1985 and subsequently owned and loved Expert, Companion, and Master, but found AD&D before I bought Immortal. Those boxed sets were simply excellent.
My "transition" into AD&D was solely from my big sister unknowingly buying me an AD&D module for a b'day present (A1: Slavepits of the Undercity). I read it - the art wasn't as good, tbh - but I was utterly baffled and intrigued by mention of shocking, heretical things like half-orcs, cleric/assassins, and fighter/magic-user/thieves! I didn't look back after I got my AD&D PHB.
If there was no 5e, I'd probably go back to BECMI for "My Basic" rather than try to learn a new, likely convoluted, system.
Personally, I started on the Red Box in 1985 and subsequently owned and loved Expert, Companion, and Master, but found AD&D before I bought Immortal. Those boxed sets were simply excellent.
My "transition" into AD&D was solely from my big sister unknowingly buying me an AD&D module for a b'day present (A1: Slavepits of the Undercity). I read it - the art wasn't as good, tbh - but I was utterly baffled and intrigued by mention of shocking, heretical things like half-orcs, cleric/assassins, and fighter/magic-user/thieves! I didn't look back after I got my AD&D PHB.
If there was no 5e, I'd probably go back to BECMI for "My Basic" rather than try to learn a new, likely convoluted, system.
