Editing Dungeons & Dragons (section)

==Versions==

===Original Dungeons & Dragons===

[[Image:ODnDBox.jpg|thumb]]

''Dungeons & Dragons'' was directly linked to ''[[Chainmail]]'' in many ways. The ''Chainmail'' books even fit in the D&D box. By adding multiple hero types to play and focusing on the aspect of the individual rather than the unit of the army, Gygax and Arneson [[Old School Roleplaying|kickstarted the Role Playing Game industry]]. People were no longer content to read tales of high fantasy in a book, not when they could control what the characters did. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' was released as a core set of 3 books and supplements were to follow later.

====Dungeons & Dragons Contents====
*Men & Magic - Allowed you to create a character and to learn the magic system.
*Monsters & Treasure - Pretty much exactly that. Rules for monster encounters and appropriate rewards for such.
*Underworld & Wilderness Adventures - The meat and potatoes of exploring overland and dungeon.
*Reference sheets - A stapled collection of pages with cross referencing tables and charts on them.

====Supplements====
*Supplement I Greyhawk - Introduced the setting of Oerth, new classes, spells, items, and optional rules.
*Supplement II Blackmoor - Introduced TONS of items, and optional rules mostly for underwater. The Blackmoor-specific stuff is the module [[Temple of the Frog]]. (Judges Guild would later publish the actual Blackmoor setting as run at this time.)
*Supplement III Eldritch Wizardry - A lot of new magic rules and classes
*Supplement IV Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes - Rules for immortals, more classes, introduced the Paladin class.
*Supplement V Swords & Spells: More combat and magic rules, more game mechanics. This would be incorporated into [[AD&D]] later.

===Basic Dungeons & Dragons===
See [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons]].

===The Dungeons & Dragons Game===

[[Image:ClassicDnDBox.jpg|thumb|Classic D&D Game Box]]

The replacement for the Basic Set, covering levels 1–5. This box set was a comprehensive guide to roleplaying. It came with dice, a map, and a detailed book that guided you through an adventure to generate your character and learn the fundamentals of role-play (Zanzer Tem's dungeon). Players were supposed to continue to the Rules Cyclopedia.

===D&D Rules Cyclopedia===
The Rules Cyclopedia was, essentially, a compiled version of all the rules in the first four Basic D&D sets and some of the Known World Gazetteers. While the book does cover Immortal level play very slightly, almost all of the actual rules for it was reworked into the book '''''Wrath of the Immortals'''''. There were some other minor rules tweaks, but nothing drastic.

Since 2018 one can acquire the Rules Cyclopedia [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17171/DD-Rules-Cyclopedia-Basic/ as a print-on-demand book from DMs Guild/DriveThru RPG].