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D&D Basic Set |
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Rarity:
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Common
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Value @NrMint:
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$30
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ISBN:
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na
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Cover Price:
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na
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Print Runs:
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1st (1977)
2nd (January 1978)
3rd (May 1978)
→ 4th (November 1978)
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Weight:
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375 grams
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Dimensions:
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width: 23.1 cm
height: 28.2 cm
depth: 3.2 cm
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Collectors arcana: There is a version with chits instead of dice.
Frank Mentzer explained, that that this version included a sheet of chits (cut-out counters)
instead of dice, and TSR received a letter from a prison inmate who praised the chit edition because dice were to be confiscated. (eBay 170011609852).
Mentzer stated at GenCon auction, that so the term prison version was coined for use within TSR.
The print run of this version was considerably smaller. (Thanks to Shawn Hibbs who attended the GenCon auction.)
Featuring one of the truly few cover appearances of TSR's Dave Sutherland.
"YOU ARE HOLDING A FANTASTIC WORLD OF SWORDS & SORCERY IN YOUR HANDS! IN DUNGEONS & DRAGONS YOU BECOME A MIGHTY WIZARD,
A FEARLESS HERO, A STOUT DWARF, A CLEVER HALFLING OR ANY ONE OF A DOZEN OTHER ADVENTURERS READY TO EXPLORE THE MAZES AND LABYRINTHS OF A VAST AND DEEP DUNGEON
— OR PERHAPS TREK THROUGH UNCHARTED WILDERNESS — IN SEARCH OF THE FABOLOUS TREASURES AND MAGIC WHICH ARE HIDDEN THERE. BUT THIS WEALTH IS NOT EASILY GAINED,
FOR TERRIBLE GUARDIANS LURK NEARBY; AND SUCH MONSTERS AS ORCS, OGRES, TROLLS, GIANTS, DRAGONS, AND EVEN WORSE MUST BE DEFEATED IN ORDER TO GAIN THEIR HOARDED TREASURES.
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- Outer box (see picture above).
- "D&D Game Basic Rulebook": 48-pages stapled booklet (see picture at the bottom).
- "B1 In Search of the Unknown": 32-pages stapled booklet, two-fold cover (see picture at the bottom).
OR B2 Keep On The Borderlands": 28-pages stapled booklet, two-fold cover.
- Dice (see picture at the bottom) OR cardboard chit.
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