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<blockquote data-quote="Keldryn" data-source="post: 1580418" data-attributes="member: 11999">My vote goes to Mystara, or as I still think of it &quot;The Known World.&quot;&nbsp; I started playing D&amp;D in that setting back in '86, using the red box Basic Set series with the Elmore cover art.&nbsp; I definitely have the fondest memories from that era of play.&nbsp; The old Gazetteer series, before the whole Hollow World and Wrath of the Immortals stuff, still had a flavour that most D&amp;D settings don't have.&nbsp; Even if some of it was a tad silly (GAZ4 Ierendi, for example).&nbsp; We eventually adopted AD&amp;D (1e, obviously) rules a year or two later, but stayed in that game world.&nbsp; Some of my favorite modules were set in that world.&nbsp; The &quot;classic&quot; 1e AD&amp;D modules (GDQ series, Slavelords, S series, etc) never really did it for me.&nbsp; When I think back to the &quot;classics,&quot; I think of B7 Rahasia, B10 Night's Dark Terror, X1 Isle of Dread, X4-5 Desert Nomads, X10 Red Arrow Black Shield (I love that adventure), CM1 Test of the Warlords...Greyhawk never really captured my attention.&nbsp; It always seems a little bland to me.&nbsp; I have fond memories of the old &quot;grey box&quot; Forgotten Realms set, before the setting was over-developed, over-populated with powerful NPCs, and before hordes of trashy fantasy novels were written and incorporated into the game setting.Planescape was really cool, but I never really played in it.&nbsp; And I love the setting for Birthright (from what I've seen of it), but haven't ever played in it.Somehow, for me, the quintessential D&amp;D experience is playing in the Known World with the old Red- and Blue- Box Basic and Expert Sets.&nbsp; And when I think of the look of D&amp;D, I think of the Elmore art from the old B and X series.If they're going to do a 3.5e &quot;basic set,&quot; I hope it harkens back to the old 1983 Basic Set that brought me on board.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Keldryn, post: 1580418, member: 11999"] My vote goes to Mystara, or as I still think of it "The Known World." I started playing D&D in that setting back in '86, using the red box Basic Set series with the Elmore cover art. I definitely have the fondest memories from that era of play. The old Gazetteer series, before the whole Hollow World and Wrath of the Immortals stuff, still had a flavour that most D&D settings don't have. Even if some of it was a tad silly (GAZ4 Ierendi, for example). We eventually adopted AD&D (1e, obviously) rules a year or two later, but stayed in that game world. Some of my favorite modules were set in that world. The "classic" 1e AD&D modules (GDQ series, Slavelords, S series, etc) never really did it for me. When I think back to the "classics," I think of B7 Rahasia, B10 Night's Dark Terror, X1 Isle of Dread, X4-5 Desert Nomads, X10 Red Arrow Black Shield (I love that adventure), CM1 Test of the Warlords... Greyhawk never really captured my attention. It always seems a little bland to me. I have fond memories of the old "grey box" Forgotten Realms set, before the setting was over-developed, over-populated with powerful NPCs, and before hordes of trashy fantasy novels were written and incorporated into the game setting. Planescape was really cool, but I never really played in it. And I love the setting for Birthright (from what I've seen of it), but haven't ever played in it. Somehow, for me, the quintessential D&D experience is playing in the Known World with the old Red- and Blue- Box Basic and Expert Sets. And when I think of the look of D&D, I think of the Elmore art from the old B and X series. If they're going to do a 3.5e "basic set," I hope it harkens back to the old 1983 Basic Set that brought me on board. [/QUOTE]

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