![]() Time of this catalog but not the rulebook cover design. So perhaps the B/X box cover design was finished at the The catalog shows the Moldvay Box Set on another page along with theĮxpert Set. B/X Essentials: Core Rules v1.0.0 This is the plain text version of B/X Essentials: Core Rules, provided as an aid to others who wish to create their own house rules documents or retro-clones (please read the Open Game License, at the end of this document, carefully). Of the picture of this, which I've replaced in my previous post. Happens to be the one that shows the Holmes Basic rulebook cover next toĪ listing for the new Expert Set rulebook. There are several versions of this catalog, and this one ![]() The catalog is a real treasure if you haven't seen it before: a 1981 Gateway to Adventure TSR productĬatalog ( see the cover here). That's because it has several bonus items from the Expert SetĪt the end: a 16 page TSR product catalog, a 2-page RPGA membershipįorm, and a 2-page TSR survey. Pages rather than the 68 pages as you'd expect (64 page rulebook plusĬovers). (3) Here's the neatest part of the pdf: It's 88 It will be interesting to see what printing of the Holmes rulebook we end up with - most likely the 2nd or 3rd printing. Apparently the Wizards are not paying attention to the printings at this level of granularity. In the Holmes Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977-80 Eric Holmes, editor David C. The corresponding Moldvay pdf from dndclassics is not a 1st printing, as it has a white circle around the "1" on the front cover. Holmes & B/X D&D: The Boxes Changed (1977-1981) In this post, I’m looking specifically at the two different formats of boxes TSR used in the late 70s and early 80s. I do note that the title page of the 1st printing has Gygax & Arneson's name on it, but for some reason their name is missing from the hard copy later printing that I have. ![]() Quick comparison to a later printing didn't reveal any major text differences in the rules. I hadn't seen the interior of a 1st printing before, but a The distinguishing feature on the front cover is the lack of a white circle around the "2" on Printing of the rulebook according to the Acaeum. ![]()
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