Dragon Magazine #52, August 1981. The first issue I ever bought, with Faerie Dragon cover art by #BorisVallejo. There's a great article in this issue concerning the differences between the Holmes Basic and Moldvay Basic rules, by Holmes and Moldvay, respectively.
Going back and actually reading #DragonMagazine will give you a much more accurate understanding of what playing #RPGs in the early days was actually like than you will ever get by listening to old #OSR#cranks, #wingnuts, #neckbeards, #trolls, and #grognards bloviate about the #wokeness invading their precious little hobby. #DnD was not for conservative and reactionary people who didn't appreciate change. Literally everything about our games was changeable at will, and so we did.