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Monster Manual
The ''Monster Manual'' (''MM'') is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game, first published in 1977 by TSR. The ''Monster Manual'' was the first hardcover ''D&D'' book and includes monsters derived from mythology and folklore, as well as creatures created specifically for ''D&D''. Creature descriptions include game-specific statistics (such as the monster's level or number of hit dice), a brief description of its habits and habitats, and typically an image of the creature. Along with the '' Player's Handbook'' and '' Dungeon Master's Guide'', the ''Monster Manual'' is one of the three "core rulebooks" in most editions of the ''D&D'' game. As such, new editions of the ''Monster Manual'' have been released for each edition of ''D&D''. Due to the level of detail and illustration included in the 1977 release, the book was cited as a pivotal example of a new style of wargame books. Future editions would draw on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Monsters In Dungeons & Dragons
In the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, the term monster refers to a variety of creatures, some adapted from folklore and legends and others invented specifically for the game. Included are traditional monsters such as dragons, supernatural creatures such as ghosts, and mundane or fantastic animals. A defining feature of the game is that monsters are typically obstacles that players must overcome to progress through the game. Beginning with the first edition in 1974, a catalog of game monsters (bestiary) was included along with other game manuals, first called ''Monsters & Treasure'' and now called the ''Monster Manual''. As an essential part of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', many of its monsters have become iconic and recognizable even outside ''D&D'', becoming influential in video games, fiction, and popular culture. Origins While many "bizarre and grotesque creatures" are original creations of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', the inspiration for others includes mythology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gary Gygax
Ernest Gary Gygax ( ; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') with Dave Arneson. In the 1960s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con tabletop game convention. In 1971, he co-developed ''Chainmail (game), Chainmail'', a miniatures wargame based on medieval warfare with Jeff Perren. He co-founded the company TSR (originally Tactical Studies Rules) with childhood friend Don Kaye in 1973. The next year, TSR published ''D&D'', created by Gygax and Arneson the year before. In 1976, he founded ''Dragon (magazine), The Dragon'', a magazine based around the new game. In 1977, he began developing a more comprehensive version of the game called ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons''. He designed numerous manuals for the game system, as well as several pre-packaged adventures called "modules" that gave a person running a ''D&D'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set
The ''Expert Set'' is an expansion boxed set for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. It was first published in 1981 as an expansion to the '' Basic Set''. Having been told that Greyhawk was reserved for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'', Schick and Moldvay decided to use their own setting of Mystara specifically around The Known World area which resembled 15th century Europe. Publication history 1981 version The ''Basic Set'' saw a major revision in 1981 by Tom Moldvay. The overarching goal of the revision was to provide subsequent expansions to the game, each describing a specific set of levels of character development. The ''Basic Set'' described character levels 1 through 3, as had its immediate predecessor, the ''Basic Set'' edited by J. Eric Holmes in 1977. The Moldvay ''Basic Set'' was immediately followed by the release of the ''Expert Set'' edited by Dave Cook and Stephen R. Marsh, supporting character levels 4 through 14. '' The Isle of Dread'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Strategic Review
''Dragon'' was one of the two official magazines for source material for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game and associated products, along with ''Dungeon''. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, ''The Strategic Review''. The final printed issue was #359 in September 2007. Shortly after the last print issue shipped in mid-August 2007, Wizards of the Coast (part of Hasbro, Inc.), the publication's current copyright holder, relaunched ''Dragon'' as an online magazine, continuing on the numbering of the print edition. The last published issue was No. 430 in December 2013. A digital publication called ''Dragon+'', which replaced ''Dragon'' magazine, was launched in 2015. It was created by the advertising agency Dialect in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast, and its numbering system for issues started at No. 1. History TSR In 1975, TSR, Inc. began publishing ''The Strategic Review''. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Eldritch Wizardry
''Eldritch Wizardry'' is a supplementary rulebook by Gary Gygax and Brian Blume, written for the original edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game, which included a number of significant additions to the core game. Its product designation is TSR 2005. Contents ''Eldritch Wizardry'' introduced psionics and the druid character class. The 60-page supplement added several other new concepts to the ''D&D'' game, including demons (and their lords Orcus and Demogorgon), psionics-using monsters (such as mind flayers), and artifacts (including the ''Rod of Seven Parts'' and the '' Axe of the Dwarvish Lords''). A human character regardless of alignment or character class, with the exception of monks and druids, may have a chance to possess psionic ability. Each character classes has a separate list of psionic abilities which such characters might possess, and the book presents various psionic attack and defense modes. The druid, previously appearing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Blackmoor (supplement)
''Blackmoor'' is a supplementary rulebook (product designation TSR 2004) of the original edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game written by Dave Arneson (with a foreword by Gary Gygax). Contents ''Blackmoor,'' the second supplement to the original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rules, is known for its introduction of rules for underwater adventures and hit location, and the addition of the monk and assassin character classes. Dave Arneson named the booklet after his original role-playing campaign world, Blackmoor. It has additional rules, monsters, treasures, and the first role-playing game adventure ever published, ''The Temple of the Frog''. Despite the name, the supplement includes almost no information on Arneson's version of the world. ''Blackmoor'' added two new character classes to the game: the assassin, a sub-class of the thief; and the monk, a "monastic martial arts" sub-class of the cleric, intended to be a hybrid of the fighter and thief classes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Greyhawk (supplement)
''Greyhawk'' is a rules supplement written by Gary Gygax and Robert J. Kuntz and published for the original edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. It has been called "the first and most important supplement" to the original ''D&D'' rules. Although the name of the book was taken from the home campaign supervised by Gygax and Kuntz based on Gygax's imagined Castle Greyhawk and the lands surrounding it, ''Greyhawk'' did not give any details of the castle or the campaign world; instead, it explained the rules that Gygax and Kuntz used in their home campaign, and introduced a number of character classes, spells, concepts and monsters used in all subsequent editions of ''D&D''. Contents The original rules for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' were published by TSR in 1974, but were limited in scope: the character classes and monsters listed were small in number; and for combat rules, players needed to have a copy of '' Chainmail'', a rulebook for miniatures w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Several different editions of the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game have been produced since 1974. The current publisher of ''D&D'', Wizards of the Coast, produces new materials only for the most current edition of the game. However, many ''D&D'' fans continue to play older versions of the game and some third-party companies continue to publish materials compatible with these older editions. After the original edition of ''D&D'' was introduced in 1974, the game was split into two branches in 1977: the rules-light system of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and the more complex, rules-heavy system of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D''). The standard game was eventually expanded into a series of five box sets by the mid-1980s before being compiled and slightly revised in 1991 as the '' Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia''. Meanwhile, the 2nd edition of ''AD&D'' was published in 1989. In 2000 the two-branch split was ended when a new version was designated the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Wizards Of The Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (WotC or Wizards) is an American game Publishing, publisher, most of which are based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science-fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail game stores. In 1999, toy manufacturer Hasbro acquired the company and currently operates it as a subsidiary. During a February 2021 reorganization of Hasbro, WotC became the lead part of a new division called "Wizards & Digital". WotC was originally a role-playing game (RPG) publisher that in the mid-1990s originated and popularized collectible card games with ''Magic: The Gathering''. It later acquired TSR (company), TSR, publisher of the RPG ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and published the licensed ''Pokémon Trading Card Game'' from 1999 to 2003. WotC's corporate headquarters is located in Renton, Washington, which is part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The company publishes RPGs, board games, and collectible card games. It has received numerous awards, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hardcover
A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as casebound (At p. 247.)) book is one bookbinding, bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally Calf-binding, leather). It has a flexible, sewn spine which allows the book to lie flat on a surface when opened. Modern hardcovers may have the pages glued onto the spine in much the same way as paperbacks. Following the ISBN sequence numbers, books of this type may be identified by the abbreviation Hbk. Overview Hardcover books are often printed on acid-free paper, and they are much more durable than paperbacks, which have flexible, easily damaged paper covers. Hardcover books are marginally more costly to manufacture. Hardcovers are frequently protected by artistic dust jackets, but a "jacketless" alternative has increased in popularity: these "paper-over-board" or "jacketless" hardcover bindings forgo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. Bloomsbury's head office is located on Bedford Square in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a US publishing office located in New York City, an India publishing office in New Delhi, an Australian sales office in Sydney CBD, and other publishing offices in the UK, including in Oxford. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was founded in 1986 by Nigel Newton, who had previously been employed by other publishing companies. It was floated as a public registered company in 1994, raising £5.5 million, which was used to fund expansion of the company into paperback and children's books. A rights issue of shares in 1998 further raised £6.1 million, which was used to expand the company, in particular to found a U.S. branch. In 1998, Bloomsbury USA was established. Bloomsbury USA Books for Young Read ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Creature Catalogue
''Creature Catalogue'' is a supplement for Basic ''Dungeons & Dragons'' first released in 1986, and updated in 1993. Contents The ''Creature Catalogue'' is a supplement which presents game statistics for more than 200 monsters, most of which had been compiled from previous ''D&D'' rules set and adventure modules, as well as 80 new monsters which had never been printed before; each monster features an illustration and they are indexed by what habitat they can be encountered in. In ''Creature Catalogue'' is collected all the creatures first presented in the official ''D&D'' adventure modules to that time, plus many new creatures and some converted from ''AD&D''. Also included is a comprehensive index of all ''D&D'' monsters found in the Basic, Expert, Companion and Master rulesets. Each creature in the book is illustrated, and the entries in the book are arranged by type of creature rather than alphabetically. This includes six sections: Animals (along with giant and extinct cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |