So the 1E MM and PH have been made available in good quality PDF form finally, will we see the DMG getting the same treatment soon? I'd gladly pay $10 for a good searchable PDF copy. The DMG is one of the best rpg books ever written in my book (haha) but trying to find a specific rule or something can be annoying sometimes with the way it's. Dungeons and Dragons Fonts from 1974 to 2004. Here are links to fonts that were used in Dungeons & Dragons during the TSR era, starting with the original little brown books, up to and including some WotC 3rd edition fontography.
The final manual of the first three core books. Describes the actual AD&D game system (in unbelievable detail).
Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax
After more than two years since tantalizing players with the AD&D Monster Manual, Gygax finished work on his most impressive project, the Dungeon Masters Guide. Oft-criticized for its complicated rules and wordiness, the DMs Guide nevertheless has held up remarkably well over time, and is an impressive milestone in role-playing-game history.
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The Dungeon Masters Guide lacks printing information on the copyright page, at least up until 1985. Much of what we have learned has been through extensive detective work; special thanks to Paul Stormberg for divining much of the information below. Thanks also Jim Fetzner, Paul Hennz, Rudy Hess, Oliver Rathbone, Bruce Robertson, and Jean-Philippe Suter for their contributions.
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Because it is very difficult to determine what printing you have, you may find this flowchart easier to follow.
Printing info most likely began to be added to the copyright page around 1985; discoveries of print info lower than 9th will throw our sequence above into chaos. :) The 9th printing was in August 1987, 10th printing was in 1987, the 11th printing was in April 1988, the 12th printing was in November 1988, the 13th printing was in July 1989, and the 14th printing was in July 1990. The description on the copyright page of the rear-cover artwork was never corrected. (Thanks to Michael Deaton and Gordon Richards for help with this info).
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First prints are reasonably scarce, but by no means 'rare' -- a Second Alpha print, with the Monster Manual pages inside, is much rarer.
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