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<blockquote data-quote="guachi" data-source="post: 7368097" data-attributes="member: 6785802"><p>I haven't actually tried to run X3. It's a good read in the sense that it gave you some background and a setting location, quite useful before the Gazetteers came out. The X series modules I actually owned were X1-5 and X10. I FINALLY got around to running X2 and that was deliriously fun. It's a great change of pace though it does require a lot of heavy lifting on the DM's part because of the paucity of information for each encounter.</p><p></p><p>The first D&D product I bought was the Red Box in 1984. I had checked out the PHB and DMG from my grade school library (Let that sink in. My grade school library had D&D books). </p><p></p><p>I probably got around to buying AD&D books in 1985 and switched to buying mostly D&D products, largely Gazetteers, in 1987. So my time for purchasing new 1e books that WEREN'T the big three basically lasted from 1986-88. And there really wasn't a lot of AD&D product that was any good from 1986-88.</p><p></p><p>Two Lankhmar modules, which I wasn't interested in.</p><p>A bunch of Dragonlance modules - and all my friends were more interested in the books.</p><p>Queen of the Spiders - Looked great as it was a compilation of modules I'd never seen in print. Didn't end up buying it.</p><p>H1-4 - Two required Battlesystem and my friend had that so he bought one or two of those.</p><p>Some I series modules I don't ever remember seeing on the shelf.</p><p>A few N series modules of which I bought<em> N4 Treasure Hunt</em> because it was a zero level module and I'd never seen that before.</p><p>Oriental Adventures modules - but my friend owned the book and I didn't so I didn't buy any.</p><p>WG7 - Castle Greyhawk - bought that</p><p></p><p>For main books there were:</p><p><em><em>Oriental Adventures, Unearthed Arcana, Dungeoneers Survival Guide, Wilderness Survival Guide</em></em>. Each of the first three were bought by a different friend so I ended up getting the WSG. We weren't so rich that we could each buy all the books so we split them up.</p><p>Among General supplements was the <em> Dungeon Master's Design Kit</em>, which I bought because it was generic advice not specific to AD&D, which I wasn't really interested in as I was buying D&D stuff, and because it was written in part by Aaron Allston, whose Gazetteers I liked.</p><p></p><p>D&D was cranking out lots of modules to build up the X through I line (even if quality was variable) and then had the Gazetteers starting in 1987. The first D&D Gazetteer came out about the time the Forgotten Realms boxed set came out (the one with the Easley cover of the lone warrior on a horse). Since I couldn't buy *both* Forgotten Realms *and* D&D Gazetteers I stuck with D&D and I'm glad I did. Forgotten Realms of the FR sourcebooks looked REALLY interesting but it's become too bloated for me to get into anymore.</p><p></p><p>TL;DR: 1986-1988 was really a dead time for AD&D before 2e came out (aside from FR sourcebooks). Almost anything I bought would have been a candidate for worst.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="guachi, post: 7368097, member: 6785802"] I haven't actually tried to run X3. It's a good read in the sense that it gave you some background and a setting location, quite useful before the Gazetteers came out. The X series modules I actually owned were X1-5 and X10. I FINALLY got around to running X2 and that was deliriously fun. It's a great change of pace though it does require a lot of heavy lifting on the DM's part because of the paucity of information for each encounter. The first D&D product I bought was the Red Box in 1984. I had checked out the PHB and DMG from my grade school library (Let that sink in. My grade school library had D&D books). I probably got around to buying AD&D books in 1985 and switched to buying mostly D&D products, largely Gazetteers, in 1987. So my time for purchasing new 1e books that WEREN'T the big three basically lasted from 1986-88. And there really wasn't a lot of AD&D product that was any good from 1986-88. Two Lankhmar modules, which I wasn't interested in. A bunch of Dragonlance modules - and all my friends were more interested in the books. Queen of the Spiders - Looked great as it was a compilation of modules I'd never seen in print. Didn't end up buying it. H1-4 - Two required Battlesystem and my friend had that so he bought one or two of those. Some I series modules I don't ever remember seeing on the shelf. A few N series modules of which I bought[I] N4 Treasure Hunt[/I] because it was a zero level module and I'd never seen that before. Oriental Adventures modules - but my friend owned the book and I didn't so I didn't buy any. WG7 - Castle Greyhawk - bought that For main books there were: [I][I]Oriental Adventures, Unearthed Arcana, Dungeoneers Survival Guide, Wilderness Survival Guide[/I][/I]. Each of the first three were bought by a different friend so I ended up getting the WSG. We weren't so rich that we could each buy all the books so we split them up. Among General supplements was the [I] Dungeon Master's Design Kit[/I], which I bought because it was generic advice not specific to AD&D, which I wasn't really interested in as I was buying D&D stuff, and because it was written in part by Aaron Allston, whose Gazetteers I liked. D&D was cranking out lots of modules to build up the X through I line (even if quality was variable) and then had the Gazetteers starting in 1987. The first D&D Gazetteer came out about the time the Forgotten Realms boxed set came out (the one with the Easley cover of the lone warrior on a horse). Since I couldn't buy *both* Forgotten Realms *and* D&D Gazetteers I stuck with D&D and I'm glad I did. Forgotten Realms of the FR sourcebooks looked REALLY interesting but it's become too bloated for me to get into anymore. TL;DR: 1986-1988 was really a dead time for AD&D before 2e came out (aside from FR sourcebooks). Almost anything I bought would have been a candidate for worst. [/QUOTE]
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