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Chainmail
D&D was Published by TSR in the white box for everyone to play with chainmail rules -
Royalty funds
Gary released Advance D&D and didn't want to pay royalty funds to Areson, prompting Areson to sue Tsr for his fair share of the money for the creation of D&D as a whole. -
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Advance D&D
Compiled by Gary Gygax reorganizing the rules and re-codified the three hardcover rules, adding additional classes to play in the game -
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Basic Dnd
TSR hired an outside writer John Holmes to produce the game with the supplementary of the Greyhawk campaign -
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D&D 2nd edition
The basic set got a major revision by an editor Tom Modvay, Aswell getting away from Advance D&D with the name Basic D&D -
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D&D Basic set
the basic D&D game got revised again this time by Frank Menzer, the presentation was overhauled for kids so they are able to play. -
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Advance D&D 2nd edition
David Cook published the 2nd edition for AD&D with new rules and classes -
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D&D Rule Cyclopedia
The rules from the basic set of D&D were all placed in one book written fluently for more experienced players -
Wotc buying TSR
The wizard of the west coast Acquired TSR -
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3rd Edition of D&D
Dungeon and dragon was released with advanced rules instead and added a D20 die making this the most common version of D&D -
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D&D 3.5
WotC changed a few things about the rules and the complaints about the game -
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D&D 4th edition
WotC announced development on the 4th edition of D&D overhauling the game's system with magic, battle, and recourses. While most classes were in different player handbooks. -
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D&D essentials
The essentials used 4th Editions rules and simple player characters options for new players of D&D -
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5th edition D&D
4th edition rules were heavily drawn, with new mechanics that's simple and streamline