When was the Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set released?
TSR published the Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set in 1984 as an expansion to the Basic Set. The box contained two booklets: Player's Companion Book One and Dungeon Master's Companion Book Two.
Questions about Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who designed War Machine for the Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set?
Douglas Niles and Gary Spiegel designed War Machine to handle large-scale battles within the campaign. This system allowed groups to manage warfare that existed only as background events.
How many copies of the 10th Anniversary Dungeons & Dragons Collector's Set were produced?
Only one thousand copies existed and they sold via mail order or at GenCon 17. Buyers received rulebooks from the Basic, Expert, and Companion sets along with modules AC2, AC3, B1, B2, and M1.
What page counts did the Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set booklets contain?
Each booklet held specific page counts with the main rulebook containing 64 pages and the secondary guide holding 32 pages. Anne Gray edited both books while Larry Elmore and Jeff Easley provided the artwork.
When did Megan C. Robertson review the Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set?
Megan C. Robertson reviewed the product in issue 61 of White Dwarf magazine in January 1985. She gave the set a rating of seven out of ten overall.