| 1977 | TSR launched Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in 1977 with the release of the Monster Manual the first hardbound book ever published by a game company. Statistics, descriptions, and illustrations for more than 350 monsters to populate your dungeon. | |
| 1978 | Players Handbook by Gary Gygax was the second hardcover manual for AD&D. Covers character classes and spells. AD&D assumes that characters will rise up to a maximum level in the mid-20's | |
| 1979 | The Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax, is published. Estimates of TSR sales as high as $23 million gross | |
| 1980 |
Greyhawk campaign setting launched. Estimates of TSR sales
as high as $45 million gross Deities & Demigods, '80; 2013 Contains 17 pantheons, including Cthulhu and Melnibonean. |
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| 1981 | Fiend Folio was sort of a British counterpart to the Monster Manual. It was compiled in part from the pages of White Dwarf, but also included monsters previously unique to specific published modules. Estimates of TSR sales as high as $60-90 million with net income of $28 million | |
| 1983 | Monster Manual II, '83; 2016 | |
| 1984 | Dragonlance campaign setting launched | |
| 1985 |
Oriental Adventures rulebook, '85; 2018 Unearthed Arcana, '85; 2017 Legends & Lore, '85; 2013 Battlesystem®, boxed set, '85; 1019 |
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| 1986 |
Dungeoneer's Survival Guide, '86; 2019 Wilderness Survival Guide, '86; 2020 |
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| 1987 | Manual of the Planes, '87; 2022 | |
| 1988 | Dungeon Master's Design Kit | |
| 1989 | Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition | |