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Well, 2e has the distinction of having the most products of any edition and introduced the most settings, so it's kind of cheating.

Complete Fighter's Handbook. I really liked how it presented a new approach to weapon proficiencies. It put fighters on par with rangers...

Volo's Guide to Monsters is probably the best or second best 5E non-core book. I probably use Xanathar's a bit more though. VGtM has a...

Rules Cyclopedia. The best one and done D&D book you can buy.

From the consensus of "best" it appears that 2E was the majority of people's jam. Certainly is mine, if I can only get people to play 5E...

Dragon archive, Worldbuilder's Guidebook (2e), Manual of the Planes (1e), Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue (2e), Monster Mythology and...

Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide. One of the blue book softcovers supplements for 2e. A really useful, approachably written guide...

What are some of the best official D&D products, regardless of edition, that you've come across? I think I have two, and weirdly they...

It was truly elucidating. I really feel that Dragon #79 has been explained in such thoughtful and complete manner after seeing this pop...

Thank you for dredging up a post from almost a year ago to inform us of that information. It has added tremendous value to this discussion.

At base, TSR/Lorraine wanted DC to publish Buck Rogers comics. DC was not interested. TSR pushed—and pushed hard—for a time, for DC to...

First off, many thanks for these wonderful comments and insights. I've been hoping for more of your perspective and firsthand info in...

That's tended to be overstated, in my experience, but there were some specific problems. The company definitely published too many...

Right. The context for the book returns matter a lot. They are not the cause of the failure. The returns are a result of the core...