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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9847255" data-attributes="member: 4348">I don't know, to be honest.&nbsp; I started by playing with some older kids who already knew the rules of the game.&nbsp; I didn't get the rules till later.&nbsp; When I got them (OD&amp;D) was actually really easy to understand because I had already been playing it with the others already.&nbsp; &nbsp; I can see how it could be a hot mess in retrospect, but when I started, I was young and how it worked already was taught to me (at least the basics of it).That said, I'd always want to play OD&amp;D with Greyhawk at a minimum.&nbsp; Greyhawk is absolutely one supplement that I require these days if I go with OD&amp;D.&nbsp; The BEST version (I felt, IMO) for teaching or learning how to play the game (on your own, or with a group) was Mentzer's Red Box (so the second Red Box Basic).&nbsp; That was uncompared for how it introduce someone to RPG mechanics and play until Pathfinder's Beginner Box (1e) came about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9847255, member: 4348"] I don't know, to be honest. I started by playing with some older kids who already knew the rules of the game. I didn't get the rules till later. When I got them (OD&D) was actually really easy to understand because I had already been playing it with the others already. I can see how it could be a hot mess in retrospect, but when I started, I was young and how it worked already was taught to me (at least the basics of it). That said, I'd always want to play OD&D with Greyhawk at a minimum. Greyhawk is absolutely one supplement that I require these days if I go with OD&D. The BEST version (I felt, IMO) for teaching or learning how to play the game (on your own, or with a group) was Mentzer's Red Box (so the second Red Box Basic). That was uncompared for how it introduce someone to RPG mechanics and play until Pathfinder's Beginner Box (1e) came about. [/QUOTE]

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