Even though I'm a fan of early Dungeons & Dragons, my entry into the game was via the Holmes basic set, followed by the hardback Advanced D&D books. It wasn't till decades later that I found some of the original supplements (in good condition) in a used basic set purchased from a hobby store.
Now my collection is closer to completion. I was able to acquire a copy
The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures, the third volume of the original edition of
Dungeons and Dragons, as well as the second supplement,
Blackmoor, both for a reasonable price.
I already have the other supplements--
Greyhawk,
Eldrich Wizardry,
Gods Demigods & Heroes, and
Swords & Spells. So to round out my colletion of original
D&D books, I need to track down the first two volumes;
Men & Magic and
Monsters & Treasure.
Great stuff! Those are real museum pieces - glad you're shedding some light one them.
ReplyDeleteI've never read any of that really early stuff myself - is it comprehensible? I've heard that a lot of the early material made little sense if you didn't also own a copy of Chainmail.
till have my original copies of all of those. Matthew is right - and even with a copy of Chainmail, they didn't really fully make sense on their own; imndeed, we wound up pretty m,uch replacing the entire combat system with our own, based on Arnold J. Hendrick's "Sword and Spear".
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