Vintage Dungeons and Dragons Hard Backs & Box Sets

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Item Descriptions:

AD&D Monster Manual

Hard back copy of the Monster Manual - this copy is from the 5th print run which dates it to 1980.

The Monster Manual was the first of the Hardback Rule Books produced for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, and remains one of the hardest to find in good condition.

EX Copy - This is one of the best copies I have seen, very little shelf wear, undamaged corners and the colours are bright.

VG Copy - Is 6th print (1981). Some general shelf wear, particularly to corners, and a name and address inside fly sheet.

AD&D Players Handbook

The Players Handbook was the second hard back publication for AD&D, first published in 1978.

This is a seventh print edition which dates it to 1981, with the first cover art.

It's rare to find a 1st Edition Players Handbook in anything resembling good condition, as they were the most used book.

This copy is very nice for it's age. There are some minor scuffs to the cover and a name written in the fly - see pictures.

Other than that it's a great book. The pages are clean and the spine is solid.

AD&D Players Handbook - Second Cover

This is the second cover edition from 1983, featuring the blue wizard.

Still has the cover sticker which basically says, "same book, new art work".

A little scuffed in the corners, a name inside the fly sheet and a couple of coffee stains, but a good solid book.

AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide

This is the sixth print of the original First Edition Dungeon Masters Guide, printed in 1980 by TSR.

It is also the first print to include the final tally of 238 pages (adding appendixes O and P)

This copy has had the front fly sheet removed and has some annotation inside.

Notes do not obscure the print, but show use. See photos.

Spine is solid and the book is 100% useable.

AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide - Second Cover

This is the 8th print of the First Edition Dungeon Masters Guide, form 1983.

All the core books were reprinted in 1983 with updated artwork and orange spines.

Internally it is identical to the 6th and 7th print, it's just the cover and spine that differ.

This copy has been laminated and is very nice condition for it's age.

There is a little damage to the lamination on one corner and a name written inside the fly sheet, otherwise great.

AD&D Fiend Folio

TSR's 1981 expansion to the Monster Manual.

This book was delayed by legal action (a dispute between TSR and Games Workshop) and only a relatively few were sold.

Dozens of new beasties to expand your campaign.

VG+ copy SOLD

EX copy has a name inside fly and some scratches to the cover which are only visible from an angle.

AD&D Unearthed Arcana

This is the 1985 hardback expansion book for first edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.

It's designed as a supplement to both the Players Handbook and the Dungeon Masters Guide and as such is split into 2 parts - one for the player and one for the dungeon master.

It's the first supplement to introduce the "sub-races" as player character (Drow, Drungar etc.) and also introduces a number of prestige classed such as barbarian and cavalier.

SOLD

Dragonlance Adventure

The start of a monstrous campaign, this 1st Edition book introduces us to the world of Krynn.

As soon as they realised the scale of the Dragonlance Saga Modules a hard back source book was commissioned, this is it.

Dedicated purely to Krynn and running the Dragonlance Saga this is a highly sought after book and hard to find in good nick.

EX Copy - SOLD

VG+ Copy - Slightly more corner damage and a name written inside the fly, but still a very good copy indeed.

AD&D Oriental Adventures

The first AD&D book to move away from the original fantasy setting and introduce a different historical setting.

This book digs in to both history and mythology of Japan - ever fancied a playing a Samurai or a Ninja - this book is for you.

A load of new character classes, spell, equipment and monsters.

This copy has a couple of nasty scratches to the back cover and a bit of damage to the corners - see pics.

Internally it's fine, no writing (not even a name on the fly sheet), no rips, tears or creases.

AD&D  Dungeoneers Survival Guide

This 1986 hardback delves deep into the Underdark.

Again split into a players part and a DMs part it introduces some of the classic races like Drow and Duergar, plus new feats and magic.

On top of that it introduces detailed rules for all sorts of dungeon crawling issues.

EX Copy has a couple of very minor cover dings and a name written inside the fly, otherwise no damage.

VG Copy has a fair amount of cover and spine damage, but is solid and complete. Internally it's fine.

Eberron - Campaign Setting

Eberron as a setting was the result of a competition run by Wizards Of The Coast for 3.5 Edition.

This resulting world is created by Keith Baker, who had no previous game design experience.

It's a buccaneering, filmic world where the most spectacular things are possible.

This 320 page book, with fold out map is all you need to start playing in this amazing setting.

This copy is in immaculate condition - as new.

AD&D Forgotten Realms Campaign Box Set

This is a copy of the 1987 First Edition of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Box Set.

This box set consists of:

Cyclopedia of the Realms - 96 page players information book.

DMs Source Book of the Realms - 96 page DMs information book

4 fold out maps

2 transparent hex-grid overlays for use with the maps.

SOLD

AD&D Forgotten Realms Adventures

This is the 1990 hard back expansion to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

It expands on the 1st Edition campaign box, but pre-dates the 2nd Edition campaign box.

SOLD

AD&D Forgotten Realms Campaign Box Expanded 2nd Edition.

This is a copy of the 1996 Expanded 2nd Edition of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Box Set. It is a significant step up from the original 1993 box, and is much rarer...

The 1993 box contained 2 96 page books (one for players and one for DM) plus 4 maps and 2 hex map overlays, while the maps and overlays are common to both releases this box set has the following content:

"A Grand Tour of the Realms" – 128-page perfect-bound book describing the geographical regions of Faerûn

"Shadowdale" – 96-page book on the town of Shadowdale including the adventure "Beneath the Twisted Tower".

"Running the Realms" – 64-page book describing suggested ideas for running a campaign in the Realms

8 Monstrous Compendium pages - expanding the compendium to include Faerun beasties.

6 card accessory sheets - pictures of the holy symbols to expand the Faerun pantheon of deities.

4 fold out maps

2 transparent hex-grid overlays for use with the maps.

SOLD

Al-Qadim - Arabian Adventures

A complete campaign setting, based around the classical Arabian legends of magic lamps and Djinn.

Theoretically located South East of Faerun in the Forgotten Realms, Al-Qadim can be wherever you need it.

It's an interesting campaign setting, very political and nothing is quite what it seems...

This is a 160 page soft backed book which really is everything you need to play in Al-Qadim.

SOLD

Players Handbook

This is the Second Edition Players Handbook, from 1995.

The 1995 edition expanded on previous edition adding a great deal more data.

It was also further expanded with 2 additional Players Options books, making character creation much deeper.

This copy is overall nice condition but the binding is starting to feel a little loose.

Will need to be handled with care, but is otherwise a really nice copy.

Legends and Law

Second edition updated version of the first edition Deities and Demigods.

This book details 11 real mythologies, their gods and heroes and their religious traditions.

Essential reading if you want to add a bit of Earth history to your campaign, or just have an interest in ancient mythology.

This copy has a couple of very minor cover dinks, but is otherwise lovely.

Tome of Magic

This is the 1991 hardback expansion book for second edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.

The Tome of Magic supplements the players handbook by introducing hundreds of new spells and magic items for all casting classes.

This copy has been fairly well looked after - a few scuff to the corners and cover are the only issues found - please see pictures.

Players Options: Skills and Powers

Second Edition expansion to the Players Handbook.

This book introduces loads of new skills, feats and proficiencies to flesh out your character.

This copy is in very nice condition, the only issues are a scratch on the back cover and a slight weakening of the bindings.

Night Below - Underdark. Campaign Box Set

Massive Second Edition Underdark Campaign Box, takes characters from 1st level to 10th plus.

One of the highest rated of all AD&D campaigns.

Box is Complete, containing:

3x 64 Page Books

16x Player Handouts 

8x DM Reference Cards

8 page Monstrous Compendium Addendum

3 Double Sided Fold Out Maps

SOLD

Ravenloft - Realm Of Terror. Campaign Setting Box Set

This is where it all started - the first incarnation of one of D&D's most iconic campaign worlds.

This 1990 box set introduces the Gothic Horror themed world of Ravenloft, where nothing is what it seems and the (un)dead reign.

Box is complete, containing:

144 page book - Realm Of Terror, for DMs and players

4 x Fold Out Maps - each the standard A1 size

24 x A4 double sided info cards - 16 Castled, 5 Families & 3 DMs tables

A4 transparent hex map overlay.

SOLD

Ravenloft - Castles Forlorn Campaign for AD&D 2nd Edition.

This 1993 box set is in Near Mint condition, the box shows some very minor age related wear but the contents are immaculate, please see pictures for more information on the condition, and ask if you have any questions.

The contents are complete:

96 page DMs source book - "The Weeping Land"

32 page encounters book - "Melancholy Meetings"

32 page campaign book - "Eve of Sorrows"

2 x Double Sided 60x80cm Maps

1 x 60x80cm exclusive wall poster by Robh Ruppel plus TSR Winter 1993 catalogue and mailer...

This is not a massively rare box, having sold plenty of copies, but to find it in this condition and 100% complete is rare. Short of a shrink wrapped copy you will not find better.

AD&D 3D Castles Box Set

This is a copy of the 1990 3D Castles Box Set. It is 100% complete and 100% unpunched, which makes it a very rare find.

Box contains everything you need to build 3x3D castles, one for each of the campaign settings available at the time of release, with punch sheets of parts, construction instructions, a scenario book with adventure for each of the castles, layout/terrain fold out posters for each castle and fold out art posters of all 3 castles. And it's all fully compatible with the BattleSystem miniatures rules...

Full contents as follows:

"Hart" - 48 page scenario book and details for the Greyhawk campaign setting.

"Darkhold" - 48 page scenario book and details for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

"Drungar" - 48 page scenario book and details for the DragonLance campaign setting.

4 page construction guide

36 A4 sheets of punch out components, well over 200 parts, all unpunched

3 full colour fold out castle maps, one for each campaign setting

3 full colour fold out art posters, one for each campaign setting

The box shows age related scuffs and is a little dented - see pictures - but the books and maps are in perfect condition, no creases, tears or writing, and all the parts sheets are unpunched. Very rare to find this box set in 100% unpunched condition.

Dark Sun - Campaign Setting Box Set

This is the original 1991 Campaign Box Set for the Dark Sun Setting.

It introduces the desert world of Athas, with it's psionic heavy races.

New playable race, new character classes and a whole load of high powered psionics.

The box is a bit squashed - see pictures, but the contents are complete and in excellent condition.

Full contents are as follow:

Rules Book (96-page book)

The Wanderer's Journal (96-page book)

A Little Knowledge (16-page book)

Player Aid Cards (24-page flip-book)

Dungeon Master's Book (24-page flip-book)

Fold-out maps - 2 full colour, one with black & white back print

Fold-out poster - Campaign art work by Brom

AD&D Dark Sun - Dragon Kings

This 1992 hard back takes the Dark Sun campaign setting to the max - Level 10 Magic!

There are some massively OP spells in here, how about Raise Nation for a Necromancer?

It also details the changes at level 20, new psionic devotions, advanced beings and much more...

This copy has a little damage to the corners, as you can see from the photos, but has a solid spine and is great internally.

AD&D Dark Sun - Freedom

A flip-box format adventure for the Dark Sun Campaign Setting.

This was the first adventure published for Dark Sun and is designed to introduce players and give them a base of operations.

It's designed for four to seven starting level players - that's 3rd level in Athas.

This set contains:

Dungeon Master's Book - 48 page spiral bound

Player's Book - 48 page spiral bound

Shakles - 16 page novella with NPCs for the adventure

Flip envelope is a bit battered - see photos, but the contents are excellent.

A very rare adventure.

AD&D Dark Sun - Dragon's Crown

This is one of the very rare Dark Sun flip-book modules, comprising 7 discrete adventures and completing the "Freedom" series of adventures. The format is a large, light weight cardboard envelope rather than a box, which has meant that the vast majority of these have not survived the last 25 plus years intact.

This set contains the following:

Envelope with large scale map on flip.

"Out of the Valley" - 96 page book containing the first 3 adventures.

"The Road to Fire" - 96 page book containing the next 3 adventures.

"Dragon's Crown Mountains" - 64 page book containing the final 3 adventures.

Map Book - 32 page book containing black and white maps for all 9 adventures.

"Heat Lightning" - 16 page novella by William W. Connors

6 card accessory sheets - Pre-generated characters

2 Maps - Full colour fold out maps.

TSR Mailer.

The flip-book envelope shows some age related damage - see pictures - and is sun bleached down the spine, but the contents are in fantastic condition, with no rips, tears, creases or writing.

It is very rare to find one of these sets in this sort of condition....

Monster Manual. 3rd Edition

Released in 2000 Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons is the first Wizards of the Coast edition of D&D.

It re-combines Dungeons and Dragons with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which had been separate games for decades.

The third edition was quickly updated to 3.5 (in 2003) which many players (myself included) view as the best rule set yet created.

The changes between 3rd and 3.5 are fairly minor and easily coped with by a good DM.

It's also by far and away the prettiest release of the game.

This is a 3rd Edition Monster Manual, one of the 3 core rule books - easily updated for 3.5 rules.

It's in as new condition, with no faults to record.

Monster Manual. 3.5 Edition

Released in 2000 Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons is the first Wizards of the Coast edition of D&D.

It re-combines Dungeons and Dragons with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which had been separate games for decades.

The third edition was quickly updated to 3.5 (in 2003) which many players (myself included) view as the best rule set yet created.

The changes between 3rd and 3.5 are fairly minor and easily coped with by a good DM.

It's also by far and away the prettiest release of the game.

This is the hard to find E3.5 Edition Monster Manual, no changes required!

It's in as new condition, with no faults to record.

Monster Manual 2. 3rd Edition

Released in 2000 Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons is the first Wizards of the Coast edition of D&D.

It re-combines Dungeons and Dragons with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which had been separate games for decades.

The third edition was quickly updated to 3.5 (in 2003) which many players (myself included) view as the best rule set yet created.

The changes between 3rd and 3.5 are fairly minor and easily coped with by a good DM.

It's also by far and away the prettiest release of the game.

This is the Monster Manual 2 - an expansion on the core Monster Manual introducing about 150 new monsters.

This copy is immaculate - it appears unread.

Players Handbook. 3rd Edition

Released in 2000 Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons is the first Wizards of the Coast edition of D&D.

It re-combines Dungeons and Dragons with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which had been separate games for decades.

The third edition was quickly updated to 3.5 (in 2003) which many players (myself included) view as the best rule set yet created.

The changes between 3rd and 3.5 are fairly minor and easily coped with by a good DM or player.

It's also by far and away the prettiest release of the game.

This is a 3rd Edition Players Handbook, one of the 3 core rule books - easily updated for 3.5 rules.

Near Mint Copy - Is in as new condition, with no faults to record.

VG+ Copy - Has some minor dinks to the corners, but come with the original character generation CD rom.

Players Handbook. 3.5 Edition

Released in 2000 Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons is the first Wizards of the Coast edition of D&D.

It re-combines Dungeons and Dragons with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which had been separate games for decades.

The third edition was quickly updated to 3.5 (in 2003) which many players (myself included) view as the best rule set yet created.

The changes between 3rd and 3.5 are fairly minor and easily coped with by a good DM or player.

It's also by far and away the prettiest release of the game.

This is hard to acquire 3.5 Edition Players Handbook, the most essential of all the E3.5 books as it's the hardest to adapt a 3.0 Edition.

It's in as new condition, with no faults to record.

Players Handbook. 3.5 Edition. Soft Back Version

Exactly the same book as above, but in the unusual soft back format.

It's in as new condition, with no faults to record.

Dungeon Masters Guide. 3rd Edition with Original Larry Elmore sketch and signature.

This is a thing of beauty, an original piece of art by acclaimed fantasy artist Larry Elmore.

Elmore was heavily involve in the art of Dungeons and Dragons, being lead artist on much of the Dragonlance material.

This is a 3rd Edition DMG which he has signed and drawn a sketch of an Elf maiden.

The book itself is in immaculate condition, with the sketch inside the fly sheet.

Happy to answer questions or provide more pictures on request.

Dungeon Masters Guide. 3rd Edition

Released in 2000 Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons is the first Wizards of the Coast edition of D&D.

It re-combines Dungeons and Dragons with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which had been separate games for decades.

The third edition was quickly updated to 3.5 (in 2003) which many players (myself included) view as the best rule set yet created.

The changes between 3rd and 3.5 are fairly minor and easily coped with by a good DM.

It's also by far and away the prettiest release of the game.

This is a 3rd Edition Dungeon Masters Guide, one of the 3 core rule books - easily updated for 3.5 rules.

It's in as new condition, with no faults to record.

Dungeon Masters Guide. 3.5 Edition

Released in 2000 Third Edition Dungeons and Dragons is the first Wizards of the Coast edition of D&D.

It re-combines Dungeons and Dragons with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which had been separate games for decades.

The third edition was quickly updated to 3.5 (in 2003) which many players (myself included) view as the best rule set yet created.

It's also by far and away the prettiest release of the game.

This is the, now hard to find, E3.5 Edition of the Dungeon Masters Guide. The best of the best.

It's in as new condition, with no faults to record.

Fiend Folio

The Fiend Folio was never published in the Second Edition which went with the rather clunky Monstrous Compendium.

Third Edition ditched the ring binders and went back to the original format, we all breathed a sigh of relief.

Even by the high standards of E3 this is a very beautiful book.

Condition is like new.

Psionics Handbook

Third edition Psionics Handbook - everything you never wanted to know about the horrors of psionics.

New spells, feats, prestige classes, items and, of course, monsters that will eat your brain from outside your skull!

This copy is like new - no damage of any sort to note.

Forgotten Realms - Races Of Faerun

A detailed look at the races and societal set ups of D&Ds most complete campaign setting - The Forgotten Realms.

Each of the 8 primary races get a chapter to themselves, with a number of minor races covered in less depth.

There are also new feats, spells, items and prestige classes to flesh out your campaign.

This copy is immaculate.

Martial Power

Source Book for Fighters, Rangers, Rogues and Warlords from Fourth Edition.

Considered by most to be a step backwards from E3.5, but still of interest to some.

This book has a few scratches on the cover and a name written in the fly, but is otherwise very nice.

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