Opening the box for the new Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition was quite a trip, bringing me back to the mid 80's when I bought a used box set from a garage sale.

First off the quality of the materials was fabulous. Nothing in the box felt cheep and the amount of free material to download in the form of the Basic Rules in two forms of PDF made this really feel worthwhile.

Reading through the included rules brought me back to simpler times in the older editions and nothing seemed overly hard to remember. I looked forward to running the first game with the same excitement as I remember from my childhood. Great stuff wizards of the coast!

Reference basicrules for the free downloads.