Can you play baldurs gate without understanding dungeon and dragons rules

Hi guys, I was going to buy baldurs gate 1 and 2 but I was hesitant due to the fact I hear it plays off a dungeon and dragon engine Ive nevr liked dungeon and dragons mutch it was to cheesy to me (no offence D&D players) but my question is can you play baldurs gate easily without understanding rules to dungeons and dragons

you can learn to play it (edit: without knowing the rules, oops :D), but you WILL learn the 2e d&d rules in the process.. which honestly are kind of bonkers. you don't need to know the rules to know how to play, but you will learn them to understand how many attacks your fighters get, how hard your tank is to hit, and how many spells your mage can learn in a day.

YES and they are great games..the graphics will be outdated but still worth a play or 2 or 3

The latest D&D rules (4.0) are pretty easy to understand and get into, same for 3.0, but the old AD&D rules used in Baldur's Gate are definitely more complex and esoteric.

But don't let that scare you! Spend a few minutes with the manual, the rest will come as you play the game. You'll notice that your armor rating goes down the better armor you wear, you'll notice that your attack rating goes up the more experienced/better weapons you get. It'll click. It's really not that much different from learning any new game system. Did you have any problem with Dragon Age, or Mass effect?

About the only thing that will take you a little bit of practice to get good at are the tactical aspects (who do I attack the mage with, the fighter, the rogue, etc), and the magic system. There are a lot of spells to choose from, and not all of them are easy to figure out in terms of how to get the most out of them.

But that's just part of the fun, IMHO. Finding out new tricks, new tactics, etc.