Several different versions of the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy parlor game have been produced given that 1974. The current author of D&D, Wizards of the Shore, generates new materials only for the most current edition of the game. Nevertheless, lots of D&D fans continue to play older variations of the game as well as some third-party business continue to publish materials compatible with these older versions. After the original edition of D&D was presented in 1974, the game was split into two branches in 1977: the rules-light system of Dungeons & Dragons as well as the much more complex, rules-heavy system of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D). The standard game was eventually broadened into a series of five box collections by the mid-1980s before being compiled as well as somewhat revised in 1991 as the Dungeons & Dragons Policy Cyclopedia. On the other hand, the second edition of AD&D was published in 1989. In 2000 the two branch split was ...