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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 5304764" data-attributes="member: 42040">My entry into D&amp;D was the first printing of the AD&amp;D 2nd edition PHB (the one with the mounted soldier riding through the canyon). My nostalgia harkens back to that era, with their kits, priests of specific mythoi, tan'nari, crazy campaign settings (Al Quadim, Dark Sun, etc.), and the somewhat white-washed, Eurocentric, Tolkien-inspired fantasy that was 2nd edition. Of course, I was 12 at the time.&nbsp;I discovered the Red Box while I was playing 3.5, about 7 years ago. A coworked was cleaning out her garage and found a very poor copy of the Basic rules, along with some character sheets and modules. She knew I was into D&amp;D and gave it to me. &nbsp;What impressed me, as an outsider to Basic D&amp;D with no nostalgic pretense, was mostly how it was a self-contained game. A DM could run a bunch of short campaigns with it, never needing to advance beyond those few scant levels. Seriously, you could probably game 9 months to a year with the material in the Red Box without needing to upgrade to Expert. &nbsp;Retreater</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 5304764, member: 42040"] My entry into D&D was the first printing of the AD&D 2nd edition PHB (the one with the mounted soldier riding through the canyon). My nostalgia harkens back to that era, with their kits, priests of specific mythoi, tan'nari, crazy campaign settings (Al Quadim, Dark Sun, etc.), and the somewhat white-washed, Eurocentric, Tolkien-inspired fantasy that was 2nd edition. Of course, I was 12 at the time. I discovered the Red Box while I was playing 3.5, about 7 years ago. A coworked was cleaning out her garage and found a very poor copy of the Basic rules, along with some character sheets and modules. She knew I was into D&D and gave it to me. What impressed me, as an outsider to Basic D&D with no nostalgic pretense, was mostly how it was a self-contained game. A DM could run a bunch of short campaigns with it, never needing to advance beyond those few scant levels. Seriously, you could probably game 9 months to a year with the material in the Red Box without needing to upgrade to Expert. Retreater [/QUOTE]

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