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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6270720" data-attributes="member: 6681948">Ummm...OD&amp;D came in one tiny box, followed by supplements.&nbsp; I guess that's one edition released all at once although I think you may have needed Chainmail to play it)BECMI was released one letter at a time, I believe.&nbsp; EDIT:&nbsp; A different, layered, approach (release by levels rather than topic) which meant everyone wanting the rules also had to buy the adventure module.AD&amp;D was released from 1977 to 1979, as three hardcovers.AD&amp;D 2e was released one book per month.3e was, IIRC, released all at once, as was 4e (if we call the three volumes &quot;all&quot; - 3e also began the Splatbook trend, while 4e removed several elements from the core rules with the expectation of future PHB's and DMG's bringing many back and otherwise growing the game).&nbsp; EDIT:&nbsp; IDNRC - 3e was also released one book a month.&nbsp; As well, 2e had lots of splatbooks ( however, I believe 3e was the first to have splatbooks planned from initial release).A staggered launch wasn't the most recent approach, but it's hardly historically unprecedented.&nbsp; In fact, it seems like 4e's &quot;all at once&quot; approach was largely unprecedented (although I think AD&amp;D's multiple books sold separately approach was also unprecedented at that time, and very few games took the same approach afterwards).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 6270720, member: 6681948"] Ummm... OD&D came in one tiny box, followed by supplements. I guess that's one edition released all at once although I think you may have needed Chainmail to play it) BECMI was released one letter at a time, I believe. EDIT: A different, layered, approach (release by levels rather than topic) which meant everyone wanting the rules also had to buy the adventure module. AD&D was released from 1977 to 1979, as three hardcovers. AD&D 2e was released one book per month. 3e was, IIRC, released all at once, as was 4e (if we call the three volumes "all" - 3e also began the Splatbook trend, while 4e removed several elements from the core rules with the expectation of future PHB's and DMG's bringing many back and otherwise growing the game). EDIT: IDNRC - 3e was also released one book a month. As well, 2e had lots of splatbooks ( however, I believe 3e was the first to have splatbooks planned from initial release). A staggered launch wasn't the most recent approach, but it's hardly historically unprecedented. In fact, it seems like 4e's "all at once" approach was largely unprecedented (although I think AD&D's multiple books sold separately approach was also unprecedented at that time, and very few games took the same approach afterwards). [/QUOTE]

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