Quote Originally Posted by Xervous View Post
Popular: 5e. The design intent was for the masses after all.
By raw numbers, yes, but that seed was planted in fertile ground.
Influential: 3.5e. Warlocks, modern kobolds, reasonable Psionics rules, complex martial characters, Dragonborn, and above all that and more the OGL content.
It also made OSR happen, right?

In my opinion, and you are free to tell me I'm wrong, but B/X (which eventually turned into BECMI) was the kind of gateway drug for a lot of kids that led them to the hard drugs of 2e and later 3e.

Granted, I got my start with 3 little brown books, but that was marketed in niche hobby shops.

B/X and it's followers were sold in toy store and game stores.
Get them while they're young.