As part of Gen X, my friends and I played Dungeons and Dragons through junior high and high school, as well as other TTRPGs. The first half of the video provides an introduction and overview of the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) game. (The "Advanced" was because, at the time, there was also a "basic" version simply called Dungeons & Dragons). You can order PDF or new physical copies of the books through DriveThru RPG.
VIDEO: "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - A Get Started Guide"
Classic_DM (40 min.)
It's a shame TSR stopped updating their material in the early 1990s.
ReplyDeleteThings changed when Gygax was given the boot, and not for the best.
DeleteArguably the best version of the game. My friends and I used this edition in high school due to how easy it was to homebrew as well as the many, many resources available (especially taking into account the resources from Basic, Expert, OD&D, and 2nd Edition, as they were all easily compatible; plus stuff from Gamma World when I got bored).
ReplyDelete3rd Edition was getting a little needlessly complex, and 4th Edition was only functional when played inside the videogame engine they made (which itself wasn't ready for distribution until 5E had already been out for a couple years, in the Neverwinter game if I'm remembering correctly).
The POD rulebooks use the same alternate covers that WOTC used in the 20th anniversary reprints. I wish DriveThru would print more of the AD&D books, but the ones I have are as good or better quality printing and binding as the original TSR books. (Save for the accidental chapter of PlaneScape in my Spelljammer book. Cest la vie.)