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Which of these publications are the best ever made for D&D?

Dungeons & Dragons (original boxed set, 1974)
Votes: 10 18.9%
Supplement I: Greyhawk (OD&D)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Supplement II: Blackmoor (OD&D)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (OD&D)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Supplement IV: Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes (OD&D)
Votes: 1 1.9%
D&D Basic Set (Holmes, 1977)
Votes: 6 11.3%
D&D Basic Set (Moldvay, 1981, B/X)
Votes: 16 30.2%
D&D Expert Set (Cook, 1981, B/X)
Votes: 12 22.6%
D&D Basic Rules (Mentzer, 1983, BECMI)
Votes: 19 35.8%
D&D Expert Rules (Mentzer, 1983, BECMI)
Votes: 11 20.8%
D&D Companion Rules (BECMI)
Votes: 4 7.5%
D&D Master Rules (BECMI)
Votes: 3 5.7%
D&D Immortals Rules (BECMI)
Votes: 3 5.7%
D&D Rules Cyclopedia (Basic D&D)
Votes: 17 32.1%
B1: In Search of the Unknown (Basic D&D)
Votes: 2 3.8%
B2: The Keep on the Borderlands (Basic D&D)
Votes: 22 41.5%
B4: The Lost City (Basic D&D)
Votes: 14 26.4%
B7: Rahasia (Basic D&D)
Votes: 4 7.5%
B10: Night's Dark Terror (Basic D&D)
Votes: 7 13.2%
CM1: Test of the Warlords (Basic D&D)
Votes: 4 7.5%
X1: The Isle of Dread (Basic D&D)
Votes: 20 37.7%
X2: Castle Amber (Basic D&D)
Votes: 8 15.1%
X4: Master of the Desert Nomads (Basic D&D)
Votes: 4 7.5%
X5: Temple of Death (Basic D&D)
Votes: 4 7.5%
X10: Red Arrow, Black Shield (Basic D&D)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Creature Catalogue (Basic D&D)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Creature Crucible: Night Howlers (Basic D&D)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Creature Crucible: Tall Tales of the Wee Folk (Basic D&D)
Votes: 1 1.9%
D&D Gazetteer: The Emirates of Ylaruam (Basic D&D)
Votes: 3 5.7%
D&D Gazetteer: The Grand Duchy of Karameikos (Basic D&D)
Votes: 8 15.1%
D&D Gazetteer: The Principalities of Glantri (Basic D&D)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Hollow World Campaign Set (Basic D&D)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Thunder Rift (Basic D&D)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Wrath of the Immortals (Basic D&D)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Monster Manual (1e)
Votes: 23 43.4%
Players Handbook (1e)
Votes: 28 52.8%
Dungeon Masters Guide (1e)
Votes: 28 52.8%
A1-4: Scourge of the Slavelords (1e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
C2: The Ghost Tower of Inverness (1e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
D1-2: Descent Into the Depths of the Earth (1e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
G1-2-3: Against the Giants (1e)
Votes: 10 18.9%
I6: Ravenloft (1e)
Votes: 23 43.4%
L1: The Secret of Bone Hill (1e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
N1: Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
S1: Tomb of Horrors (1e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
S2: White Plume Mountain (1e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (1e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1e)
Votes: 11 20.8%
T1: The Village of Hommlet (1e)
Votes: 13 24.5%
T1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil (1e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
U1: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (1e)
Votes: 12 22.6%
UK1: Beyond the Crystal Cave (1e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
WG4: The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun (1e)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Battlesystem (1e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
The Book of Lairs (1e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Deities & Demigods (1e)
Votes: 14 26.4%
Fiend Folio (1e)
Votes: 16 30.2%
Manual of the Planes (1e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
Monster Manual II (1e)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Oriental Adventures (1e)
Votes: 10 18.9%
The Rogues Gallery (1e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Unearthed Arcana (1e)
Votes: 6 11.3%
The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (1e, 1980, Folio)
Votes: 7 13.2%
World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1e, 1983)
Votes: 10 18.9%
Greyhawk Adventures (1e, 1988)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Dragonlance: Dragons of Despair (1e, DL1)
Votes: 10 18.9%
Dragonlance Adventures (1e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (1e)
Votes: 11 20.8%
Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (1e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Player's Handbook (2e)
Votes: 20 37.7%
Dungeon Master Guide (2e)
Votes: 10 18.9%
Monstrous Compendium Volume One (2e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Monstrous Manual (2e)
Votes: 15 28.3%
A Paladin in Hell (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Arms and Equipment Guide (2e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Battlesystem (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide (2e)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Chronomancer (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
The Complete Book of Dwarves (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
The Complete Book of Elves (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
The Complete Book of Humanoids (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
The Complete Book of Necromancers (2e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
The Complete Book of Villains (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
The Complete Fighter's Handbook (2e)
Votes: 6 11.3%
The Complete Priest's Handbook (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
The Complete Psionics Handbook (2e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
The Complete Thief's Handbook (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
The Complete Wizard's Handbook (2e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Council of Wyrms (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Dungeon Master Option: High-Level Campaigns (2e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Encyclopedia Magica, Volumes 1-4 (2e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar: The New Adventures of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Legends & Lore (2e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Monster Mythology (2e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Monstrous Arcana: The Illithiad (2e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Player's Option: Combat & Tactics (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Player's Option: Skills & Powers (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Player's Option: Spells & Magic (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Priest's Spell Compendium, Volumes 1-3 (2e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Shaman (2e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Tome of Magic (2e)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Vikings Campaign Sourcebook (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Wizard's Spell Compendium, Volumes 1-4 (2e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
World Builder's Guidebook (2e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Al-Qadim: Arabian Adventures (2e)
Votes: 12 22.6%
Al-Qadim: Secrets of the Lamp (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Birthright Campaign Setting (2e)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Birthright: Blood Enemies - Abominations of Cerilia (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Dark Sun Boxed Set (2e)
Votes: 13 24.5%
Dragonlance: Tales of the Lance (2e)
Votes: 6 11.3%
Dragonlance: Time of the Dragon (2e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Forgotten Realms: Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Forgotten Realms: Dwarves Deep (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Forgotten Realms: Faiths & Avatars (2e)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Forgotten Realms: Volo's Guide to Waterdeep (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Planescape Campaign Setting (2e)
Votes: 17 32.1%
Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (2e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Planescape: Dead Gods (2e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Planescape: The Great Modron March (2e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Planescape: On Hallowed Ground (2e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Ravenloft: Realm of Terror (2e, 1990)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Ravenloft Campaign Setting (2e, 1994)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Ravenloft: Domains of Dread (2e, 1997)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (2e)
Votes: 6 11.3%
Ravenloft: Carnival (2e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Ravenloft: Night of the Walking Dead (2e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Ravenloft: Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts (2e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Ravenloft: Van Richten's Guide to Vampires (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Ravenloft: Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales (2e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space (2e)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Player's Handbook (3e, 3.0)
Votes: 14 26.4%
Player's Handbook (3e, 3.5)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Dungeon Master's Guide (3e, 3.0)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Dungeon Master's Guide (3e, 3.5)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Monster Manual (3e, 3.0)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Monster Manual (3e, 3.5)
Votes: 6 11.3%
Arms and Equipment Guide (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Defenders of the Faith (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Deities and Demigods (3e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Draconomicon (3e)
Votes: 6 11.3%
Dragon Magic (3e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Drow of the Underdark (3e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Dungeon Master's Guide II (3e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Epic Level Handbook (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Expanded Psionics Handbook (3e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (3e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (3e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
The Forge of Fury (3e)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Ghostwalk (3e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Hero Builder's Guidebook (3e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations (3e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Magic Item Compendium (3e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Manual of the Planes (3e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Masters of the Wild (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Monster Manual III (3e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Oriental Adventures (3e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Player's Handbook II (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Races of the Wild (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Red Hand of Doom (3e)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (3e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Rules Compendium (3e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Sandstorm (3e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Savage Species (3e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Song and Silence (3e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Stormwrack (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
The Sunless Citadel (3e)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Sword and Fist (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Tome and Blood (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords (3e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Unearthed Arcana (3e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Eberron Campaign Setting (3e)
Votes: 10 18.9%
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3e)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Forgotten Realms: City of the Spider Queen (3e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (3e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Player's Handbook (4e)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Player's Handbook 2 (4e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Dungeon Master's Guide (4e)
Votes: 7 13.2%
Dungeon Master's Guide 2 (4e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Monster Manual (4e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Monster Manual 3 (4e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Heroes of the Fallen Lands (4e, Essentials)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms (4e, Essentials)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Dungeon Master's Kit (4e, Essentials)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Monster Vault (4e, Essentials)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Rules Compendium (4e, Essentials)
Votes: 5 9.4%
HS1: The Slaying Stone (4e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Adventurer's Vault (4e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Adventurer's Vault 2 (4e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons (4e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons (4e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Madness at Gardmore Abbey (4e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Manual of the Planes (4e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale (4e)
Votes: 8 15.1%
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium (4e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Open Grave: Secrets of the Undead (4e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
The Plane Above: Secrets of the Astral Sea (4e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos (4e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
The Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond (4e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Dark Sun Campaign Setting (4e)
Votes: 5 9.4%
Player's Handbook (5e, 2014)
Votes: 23 43.4%
Player's Handbook (5e, Revised, 2024)
Votes: 10 18.9%
Monster Manual (5e)
Votes: 14 26.4%
Dungeon Master's Guide (5e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
D&D Starter Set (Lost Mine of Phandelver) (5e)
Votes: 16 30.2%
D&D Essentials Kit (Dragon of Icespire Peak) (5e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (5e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
Curse of Strahd (5e)
Votes: 12 22.6%
Ghosts of Saltmarsh (5e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (5e)
Votes: 2 3.8%
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel (5e)
Votes: 1 1.9%
Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (5e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Storm King's Thunder (5e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (5e)
Votes: 11 20.8%
Tomb of Annihilation (5e)
Votes: 6 11.3%
Volo's Guide to Monsters (5e)
Votes: 4 7.5%
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (5e)
Votes: 0 0.0%
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight (5e)
Votes: 6 11.3%
Xanathar's Guide to Everything (5e)
Votes: 12 22.6%
Eberron: Rising from the Last War (5e)
Votes: 9 17.0%
Explorer's Guide to Wildemount (5e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Mythic Odysseys of Theros (5e)
Votes: 3 5.7%
Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (5e)
Votes: 2 3.8%

Poll closed Oct 6, 2024.

JEB

Legend

Oct 6, 2024

Two hours left! I'd promote 5e, but seems like it's doing good enough...

JEB

Legend

Oct 6, 2024

The poll is over! Discuss the results here!

D&D General 50 years, 50 publications - the poll

Which of these publications are the best ever made for D&D?

Dungeons & Dragons (original boxed set, 1974)

Supplement I: Greyhawk (OD&D)

Supplement II: Blackmoor (OD&D)

Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (OD&D)

Supplement IV: Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes (OD&D)

D&D Basic Set (Holmes, 1977)

D&D Basic Set (Moldvay, 1981, B/X)

D&D Expert Set (Cook, 1981, B/X)

D&D Basic Rules (Mentzer, 1983, BECMI)

D&D Expert Rules (Mentzer, 1983, BECMI)

D&D Companion Rules (BECMI)

D&D Master Rules (BECMI)

D&D Immortals Rules (BECMI)

D&D Rules Cyclopedia (Basic D&D)

B1: In Search of the Unknown (Basic D&D)

B2: The Keep on the Borderlands (Basic D&D)

B4: The Lost City (Basic D&D)

B7: Rahasia (Basic D&D)

B10: Night's Dark Terror (Basic D&D)

CM1: Test of the Warlords (Basic D&D)

X1: The Isle of Dread (Basic D&D)

X2: Castle Amber (Basic D&D)

X4: Master of the Desert Nomads (Basic D&D)

X5: Temple of Death (Basic D&D)

X10: Red Arrow, Black Shield (Basic D&D)

Creature Catalogue (Basic D&D)

Creature Crucible: Night Howlers (Basic D&D)

Creature Crucible: Tall Tales of the Wee Folk (Basic D&D)

D&D Gazetteer: The Emirates of Ylaruam (Basic D&D)

D&D Gazetteer: The Grand Duchy of Karameikos (Basic D&D)

D&D Gazetteer: The Principalities of Glantri (Basic D&D)

Hollow World Campaign Set (Basic D&D)

Thunder Rift (Basic D&D)

Wrath of the Immortals (Basic D&D)

Monster Manual (1e)

Players Handbook (1e)

Dungeon Masters Guide (1e)

A1-4: Scourge of the Slavelords (1e)

C2: The Ghost Tower of Inverness (1e)

D1-2: Descent Into the Depths of the Earth (1e)

G1-2-3: Against the Giants (1e)

I6: Ravenloft (1e)

L1: The Secret of Bone Hill (1e)

N1: Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1e)

Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1e)

S1: Tomb of Horrors (1e)

S2: White Plume Mountain (1e)

S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (1e)

S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1e)

T1: The Village of Hommlet (1e)

T1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil (1e)

U1: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (1e)

UK1: Beyond the Crystal Cave (1e)

WG4: The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun (1e)

Battlesystem (1e)

The Book of Lairs (1e)

Deities & Demigods (1e)

Fiend Folio (1e)

Manual of the Planes (1e)

Monster Manual II (1e)

Oriental Adventures (1e)

The Rogues Gallery (1e)

Unearthed Arcana (1e)

The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (1e, 1980, Folio)

World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1e, 1983)

Greyhawk Adventures (1e, 1988)

Dragonlance: Dragons of Despair (1e, DL1)

Dragonlance Adventures (1e)

Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (1e)

Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (1e)

Player's Handbook (2e)

Dungeon Master Guide (2e)

Monstrous Compendium Volume One (2e)

Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (2e)

Monstrous Manual (2e)

A Paladin in Hell (2e)

Arms and Equipment Guide (2e)

Battlesystem (2e)