Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set

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Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set
Author(s)	Eric Holmes Tom Moldvay Frank Mentzer Troy Denning Doug Stewart
Release	1977-1991
Family	Dungeons & Dragons
Influences	OD&D

Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set is a series of games based on OD&D released between 1977 to 1991.

History

Holmes Basic Set

The first version of D&D Basic, released in 1977.

Moldvay & Cook Basic & Expert

Known in the scene as B/X, Moldvay's and Cook's version was released alongside the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in 1981. It notably shipped with The Keep on the Borderlands, which made it the most iconic module of classic D&D. This version eventually got a supplement in the form of the Expert Set, which included rules for player characters from level 4 to 14.

Mentzer's BECMI

BECMI, released in 1983, revised and expanded on the rules on B&X, adding a Companion, Master and Immortals Box Rule Set along side it's Basic and Expert. Immortals ruled allowed player characters to ascend as godlike beings going on interplanar adventures.