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D&D Basic Set
1st Edition (Fourth+ Printings) |
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Rarity:
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Common
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Value @NrMint:
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$25
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ISBN:
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NA
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Cover Price:
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na
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Print Runs:
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1st (1977)
2nd (January 1978)
3rd (May 1978)
→ 4th (November 1978)
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Weight:
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375 grams
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Dimensions:
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width: 23.1 cm
height: 28.2 cm
depth: 3.2 cm
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Collector's Arcana: Later printings of the Basic Set feature a major change: Instead of including
The Dungeon Geomorphs and Monster & Treasure Assortment,
they now began to include a basic level module. The first module included was the monochrome colored cover of
In Search of the Unknown. This module was later replaced by
the classic Keep on the Borderlands.
Most of these modules contained five multi-colored dice, but there is a version with chits instead of dice.
Frank Mentzer
explained, that that this version included a sheet of chits (cut-out
counters) instead of dice, and TSR received a letter from a prison
inmate who praised the chit edition because dice were to be
confiscated. Mentzer stated this at a GenCon auction, and that the term prison version was coined for use within TSR.
The print run of this version was considerably smaller. (Thanks to Shawn Hibbs who attended the GenCon auction.)
Featuring one of the truly few cover appearances of TSR's Dave Sutherland.
"YOU
ARE HOLDING A FANTASTIC WORLD OF SWORDS & SORCERY IN YOUR HANDS! IN
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS YOU BECOME A MIGHTY WIZARD, A FEARLESS HERO, A
STOUT DWARF, A CLEVER HALFLING OR ANY ONE OF A DOZEN OTHER ADVENTURERS
READY TO EXPLORE THE MAZES AND LABYRINTHS OF A VAST AND DEEP DUNGEON —
OR PERHAPS TREK THROUGH UNCHARTED WILDERNESS — IN SEARCH OF THE
FABOLOUS TREASURES AND MAGIC WHICH ARE HIDDEN THERE. BUT THIS WEALTH IS
NOT EASILY GAINED, FOR TERRIBLE GUARDIANS LURK NEARBY; AND SUCH
MONSTERS AS ORCS, OGRES, TROLLS, GIANTS, DRAGONS, AND EVEN WORSE MUST
BE DEFEATED IN ORDER TO GAIN THEIR HOARDED TREASURES. " |
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