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<blockquote data-quote="Hierax" data-source="post: 5049273" data-attributes="member: 40672">
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">1981 Basic Boxed Set (Moldvay/Otus)<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">+ Basic Rules</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">+ B2 - Keep on the Borderlands</li>
</ul> </li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Expert Boxed Set (Moldvay/Otus)<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">+ Expert Rules</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">+ X1 Isle of Dread</li>
</ul> </li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">B1 - In Search of the Unknown</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">X2 - Castle Amber (great introduced me to CAS!)</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tegel Manor (Judges Guild Orange booklet for OD&amp;D)</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">B3 Palace of the Silver Princess</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">AD&amp;D (1st ed.) Monster Manual</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">AD&amp;D (1st ed.) Players Handbook</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">AD&amp;D (1st ed.) Dungeon Masters Guide</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">AD&amp;D (1st ed.) Fiend Folio</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">AD&amp;D (1st ed.) Deities &amp; Demi-Gods</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">T1 - The Village of Hommlet</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">World of Greyhawk</li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">then a whole bunch of the lettered series of AD&amp;D modules</li>
</ul>Somehow we got the crazy idea into our heads that Advanced D&amp;D must have been the Companion to Expert and managed to hybridize B/X D&amp;D and AD&amp;D&nbsp; -- I suspect our in this crazyness of ours we were not entirely alone -- and only much later when the newer Basic/Expert/Companion/etc (Mentzer) came out figured out that AD&amp;D and B/X were actually different games but didn't care and worked those in too, and then Unearthed Arcana and Rolemaster, and on and on it went ...Hmm, that was pretty influential progression -- the clean rules of Moldvay's B/X, the expanded options of AD&amp;D, and the flavour of Greyhawk and the great classic modules, along with a steady stream of the Savage Sword of Conan Black &amp; White Magazine/Comics further reinforcing the Sword &amp; Sorcery influence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hierax, post: 5049273, member: 40672"] [LIST] [*]1981 Basic Boxed Set (Moldvay/Otus) [LIST] [*]+ Basic Rules [*]+ B2 - Keep on the Borderlands [/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Expert Boxed Set (Moldvay/Otus) [LIST] [*]+ Expert Rules [*]+ X1 Isle of Dread [/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*]B1 - In Search of the Unknown [/LIST] [LIST] [*]X2 - Castle Amber (great introduced me to CAS!) [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Tegel Manor (Judges Guild Orange booklet for OD&D) [/LIST] [LIST] [*]B3 Palace of the Silver Princess [/LIST] [LIST] [*]AD&D (1st ed.) Monster Manual [/LIST] [LIST] [*]AD&D (1st ed.) Players Handbook [/LIST] [LIST] [*]AD&D (1st ed.) Dungeon Masters Guide [/LIST] [LIST] [*]AD&D (1st ed.) Fiend Folio [/LIST] [LIST] [*]AD&D (1st ed.) Deities & Demi-Gods [/LIST] [LIST] [*]T1 - The Village of Hommlet [/LIST] [LIST] [*]World of Greyhawk [/LIST] [LIST] [*]then a whole bunch of the lettered series of AD&D modules [/LIST] Somehow we got the crazy idea into our heads that Advanced D&D must have been the Companion to Expert and managed to hybridize B/X D&D and AD&D -- I suspect our in this crazyness of ours we were not entirely alone -- and only much later when the newer Basic/Expert/Companion/etc (Mentzer) came out figured out that AD&D and B/X were actually different games but didn't care and worked those in too, and then Unearthed Arcana and Rolemaster, and on and on it went ... Hmm, that was pretty influential progression -- the clean rules of Moldvay's B/X, the expanded options of AD&D, and the flavour of Greyhawk and the great classic modules, along with a steady stream of the Savage Sword of Conan Black & White Magazine/Comics further reinforcing the Sword & Sorcery influence. [/QUOTE]

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