|Dungeons & Dragons White Box Edition (D&D)|
Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargames Campaigns Playable with Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figures
Also referred to as original D&D (OD&D), the collector's edition
|Dungeons & Dragons White Box Edition (D&D)|
Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargames Campaigns Playable with Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figures
Also referred to as original D&D (OD&D), the collector's edition, and the three books.
Published by Tactical Studies Rules (later TSR), 1974
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|Do you think
you know Dungeons & Dragons? Those of us who started playing after the appearance
of the early Blue Box edition or AD&D in 1977 have little idea of what a
revolution the original D&D was, nor how much the game changed in its first
three years. We started playing in 1975, just before the supplements dramatically
changed the game. This review is based on the white box version, the most
common packaging of the original Dungeons and Dragons game. It was originally
released in a white box with a wood grain edge.
Original D&D was an odd beast in those days. It could have been called an open-ended, first person wargame, or a set of first person miniatures rules. Just look at the subtitle! It a