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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 2232731" data-attributes="member: 17551">I'd say there's 10...OD&D - the 1974 versionAD&D1B/X D&D - 1981 versionBECMI - the Mentzer boxed sets and the RCAD&D2'Black Box' D&D - the 1991 'Beginners' series3e (essentially AD&D3)3.5HackmasterCastles & CrusadesThe late 70's Holmes boxed set, I wouldn't consider a seperate edition.  Per some of the Dragon articles, it was considered an introduction to both OD&D and AD&D1.  It really didn't stand on its own as a rule set and never received the level of support that any of the other editons I've named.  The Black Box Basic set, on the other hand, had 6 modules, a campaign setting, 3 boxed sets, and a few accessories made for it, and was generally treated quite seperately from the RC version of D&D that was out at the same time.  There was even an adventure in the DM screen at the time where pc's transitioned from the Black Box rule set to the RC.R.A.</blockquote>