Editing Editions of Dungeons and Dragons

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!style="width:4em;"| YEAR
!colspan="2"| GAME
|- style="text-align:center;"
! 1974
| style="background:#dddddd; text-align:center;"  colspan="2" |'''''"Little Brown Books" or "White Box" Dungeons & Dragons''''' (original white/brown box edition with three booklets)
''Men & Magic'' • ''Monsters & Treasure'' • ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures''
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! 1977
|style="background:#ddbbff;"| '''''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons''''' (1st Edition)
''Monster Manual'' (December)
|style="background:#dddddd;" rowspan="3"| '''''"Blue Box" Dungeons & Dragons''''' (2nd version)
''"Holmes" Basic Set'' (blue box) (levels 1–3)
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! 1978
|style="background:#ddbbff;"| ''Players Handbook'' (June)
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! 1979
|rowspan="2" style="background:#ddbbff;"| ''Dungeon Master Guide'' (August)
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! 1981
|style="background:#ffddbb;"| '''''"B/X" Dungeons & Dragons''''' (3rd version)
''"Moldvay" Basic Set'' (magenta box) (levels 1-3)<br>
''"Cook/Marsh" Expert Set'' (light blue box) (levels 4–14)
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! 1983
|style="background:#ddbbff;" rowspan="2"| Core rulebooks reprinted with<br>new orange-spined covers
|style="background:#ffddbb;"| '''''"BECMI" or "Red Box" Dungeons & Dragons''''' (4th version)
''"Mentzer" Basic Set'' (red box) (levels 1-3)<br>
''"Mentzer" Expert Set'' (blue box) (levels 4-14)<br>
''Companion Set'' (cyan box) (levels 15–25)
|- style="background:#white; vertical-align:top;"
! 1984
|style="background:#ffddbb;"| ''Master Set'' (black box) (levels 26–36)
|- style="background:#white; vertical-align:top;"
! 1985
|style="background:#ddbbff;"| ''Unearthed Arcana'' (a fourth "core" rulebook)<br>&nbsp;
|style="background:#ffddbb;" rowspan="2"|''Immortals Set'' (gold box) (levels 36+)
|- style="background:#white; vertical-align:top;"
! 1989
|style="background:#ddbbff;" rowspan="3" | '''''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition'''
''Player's Handbook''<br>
''Dungeon Master's Guide''<br>
''Monstrous Compendium'' 
|- style="background:#white; vertical-align:top;"
! 1991
|style="background:#ffddbb;"| '''''"RC" Dungeons & Dragons''''' (5th version)
''Rules Cyclopedia'' (levels 1–36)
|- style="background:#white; vertical-align:top;"
! 1992
|style="background:#ffddbb;" rowspan="3"| ''Wrath of the Immortals'' (levels 36+)
|- style="background:#white; vertical-align:top;"
! 1993
|style="background:#ddbbff;"| ''Monstrous Manual'' 
|- style="background:#white; vertical-align:top;"
! 1996
|style="background:#ddbbff;"| '''''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition''' revised
''Player's Handbook''<br>
''Dungeon Masters Guide''
|- style="background:white; text-align:center;"
! 2000
|style="background:#bbffdd;" colspan="2"| '''''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd edition''' (three ''Core'' rulebooks)
''Player's Handbook'' • ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' • ''Monster Manual''
|- style="background:white; text-align:center;"
! 2003
|style="background:#bbffdd;" colspan="2"| '''''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd edition revised''' (v3.5)
Revised editions of the core rulebooks (compatible with 3.0 via errata)
|- style="background:white; text-align:center;"
! 2008
|style="background:#ffcccc;" colspan="2"| '''''Dungeons & Dragons'' 4th edition''' (three ''Core'' rulebooks)
''Player's Handbook'' • ''Monster Manual'' • ''Dungeon Master's Guide''
|- style="background:white; text-align:center;"
! 2009
|style="background:#ffcccc;" colspan="2"| ''Player's Handbook 2'' • ''Monster Manual 2'' • ''Dungeon Master's Guide 2''
|- style="background:white; text-align:center;"
! 2010
|style="background:#ffcccc;" colspan="2"| ''Player's Handbook 3'' • ''Monster Manual 3'' • ''Dungeon Master's Guide 3''
|- style="background:white;"
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! Notes:
| colspan="2" | Titles in quotes are unofficial titles commonly used by players to distinguish between the five different versions all simply called "Dungeons & Dragons" by TSR.
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| style="background:#cccccc;" colspan="2" | The grey group of editions is commonly known as "Original D&D" or "OD&D".<br>
However, some people use this term exclusively for the white/brown box version.
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| style="background:#ddbbff;" colspan="2" | The purple group of editions is commonly known as "AD&D".
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| style="background:#ffddbb;" colspan="2" | The orange group of editions is commonly known as "Classic D&D" or "Basic D&D".<br>
However, some people use the term "Classic D&D" to apply to the orange and grey groups combined.<br>
Additionally, some people use the term "BECMI D&D" to refer to both the 4th and 5th versions (but not the 3rd version).
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| style="background:#bbffdd;" colspan="2" | The green group of editions is commonly known as "D&D 3.x" or "d20 D&D".<br>
Additionally, some people refer to both the green and red groups together as "WotC D&D" and all earlier groups as "TSR D&D".
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| style="background:#ffcccc;" colspan="2" | The red group of editions is commonly known as "D&D 4e".
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