D&D was a radically new gaming concept at the time, and it was difficult for players without prior tabletop wargaming experience to grasp the vague rules. In addition, the rules presumed ownership of Outdoor Survival, a board game by then-unaffiliated company Avalon Hill for outdoor exploration and adventure. An optional combat system was included within the rules that later developed into the sole combat system of later versions of the game.
The rules assumed that players owned and played the miniatures wargame Chainmail and used its measurement and combat systems. : 20–26 Each artist was paid $2 for a small piece or $3 for a larger piece, with an identical amount paid as a royalty every time another thousand copies were printed. Only $100 was budgeted for artwork, and TSR co-founder Gary Gygax pressed into service anyone who was willing to help, including local artist Cookie Corey Greg Bell, a member of Jeff Perren's gaming group D&D co-creator Dave Arneson Gygax's wife's half-sister Keenan Powell and fellow TSR co-founder Don Kaye. With a production budget of only $2000 to print a thousand copies, the result was decidedly amateurish. The original D&D was published as a box set in 1974 and featured only a handful of the elements for which the game is known today: just three character classes ( fighting-man, magic-user, and cleric) four races ( human, dwarf, elf, and hobbit) only a few monsters only three alignments (lawful, neutral, and chaotic). Version history Original Dungeons & Dragons
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