Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
Moldvay for me, too -- so I don't quite follow the love for the Red Box, though we played with both. Other than organization, I don't think the rules for Moldvay/Cook differ at all from the Mentzer sets at B/X levels. My groups back then always had both sets of rules at the table depending on when someone happened to start playing.
Of course, after a while we just ported everything to 1E anyway, and ended up with sort of a B/X/AD&D mishmash that used 1E races, classes, spells, and magic items and the B/X combat system.
Of course, after a while we just ported everything to 1E anyway, and ended up with sort of a B/X/AD&D mishmash that used 1E races, classes, spells, and magic items and the B/X combat system.