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<blockquote data-quote="SSquirrel" data-source="post: 1455371" data-attributes="member: 5202">Yes that was the Rules Cyclopedia, which was a revival of D&amp;D....there was a long span of time where no Dungeons &amp; Dragons (non advanced) was published. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Already know it. 1979...2 years after the AD&amp;D Players Handbook. Really just a small transition period. I know that the Basic-Immortal sets were still selling throughout the 80s (as that's when I started playing) but the market of D&amp;D was MUCH smaller than that of the 1E products. It always felt like if they kept it around for anything it was just so people didn't accuse them of totally abandoning their roots. Now they don't worry about that so much thankfully.&nbsp; &nbsp;It is evolution. With the product roadmap they gave recently, there's no way they're truning the clock back and regressing back to previous versions of the game. Ok they are doing a new Basic D&amp;D set, I'll give you that. But that's more to push the new minis than anything else I think, plus to give a nice nod to the 30th anniversary of the game and its roots.&nbsp;&nbsp;Self correction:1E PHB in 78, DMG in 79.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hagen</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SSquirrel, post: 1455371, member: 5202"] Yes that was the Rules Cyclopedia, which was a revival of D&D....there was a long span of time where no Dungeons & Dragons (non advanced) was published. Already know it. 1979...2 years after the AD&D Players Handbook. Really just a small transition period. I know that the Basic-Immortal sets were still selling throughout the 80s (as that's when I started playing) but the market of D&D was MUCH smaller than that of the 1E products. It always felt like if they kept it around for anything it was just so people didn't accuse them of totally abandoning their roots. Now they don't worry about that so much thankfully. It is evolution. With the product roadmap they gave recently, there's no way they're truning the clock back and regressing back to previous versions of the game. Ok they are doing a new Basic D&D set, I'll give you that. But that's more to push the new minis than anything else I think, plus to give a nice nod to the 30th anniversary of the game and its roots. Self correction:1E PHB in 78, DMG in 79. Hagen [/QUOTE]

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