Who played Basic D&D all the way up through all of the sets?

[kengar]

Learned on Holmes back in '79-80, went into 1e from there. Played Basic/Expert later on (college) through 7-8th level. I own BECMI & RC, but Moldvay will always be Basic to me. Best written & organized gaming book EVAR

Mentzer, Shmentzer says I

 

[diaglo]

Let's see...OD&D (pre-basic)...Wombat, Plane Sailing, Silver Moon, diaglo (still playing it), myself, a few others on these boards...Still trumped by Col_Pladoh who was playing when the rules were all on drink napkins...

yes, OD&D set for me too.

i bought the other sets, read them, adapted parts from them, but never reached that level of play in the campaign.

11th lvl was the top for the PCs.

 

[trilobite]

I started with the three book white box set when I was in junior high. My first character was a fighter named Sinbad! LOL those where the days.

 

[Mercule]

I played red, blue, cyan, and black (that's Basic, Expert, Companion, and Master). Never played Immortal, though. I know I read it, but I think I borrowed it from a friend.

Of course, my play of the old boxed sets coincided nicely with my uber-power-gaming days, so I don't really know how they would play without cheating.

 

[Agamon]

How was it to the very high levels? Did it get really epic? What sorts of adventures were there at those levels? Did they even make modules for that level?

It was a loooong time ago. There was the land ownership part, which was interesting (he had a large keep-like church), but mostly it was just barshing bigger and bigger monsters. There were a few Companion and Master level adventures, if I remember correctly.

 

[Gadodel]

Been gaming for 25 years. I've played through all of the D&D line. Two years ago, I left D&D. I no longer play the Fantasy Genre exclusively. I am a multi genre type of player now.

Though, thinking about my start; is fine reminiscing material.

 

[teitan]

I never really played too much basic DnD though I LOOOOOVE the Rules CYclopedia. I gamed with a group for a few months that used some of the rules in the Cyclopedia for Weapon Mastery but not much else. I was a 1E, early 2E die hard but I have played all the way to level 36 in 2E and became an Immortal... using a KENDER!!! MWAHAHAHAHA Eventually we even fought a death god in his home dimension and I "accidentally" killed him (my character did that a lot... fricking kender) and all his power went to me and I became a death god.

Jason

 

[johnsemlak]

It was a loooong time ago. There was the land ownership part, which was interesting (he had a large keep-like church), but mostly it was just barshing bigger and bigger monsters. There were a few Companion and Master level adventures, if I remember correctly.

There were 9 Companion and 5 Master adventures. Some were real good as well, several authored by bigger names.

 

[Driddle]

I started playing D&D before we even had dice to roll. For random number generation, Grunk, our DM at the time (we called him "CaveMaster") would hold his hands behind his back and we'd guess how many fingers he was holding - it was a very complicated system, so please don't ask me to elaborate. The character classes consisted of Sharp Stick Wielder, Rock Thrower, Fire Maker, Female, and Anyone Else Who Barely Survived Being Eaten By Hungry Creatures And Is Good For Nothing Except Keeping Caves Clean. (My Rock Thrower lived to 3rd level, which was considerd Legendary status back then.)

Boxed sets, bah! - You kids with your fancy-fangled "books" make me sick!

 

[Jeb McDonald]

Started out on the blue basic set in '78. I remember fondly crawling through the dungeon in the back of that book. I believe a giant rat was my first kill...
Never played the companion or masters set. Seemed like wasted money at the time, even though we kept playing the game. Had ultra-silly 29th/29th fighter/wizard with magic items which worked within his anti-magic shell. Ahh..to be unencumbered by rules and balance.
Kept playing through 2e, 3.0 and now into 3.5. Despite some of the flaws, this is a great game we play, and we're lucky to have found it. Or did it find us?