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<blockquote data-quote="PowerWordDumb" data-source="post: 1012584" data-attributes="member: 8614">Oddly enough, on the 1e AD&amp;D NPC sheets - the orange ones that were printed two-to-a-sheet, splitting an 8.5x11 page lengthwise.What's strange is I'd never played AD&amp;D at that point - I'd only played Red-box Basic and Expert D&amp;D.&nbsp; The reams and reams of stats, precise equipment locations, and overwhelming sense of detail (including my wondering what THAC0 was all about) were what drew me to pick up the AD&amp;D line - starting with the World of Greyhawk boxed set, followed a week later by the PHB and DMG - a whole lot of money for me at the time as I was just entering highschool.&nbsp; At the time, &quot;Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons&quot; really did seem *advanced*, though it's rather a simple system by today's standards.Man, I loved those 1e books... For years afterwards I could still quote page numbers for just about anything in the DMG from memory, and I learned a ton reading about different govermental types and other nifty stuff that EGG included that would never make it into a core book today.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PowerWordDumb, post: 1012584, member: 8614"] Oddly enough, on the 1e AD&D NPC sheets - the orange ones that were printed two-to-a-sheet, splitting an 8.5x11 page lengthwise. What's strange is I'd never played AD&D at that point - I'd only played Red-box Basic and Expert D&D. The reams and reams of stats, precise equipment locations, and overwhelming sense of detail (including my wondering what THAC0 was all about) were what drew me to pick up the AD&D line - starting with the World of Greyhawk boxed set, followed a week later by the PHB and DMG - a whole lot of money for me at the time as I was just entering highschool. At the time, "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" really did seem *advanced*, though it's rather a simple system by today's standards. Man, I loved those 1e books... For years afterwards I could still quote page numbers for just about anything in the DMG from memory, and I learned a ton reading about different govermental types and other nifty stuff that EGG included that would never make it into a core book today. [/QUOTE]

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