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Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks

  • Acquisitions IncorporatedAcquisitions Incorporated is a sourcebook that asks Dungeons & Dragons players to run their adventuring party like a company. It was written for the 5th edition of the fantasy role-playing game. Its humor comes from satire and the office…
  • Wizards Presents: Races and ClassesWizards Presents: Races and Classes was a book about a game that did not exist yet.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Starter SetThe 1994 Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set came with a CD of a real play session.
  • Guildmasters' Guide to RavnicaRavnica is a world with no ocean, farmland or wilderness, just city covering the entire planet.
  • Mythic Odysseys of TherosAn accidental Amazon listing revealed the Dungeons and Dragons book Mythic Odysseys of Theros.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Rules CyclopediaThe Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia told beginners it was not for them. It was a 304-page hardback from 1991.
  • Tasha's Cauldron of EverythingTasha's Cauldron of Everything made a character's racial ability bonuses movable. The rule was optional.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Basic SetDungeons & Dragons Basic Set sales rose from roughly 5,000 to over 30,000 copies a month in 1979.
  • Monster ManualGary Gygax wrote every entry in the 1977 Monster Manual, a 108-page book of more than 350 monsters.
  • Dungeon Master's GuideThe Dungeon Master's Guide is the one D&D book only one player may open. It is the rulebook behind the rulebook.
  • Greyhawk (supplement)The Greyhawk supplement for Dungeons and Dragons says almost nothing about Greyhawk.
  • Blackmoor (supplement)The first published role-playing adventure was tucked inside a booklet called Blackmoor.
  • Dungeons & Dragons (1974)The first role-playing game was made on a budget of two thousand dollars. Only a hundred of it went to artwork.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Game (1991 boxed set)A school reading program inspired a 1991 Dungeons & Dragons boxed set. Its 48 cards each taught one rule.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Master RulesDungeons & Dragons Master Rules let players rule an empire. The 1985 boxed set covers levels 26 through 36.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Companion SetA level 15 Dungeons & Dragons character becomes a landowner with castle staff to pay.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Expert SetThe 1981 Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set tore off the level 3 ceiling of the Basic Set.
  • Unearthed ArcanaUnearthed Arcana, a 1985 rulebook, reportedly began as a way to raise money for a TSR deep in debt.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Immortals RulesIn the D&D Immortals Rules, moving up a rank meant competing in the Olympics. TSR's 1986 boxed set began after level 36.
  • Monstrous CompendiumMonstrous Compendium began in 1989 as loose pages for a three-ring binder.
  • Player's HandbookDungeons & Dragons' Player's Handbook was rewritten five times, yet its 2024 version set a sales record.
  • Spelljammer: Adventures in SpaceSpelljammer: Adventures in Space put ships in the void between worlds. Its 2022 box held three books at once.

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