The original Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set boxed set was first published by TSR, Inc. in 1977, and initially comprised a separate edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, apart from the first edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game initially published in the same year. Its product designation was TSR 1001. This box set contained a 48-page rules book (with a light blue cover and artwork by David C. Sutherland III), along...
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The original Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set boxed set was first published by TSR, Inc. in 1977, and initially comprised a separate edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, apart from the first edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game initially published in the same year. Its product designation was TSR 1001. This box set contained a 48-page rules book (with a light blue cover and artwork by David C. Sutherland III), along with a set of polyhedral dice. (For a period in 1979, TSR experienced a dice shortage. Basic sets published during this time frame instead came with two sheets of numbered cutout cardstock chits that functioned in lieu of dice, along with a coupon for ordering dice from TSR.)
The Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rulebook was sold either separately or in a boxed set including geomorphs, monsters and treasure assortments and a set of polyhedral dice, forming a complete basic game-system. The rulebook also included a brief sample dungeon (complete with...
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