I was telling my brother about the plan to play BF rules with our old AD&D modules and he asked “why not just play with our old 1e rule books.” is the right answer that BF is more streamlined and eliminated unnecessary complexities of 1e (like AC and THACO)?

because my veteran player has already rolled up a 5e sorcerer and seems excited to play it.

I have been asked GM DnD by son (age 9). He will be joined by friends ages 8 and 9, and parents. Some parents are veteran players (like me) but the kids and some other parents are totally new to table top role-playing. I haven't been a GM in over 27 years. Could I let the new players use the charact...