What books go with this?

[Barroll]

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So i recently got this book, i'm curious what other books go with this purposely. My groups going to run another campaign using old school rules and i just wanted to be aware of all the necessary resources I may or may not need.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Corathon]

The link is enclosed in IMG tags, so it doesn't show up as a clickable link or an image. However, following the link I see an image of the Moldvay Basic book. It contains rukes for levels 1-3.

The follow-on is the Cook Expert set (see
this ) which contains rules for levels 4-14. The early B and X modules were written for these rules (B2 was included in the box with Moldvay Basic, and X1 was in the box with the Cook Expert set). The later Mentzer versions of these sets are almost the same and products written for them are usable with Moldvay.

However, the early versions of D&D were all fairly similar to each other and its possible to use modules from AD&D with these rules with only a little work.

 

[Barroll]

So i recently got this book, i'm curious what other books go with this purposely. My groups going to run another campaign using old school rules and i just wanted to be aware of all the necessary resources I may or may not need.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: fixed IMG tag

 

[grodog]

Rules-wise, you don't really _need_ anything else: Moldvay Basic and Cook/Marsh Expert are great introductory resources to old-school play if you're looking for that Basic/Expert vs. AD&D flavor

If you're looking for OSR-style support for Moldvay Basic, then Labyrinth Lord, Basic Fantasy, and Swords & Wizardry would all be useful resources.

 

[Echohawk]

So i recently got this book, i'm curious what other books go with this purposely.

It looks like you have a copy of the rulebook from the second version of the D&D basic set. The direct companion to that is the D&D expert set, as Corathon pointed out.

A brief release history of basic D&D might also help you...

First, in 1977, this Basic Set was released.

Next, in 1981, this set was revised to make a new Basic Set. You have the rulebook from this, also in that box were dice and a copy of B2: The Keep on the Borderlands, so don't worry -- you aren't missing any rules if you have the book without the rest of the box. Also released in 1981 was the aforementioned Expert Set, which is thus the direct follow-up to the book you have.

Beginning in 1983, those Basic/Expert sets were revised and three more boxed sets were added, making what is often referred to as the "BECMI" version of D&D, where BECMI stands for:
- Set 1: Basic Rules
- Set 2: Expert Rules
- Set 3: Companion Rules
- Set 4: Master Rules
- Set 5: Immortal Rules

Depending on how keen you are to stick to exactly the rules you currently have, you might want to consider upgrading to the above five boxed sets, since they cover a lot more ground than the first Basic/Expert sets, but the rules were revised, so won't match what you already have 100%.

Eventually, the first four boxed sets were revised and reworked to make the Rules Cyclopedia. (The last boxed set, dealing with immortals became Wrath of the Immortals.) Many people view the Rules Cyclopedia as the jewel of the BECMI rule set, and it is hard to disagree. The Cyclopedia packs a huge amount of content into one hardcover book, making perhaps the most complete set of D&D rules ever published in a single book.

To summarise:
1. If you want the direct follow-up to book you already have, look for this Expert Set.
2. If you want one book that will let you run a "basic" D&D campaign, find a copy of the Rules Cyclopedia.
3. If you like collecting early D&D material, you might want to spend some time browsing my Mystara Collector's Guide, which lists all of the D&D material for that version of the rules.