Basic Dungeons & Dragons, known as the Basic Set was the successor to Original Dungeons & Dragons and was released while TSR, Inc. was working on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons set. This set was the beginning of the split into two separate games, driven by disagreements on the direction the game should take. The Basic set retained the simplicity and flexibility that had made the original game such a best-seller while Gary Gygax took Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in a more structured and complicated direction.
Initially it was expected that players would start using Basic edition and then 'graduate' to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. However, in 1981 the Basic Set underwent a completely new revision and not long after this the Expert Set was released for the first time. All references to a progression from the Basic Set to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons were removed from the games and supplements as TSR, Inc. made clear that the expected progression was from the Basic Set to the Expert Set. From this point the D&D Dichotomy became fixed and the Basic/Expert set pair were considered a completely separate game from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. This separation continued until the eventual reintegration of the two streams into a single game in 2000 with Dungeons & Dragons, third edition.
- Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set
- Dungeon Master's Book
- Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia
- AC1 The Shady Dragon Inn
- AC2 Combat Shield and Mini-adventure
- AC4 The Book of Marvelous Magic
- AC5 Player Character Record Sheets
- AC6 Player Character Record Sheets
- AC7 Master Player Screen
- AC9 Creature Catalogue
- AC10 Bestiary of Dragons and Giants
- AC11 The Book of Wondrous Inventions
- Champions of Mystara
- Character and Monster Assortment Pack
- Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set
- DDREF1 Character Record Sheets
- DMR1 Dungeon Master Screen
- DMR2 Creature Catalog
- Dungeon Geomorphs Set One Basic Dungeon
- Dungeon Geomorphs Set Two Caves & Caverns
- Dungeon Geomorphs Set Three Lower Dungeons
- Dungeon Geomorphs Sets 1-3
- Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set
- Gazetteer Dawn of the Emperors: Thyatis and Alphatia
- GAZ1 The Grand Duchy of Karameikos
- GAZ2 The Emirates of Ylaruam
- GAZ3 The Principalities of Glantri
- GAZ4 The Kingdom of Ierendi
- GAZ5 The Elves of Alfheim
- GAZ6 The Dwarves of Rockhome
- GAZ7 The Northern Reaches
- GAZ8 The Five Shires
- GAZ9 The Minrothad Guilds
- GAZ10 The Orcs of Thar
- GAZ11 The Republic of Darokin
- GAZ12 The Golden Khan of Ethengar
- GAZ13 The Shadow Elves
- GAZ14 The Atruaghin Clans
- Hexagonal Mapping Booklet
- Hollow World Campaign Set
- HWR1 Sons of Azca
- HWR2 Kingdom Of Nithia
- HWR3 The Milenian Empire
- Dungeons & Dragons Immortals Rules
- Quadrille Graph Paper
- Dungeons & Dragons Master Rules
- Monster & Treasure Assortment Set 1 Levels 1-3
- Monster & Treasure Assortment Set 2 Levels 4-6
- Monster & Treasure Assortment Set 3 Levels 7-9
- Monster & Treasure Assortment Set 1-3 - Level 1-9
- PC1 Tall Tales of the Wee Folk
- PC2 Top Ballista
- PC3 The Sea People
- PC4 Night Howlers
- Poor Wizard's Almanac
- Poor Wizard's Almanac II
- Thunder Rift
- TM1 The Western Countries Trail Map
- TM2 The Eastern Countries Trail Map
- Wrath of the Immortals
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