

Built on Chainmail fantasy rules, it consists in a box set with three booklets, Men & Magic, Monsters & Treasure, The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures, and five supplements, Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Eldritch Wizardry, Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes and Swords & Spells. The first edition (January 1974) was just called Dungeons & Dragons, now referred to as original Dungeons & Dragons. Several revisions of Dungeons & Dragons have been released. Revised editions of the core rulebooks (compatible with 3.0 via errata)ĭungeons & Dragons 4th edition (three Core rulebooks)ĭungeons & Dragons 5th edition (announced)ĭungeons & Dragons 5th edition (three Core rulebooks and boxed Starter Set)
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Monstrous Manual Replaces Monstrous CompendiumĪdvanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition revisedĭungeons & Dragons 3rd edition (three Core rulebooks)ĭungeons & Dragons 3rd edition revised (v3.5) Monstrous Compendium Replaces Monster Manual Unearthed Arcana (a fourth "core" rulebook) Since the original release in 1974, several editions of Dungeons & Dragons have been published, sometimes with major changes to the rulebooks.ĭungeons & Dragons Version History, noting key rule publicationsĭungeons & Dragons (original white box edition with three booklets)Īdvanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st Edition)ĭungeon Masters Guide (August) Core rulebooks completeĮxpert Set (light blue box) (levels 4–14) Pre-made adventures (previously known as "modules") have been published throughout the history of Dungeons & Dragons. Commercially published campaign settings are Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Eberron and Dark Sun.

Many optional accessories are available to enhance the game, such as expansion rulebooks, pre-designed adventures and various campaign settings. The results of the characters' choices and the overall storyline for the game are determined by the Dungeon Master (DM) according to the rules of the game and the DM's interpretation of those rules. Typically, each player controls only a single character. A typical Dungeons & Dragons game consists of an "adventure" in a fantasy world or "campaign setting". It is normally played indoors with the participants seated around a tabletop. The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997. It was first published by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created Dungeons & Dragons in the year 1974. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D) is a paper-and-pencil role-playing game (RPG).
