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Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set
The Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set is a category of companion accessories across multiple editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. In general, the Starter Set is a boxed set that includes a set of instructions for basic play, a low level adventure module, pre-generated characters, and other tools to help new players get started.
TSR, Inc. published four starter sets for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Shannon Appelcline noted that by 1993 the Basic D&D line ended and was replaced by games such as Dragon Quest (1992) and DragonStrike (1993), and that "There was another abrupt change the next year when TSR put out First Quest (1994) by Richard Baker, Zeb Cook, and Bruce Nesmith. It was an introductory AD&D game with an example of play on a CD; after two years of introductory board games, the company was now back to introductory roleplaying, though no longer under the Basic D&D brand".
In 1994, First Quest: The Introduction to Role-Playing Games was released. Then in 1995, this starter set was re-released with new artwork and re-titled as the Introduction to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Game. The main difference in this new edition was that it included The Book of Lairs and did not include an audio CD.
Wizards of the Coast bought TSR, Inc. in 1997 and in 1999 they published the last starter set for the 2nd edition, the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game. Similar to the previous starter sets, it included a simplified ruleset up to the 3rd level, an adventure book, and a Dungeon Master's Screen. This set also included dice, a dice bag and pre-generated characters but did not include an audio CD.
In 2000, the 3rd Edition version of the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game was released. It included a 32-page rulebook, a 48-page adventure book, 32 pages of reference, a map, two pages of tokens and a "Read This First" sheet.
After the revision to 3rd Edition (known as v3.5) was published in 2003, three more starter sets were published. In 2004, the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game was published as a simplified version of game in the form of a board game that was compatible with the full version of v3.5. It was known as the "Black Dragon Edition" due to the black dragon on its cover. Similar to the 3rd Edition starter set, this set included quick start rules, a full rulebook, and an adventure but it also included 16 painted plastic miniatures, double-sided map tiles, and a set of dice. Then in 2006, a new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game was released. It was known as the "Blue Dragon Edition" due to the blue dragon on its cover. The characters, the content of the adventure, and the miniatures were almost entirely different from the 2004 edition.
In 2007, Wizards of the Coast published the Dungeons & Dragons Player's Kit. This starter set was advertised as a sequel to the Basic Game (2006). It included a booklet on how to create characters for new players, a trade paperback version of the Player’s Handbook, and a set of dice.
Following the release of the new 4th Edition Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master's Guide in June 2008, the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Starter Set was released on October 21, 2008. This box set included an introductory version of the 4th Edition rules (a 16-page Quick Start Rules booklet and a 64-page Dungeon Master's Book), dice, three sheets of double-sided map tiles, 50 tokens (to represent characters and monsters) and an adventure module called Beneath the Village of Harken. The 2008 Starter Set was referred to as the "Blue box" edition due to its cover. A PDF version of these Quick Start Rules was made available for free download.
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Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set
The Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set is a category of companion accessories across multiple editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. In general, the Starter Set is a boxed set that includes a set of instructions for basic play, a low level adventure module, pre-generated characters, and other tools to help new players get started.
TSR, Inc. published four starter sets for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Shannon Appelcline noted that by 1993 the Basic D&D line ended and was replaced by games such as Dragon Quest (1992) and DragonStrike (1993), and that "There was another abrupt change the next year when TSR put out First Quest (1994) by Richard Baker, Zeb Cook, and Bruce Nesmith. It was an introductory AD&D game with an example of play on a CD; after two years of introductory board games, the company was now back to introductory roleplaying, though no longer under the Basic D&D brand".
In 1994, First Quest: The Introduction to Role-Playing Games was released. Then in 1995, this starter set was re-released with new artwork and re-titled as the Introduction to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Game. The main difference in this new edition was that it included The Book of Lairs and did not include an audio CD.
Wizards of the Coast bought TSR, Inc. in 1997 and in 1999 they published the last starter set for the 2nd edition, the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game. Similar to the previous starter sets, it included a simplified ruleset up to the 3rd level, an adventure book, and a Dungeon Master's Screen. This set also included dice, a dice bag and pre-generated characters but did not include an audio CD.
In 2000, the 3rd Edition version of the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game was released. It included a 32-page rulebook, a 48-page adventure book, 32 pages of reference, a map, two pages of tokens and a "Read This First" sheet.
After the revision to 3rd Edition (known as v3.5) was published in 2003, three more starter sets were published. In 2004, the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game was published as a simplified version of game in the form of a board game that was compatible with the full version of v3.5. It was known as the "Black Dragon Edition" due to the black dragon on its cover. Similar to the 3rd Edition starter set, this set included quick start rules, a full rulebook, and an adventure but it also included 16 painted plastic miniatures, double-sided map tiles, and a set of dice. Then in 2006, a new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game was released. It was known as the "Blue Dragon Edition" due to the blue dragon on its cover. The characters, the content of the adventure, and the miniatures were almost entirely different from the 2004 edition.
In 2007, Wizards of the Coast published the Dungeons & Dragons Player's Kit. This starter set was advertised as a sequel to the Basic Game (2006). It included a booklet on how to create characters for new players, a trade paperback version of the Player’s Handbook, and a set of dice.
Following the release of the new 4th Edition Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master's Guide in June 2008, the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Starter Set was released on October 21, 2008. This box set included an introductory version of the 4th Edition rules (a 16-page Quick Start Rules booklet and a 64-page Dungeon Master's Book), dice, three sheets of double-sided map tiles, 50 tokens (to represent characters and monsters) and an adventure module called Beneath the Village of Harken. The 2008 Starter Set was referred to as the "Blue box" edition due to its cover. A PDF version of these Quick Start Rules was made available for free download.