Editing Dungeons & Dragons Glossary
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
; BD&D | ; BD&D | ||
β | : | + | : "Basic ''Dungeons & Dragons''": One term for the second branch in the fork that occurred when 0e split into "Basic" and "Advanced" lines. Started with the Holmes blue box in 1977 and continued through 1999 with the the B/X, BECMI, RC, black box, and later editions. "Basic" is something of a misnomer, since it only refers to three of the box sets (Holmes, Moldvay, and the first Menzter box) and levels from 1–3. See also Classic D&D and [[Editions of Dungeons and Dragons]]. |
; BECMI | ; BECMI | ||
β | : | + | : "Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, and Immortals": The version of the game by Frank Menzter, delineated in ''Dungeons & Dragons Sets 1–5: Basic'', ''Expert'', ''Companion'', ''Master'', and ''Immortals Rules''. Sometimes distinguished by the author, color of the first box set (red), year of release (1983 for the ''Basic Rules'', though the ''Immortals Rules'' was not published until 1986), or the cover artist (Larry Elmore). In contrast to the more limited level range of the earlier Holmes and B/X sets, Mentzer's version provided rules for mortal characters of levels 1–36, and up to another 36 levels as immortals. See also BD&D, Classic D&D and [[Editions of Dungeons and Dragons]]. |
; black box | ; black box | ||
Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
; B/X | ; B/X | ||
β | : | + | : "Basic/eXpert": The version of the ''Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set'' by Tom Moldvay combined with the ''Expert Set'' by Dave Cook and Steve Marsh. Sometimes distinguished by the authors, color of the first box set (mauve/purple), year of release (1980 for both sets), or cover artist (Erol Otus). In contrast to the Holmes and BECMI sets, B/X covers levels 1–14. See also BD&D, Classic D&D and [[Editions of Dungeons and Dragons]]. |
=== C === | === C === |