Supplemental rules for the Original
D&D Set.
Greyhawk: Supplement I by Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz
Blackmoor: Supplement II by Dave Arneson
Eldritch Wizardry: Supplement III by Gary Gygax and Brian
Blume
Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes: Supplement IV by Rob Kuntz and
James Ward
Swords & Spells by Gary Gygax
Greyhawk is a general rules expansion, with new combat rules,
additional character classes (paladin and thief), as well as new monsters,
spells, and treasure.
Blackmoor is the second expansion, adding underwater rules, two
new character classes (monk and assassin), and hit location rules.
It also contains the first scenario ever published for a role-playing game,
"Temple of the Frog", which was later developed into module
DA2 Temple of the Frog.
Eldritch Wizardry adds the druid character class, additional magic
items and artifacts, as well as rules for demons and psionics.
Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes supplies pantheons of deities, including
their monster-style statistics (unfortunately giving players the idea
that gods are killable). It includes the Melnibonean mythos, which
(along with the Cthulhu mythos, not present in this booklet) created legal
problems for its successor, the AD&D manual Deities
& Demigods. However, that book bears only a passing resemblance
to this supplement's contents.
Swords & Spells is the fantasy-based successor to
Chainmail, covering miniatures rules for
D&D. It was hastily produced, and contains several glaring errors.
While it was the fifth (and last) supplement for OD&D, it was never labeled
as such.
Greyhawk:
The First printing of Greyhawk (with the "GK" logo), when
compared to later prints, shows the following differences: it has the
words "Additional" and "Supplement I" in a different, expanded-style
font, the cover artwork is slightly larger, and the internal typeface
is much more condensed (similar to that of the early
Original D&D Set booklets). Also,
the price for a "Multi-Dice Set" in the rear catalog has "$1.75" scratched
out, and "$2.50" hand-written in pen next to it. The booklet is
56 pages long, and was printed by Graphic Printing of Lake Geneva.
The inside cover does not have a printing date, though we believe it
was printed in March 1975. Being released in roughly the same
time frame as the Second Print of the Original D&D Set (of which
only 2000 copies were printed), it is easy to surmise that the print
run of this version was 1000 copies or less. (Thanks to Bruce
Robertson and Jon Peterson for this info).
The Second print of Greyhawk bears either a GK logo or a
Lizard logo, with cover text/artwork size differences as depicted in
the scan to the right, and is now 68 pages long (due entirely, it appears,
to the new internal typeface). Though both versions state "Second
Printing, July 1975" on the copyright page, the Lizard-logo version
was actually printed between September and December 1975. The
Second print (and all later printings) were printed by Heritage Models
of Dallas, Texas. (Thanks to Jeremy Simmons for help with this
info).
Second prints and later of Greyhawk have multiple textual
errors. These errors were never corrected in the main body of
any subsequent print; however, an errata sheet appears on the last page
of the Third and later prints. (Thanks to Joss Ellis for this
info, and for the scan of the errata page).
Beginning with the Third print, the cover illustration was
slightly enlarged over previous prints. (Thanks to Joss Ellis
for this info, and to
Adrian
Newman for the scan of the Eleventh print).
All prints continue to reference "Hobbits" on page 5, long after the other Tolkien references were corrected (Thanks
to Stewart Brown for this info).
Eldritch Wizardry:
The First printing has the printing notice on the first
page all in lower case ("printed in u.s.a."). Additionally,
the First print does not have the "Tzoonk Fragment" concerning
the Codex of the Infinite Planes, on page 43:
"...and thereupon the voice belled forth in tones of hollow iron
and spoke of the Coming of the City of the Gods. Such future
events interested me not, no I gave the command: 'Answer in th...'
(here the fragment becomes entirely illegible)... so knowing both
the secret and the spell which would unlock the Way to this horde
of the Demon Prince Nql... (another break in the writing unfortunately
occurs here)... gathered the nine as required and proceeded forth.
With me in addition were the dyoph servants necessary to transport
the Code [sic], for I would not leave it behind on even so perilous
a journey as this." (Here the entire fragment ends.)
The printing notice was correctly capitalized in Second
and later prints. The Second print, like
the First, does not have any printing # or date on the first
page; most likely, it was printed either in July 1976 or April 1977).
(Thanks to James Bandy, Bryan Manahan, and Michael Falconer for help with this info).
The First print's last page is labelled "Products List"; subsequent prints are labelled "Other Fantasy Releases By TSR" (and have the expected updated product listing). (Thanks to Alban Jalabert for this info).
The First through Fourth printings identify the drawing
on page 3 as a "Balrog"; this reference is omitted in the Fifth
printing and later (due to the Tolkien copyright issue). (Thanks
to Martin Ansell, David Ray, Bruce Robertson, and Terry Sikes for help
with this info).
Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes:
The numbering sequence of prints skipped over the Fifth printing,
and was only corrected much later. Therefore, the "true" Fifth
printing is labeled "Sixth (11/78)", the "true" Sixth is labeled
"Seventh (4/79)", and the "true" Seventh printing is (finally)
correctly labeled (11/79).
Booklets in general:
First printings do not have any printing number on the copyright
page (just the year of copyright, such as "Copyright 1975"). Subsequent
printings do have the printing number (with the exception of
the Second print of Eldritch Wizardry, which does not).
Sep 75: GK symbol ("Gygax/Kaye") replaced by Lizard
logo, and "Tactical Studies Rules" replaced by "Published by TSR Rules".
Price ($5.00).
Mar 78: Price removed from cover.
Dec 78: Lizard logo replaced by Wizard logo.
Nov 79: All booklets printed one final time.
Swords & Spells has the "Published by TSR Rules" replaced by
"TSR Hobbies" and an address, for the Fifth and later printings.
Note: black-and-white reprints of the Nov 79 editions were also
later released, probably as stocks of that print ran out. They
are basically photocopies; some sources have reported paper-thin covers,
while others describe covers identical in weight to the normal tan-colored
versions.
We don't know which printings may have originally come shrinkwrapped;
we know that the last (Nov 79) printings did, but are unsure of any
earlier printings (thanks to Rick Bauer for this info).
Aside from the notes above, the only difference between printings is
the printing number and date noted on the copyright page (remember that
First printings, and the Second print of Eldritch Wizardry, do not
have a printing number):
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
11th |
12th
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Greyhawk |
3/75 |
7/75 |
1/76 |
7/76 |
4/77 |
9/77 |
11/77 |
2/78 |
5/78 |
11/78 |
4/79 |
11/79
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Blackmoor |
12/75 |
7/76 |
4/77 |
12/77 |
3/78 |
8/78 |
11/78 |
4/79 |
11/79 |
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Eldritch |
4/76 |
? |
7/77 |
11/77 |
3/78 |
7/78 |
11/78 |
4/79 |
11/79 |
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Gods |
7/76 |
4/77 |
2/78 |
5/78 |
11/78 |
4/79 |
11/79 |
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Swords |
7/76 |
4/77 |
3/78 |
8/78 |
3/79 |
11/79 |
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Some astute collectors pay attention to the actual printing #, and will
pay markedly higher values for early printings.
Shrinkwrapped condition has only been verified for the last (Nov 79)
printings.
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Greyhawk (1st prt)

Greyhawk (2nd prt, "GK")

Greyhawk (11th/12th prt)

Greyhawk errata

Blackmoor (5th-7th print)

Eldritch Wizardry
(1st-4th print)

Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes
(1st-3rd print)

Swords & Spells
(3rd/4th print)
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