It was thirty years ago today, part II

Tareeq · Post by **Tareeq** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:30 am

(We don't actually know that today is the birthday of Dungeons and Dragons. This was a convenient pagan holiday which had a similar theme. It has been named the anniversary to keep the pagans happy.)

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:20 am

I used to have that. I sold it, along with my funky dice, library of hard cover books, a few modules (I usually created my own), and about 5 years worth of Dragon magazines to a local cop for $75 back in the mid-80's.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:59 am

Altho I never played that or any of the role playing games I used to paint the figures for those who did.
I was,and still am,the wargamer type.I must have had 100 boardgames and 20,000 painted miniature figurines.

adumir · Post by **adumir** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:48 am

I'm just pleased they managed to present a Dungeon AND a Dragon on the cover, you know - just to make sure.

Oh, and I hope magic girl has a res scroll or something because that little twig of a fighter's about to bite it.

Raven_13 · Post by **Raven_13** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:56 am

Man, does that artwork bring back some memories! I miss my childhood...

Zathras · Post by **Zathras** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:10 am

Raven_13 wrote:Man, does that artwork bring back some memories! I miss my childhood...

.

Me too. I haven't seen that cover art in years! I still roleplay online with friends as our gaming group has become somewhat scattered over the years though.

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:07 am

I got that basic set for Christmas one year with the basic module The Keep on the Borderlands. I enjoyed reading through it all and even making a small module/dungeon myself, but I never really played it with anyone.

I seem to remember back then that elves were a class, not a race (there were no separate "races" for PCs). For characters I think you had a choice of fighter, thief, magic user, cleric, and elf. Maybe also dwarf?

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:08 am

That's not the original box cover.

this is

gbasden · Post by **gbasden** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:31 pm

Oh, yeah. That bad picture of the Red Dragon brings it all back.

I still have all of those books in a box somewhere. Amazing to compare the 3.5 ed ruleset to the originals.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:58 pm

Raven wrote:That's not the original box cover.

this is

Are you sure? I could have swore that there was a cover done in all blues that was the original.

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:59 pm

Biyobi wrote:
Raven wrote:That's not the original box cover.

this is
Are you sure? I could have swore that there was a cover done in all blues that was the original.

This one? Looks like the rulebook cover was mono-blue, while the box cover was the one noted above. Check them all out here:

http://www.acaeum.com/DDIndexes/SetPages/Basic.html

Teggy · Post by **Teggy** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:36 pm

This was my intro into D&D