In 1989, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition was published. By the end of its first decade, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons had expanded to several rulebooks, including three Monster Manuals, and two books governing character skills in wilderness and underground settings. Initially, the second edition would consolidate the game, with three essential books to govern Dungeon Masters and players alike. Periodically, TSR published optional rulebooks for character classes and races to enhance game play.
Core Books
- Dungeon Master's Guide (2e AD&D)
- Dungeon Master's Guide (2e Revised AD&D)
- Monstrous Compendium Volume One
- Monstrous Manual (2e Revised AD&D)
- Player's Handbook (2e AD&D)
- Player's Handbook (2e Revised AD&D)
Additional Books/Modules
- Optional Core Rulebooks, a collection of most supplemental books from the first edition of AD&D
Hardcovers
- Legends & Lore
- Tome of Magic
- Book of Artifacts
- Player's Option: Combat & Tactics
- Player's Option: Skills & Powers
- Player's Option: Spells & Magic
- DM Option: High-Level Campaigns
Player's Handbook Rules Supplements
- The Complete Fighter's Handbook
- The Complete Thief's Handbook
- The Complete Priest's Handbook
- The Complete Wizard's Handbook
- The Complete Psionics Handbook
- The Complete Ranger's Handbook
- The Complete Paladin's Handbook
- The Complete Druid's Handbook
- The Complete Barbarian's Handbook
- The Complete Bard's Handbook
- The Complete Ninja's Handbook
- The Complete Book of Dwarves
- The Complete Book of Elves
- The Complete Book of Gnomes & Halflings
- The Complete Book of Humanoids
Dungeon Master Guide Rules Supplement
- Creative Campaigning
- Arms and Equipment Guide
- Monster Mythology
- The Complete Book of Villains
- The Complete Book of Necromancers
- The Castle Guide
- Of Ships and the Sea
- Sages and Specialists
- Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide
Campaign Sourcebooks
- HR1 Vikings Campaign Sourcebook
- HR2 Charlemagne's Paladins Campaign Sourcebook
- HR3 Celts Campaign Sourcebook
- HR4 A Mighty Fortress Campaign Sourcebook
- HR5 The Glory of Rome Campaign Sourcebook
- HR6 Age of Heroes Campaign Sourcebook
- HR7 The Crusades Campaign Sourcebook
Monstrous Compendium volumes issued
The MC series was the loose leaf version. These included:
- MC1 Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989)[1]—144 pages, 12 dividers and 3-ring D-binder
- MC2 Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989)[1]—144 pages
- MC3 Monstrous Compendium Volume Three Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989)[1]—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC4 Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix (1989)—96 pages, 4 dividers and 3-ring D-binder
- MC5 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Adventures Appendix (1990)—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC6 Monstrous Compendium Kara-Tur Appendix (1990)—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC7 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix (1990)—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC8 Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix (1991)—96 pages, 4 dividers
- MC9 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix II (1991)—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC10 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix (1991)—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC11 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991)—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC12 Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992)—96 pages
- MC13 Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix (1992)—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC14 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (1992)—64 pages, 4 dividers
- MC15 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night (1993)—64 pages, 4 dividers
After the loose leaf format was abandoned, Monstrous Compendium Appendices were published in book form. Except where noted, are 128 page paperbacks with mostly new material. They included:
- Monstrous Manual (1993)—384 page hardcover reprinting MC1 & MC2 plus others
- Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr (1995)
- Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (1996)—reprinting MC10 & MC15
- Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994)
- Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994)
- Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II (1995)
- Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998)
- Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994)
- Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (1994)—reprints from modules and magazines of 1993
- Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995)—reprints from modules and magazines of 1994
- Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996)—reprints from modules and magazines of 1995
- Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (1998)—96 pages; reprints from modules and magazines of 1996–7
Additionally one appendix was released as a download only version (RTF/TXT file, 83 JPEG illustration files)
- Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1996)
References
- ^ a b c "The History of TSR". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2005-08-20.