Which edition of D&D did you start with?

[Oldtimer]

Here is the version I started with

 

[VirgilCaine]

I first got "into" D&D by reading 2e netbooks...and then progressed to 3.0e, which I am a devout defender of.

 

[was]

Started with second, but I have played both first and basic since.

 

[Steel_Wind]

I started with original D&D in 1978 and VERY quickly moved to 1st edition AD&D.

Unlike Diaglo, I thought it was an instantaneous improvement and never looked back.

 

[The Grackle]

That's the one.

 

[Herpes Cineplex]

When I was in fourth grade, my school's gifted program was an hour-long mini-class you'd leave your normal class to attend. They ran original red-box D&D for a while (at least a month, I think), but I wouldn't count it as the version I started with, because it really didn't grab me. Maybe it was a lousy GM, or lousy players, or it just wasn't interesting enough to make me want to play, I don't know. In fact, I think I started "ditching" the gifted section and just stuck around my regular classroom until they'd shelved D&D and gone back to doing advanced course material instead. (Yeah, I know, what a nerd! )

Then I started playing AD&D2e with my friends in high school, and while I never liked the system (with or without the elaborate house rules they'd developed), I had enough fun to make it worth my time. But honestly, the moment someone showed me a game with a non-fantasy setting, a decent ruleset, and an actual skill system, I never once felt any desire to go back to 2e. 3rd edition's actually the D&D version that's impressed me the most.

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which i guess is some kind of heretical position, but i've heard that heresy is cool this year
ryan

 

[TheAuldGrump]

OD&D back in '75, '76 or so. Then I bought the basic D&D when it came out, but hadn't run it when AD&D came out and I got that.

The Auld Grump, who also played Runequest 1st and 2nd editions...

 

[LizardWizard]

I started with a well-worn photocopy of the Rules Cyclopedia . That was the only incarnation of D&D in Russia known to me at the time.

 

[rounser]

I'm genuinely surprised to see more people here started with 2E than with 1E, and that Basic is by far the greatest source of players that end up on ENWorld.

1E AD&D for me, starting in the orange spined books era, about age 12. I remember when Unearthed Arcana came out and shook our games up. And the beautiful-looking boxed set edition of the World of Greyhawk - what a trove that felt like at the time.

 

[Grayhawk]

I had never heard of roleplaying before 1987; my first year of college. A new friend introduced me to this 'very special game - you'll see!', which came in a red box with a great Elmore picture on it.

Shortly thereafter we learned of the existence of an advanced version played by the older students, which we didn't hesitate to pick up (the game, not the students). In 1989 we moved our campaigns to 2nd edition. We're now playing 3rd.