Dungeon Master Guide (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition, Core Rulebook/2160) | List Price: $24.95
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Binding: Hardcover
Release Date: 1995-04-25
oooohhh yeah [Posted on 2006-06-06]
I bought the third Ed and wished I could have used the pages to wipe my backside.
Second Edition is classic, the best and the final edition of true AD&D playing. Save your 3rd ed money and buy a good used copy of second Ed and keep them sparkling new.
The end of a true Era in imaginative gaming.
Perhaps the Best Version of the Players Handbook [Posted on 2007-07-15]
Of all the players handbooks that have been produced for the Dungeons & Dragons game, this one is probably my favorite.
The combat system is a streamlined version of the 1st Edition AD&D system. Initiative and surprise are explained well and have the added benefit of being easy to learn an implement. Several spell descriptions from 1st Edition were slightly reworded so that there is now less ambiguity when it comes to what certain spells can and can't do.
One of the best things about the rules in this book is their optional nature. For example, combat can be boiled down to just the basics or you can add a set of optional modifiers to make it more detailed and complex. Either way, the game runs fine.
Non-weapon proficiencies (another optional rule addition) allow the players to customize their characters and quantify specifically what a PC knows or does not know. Secondary skills from 1E are there too in case the DM wants to use them in his or her game.
Many important rules that were left out of the core 1st Edition AD&D books were added in here -- there are now rules for jumping, holding your breath, swimming, etc...
The interior artwork is based on traditional fantasy and is very good for the most part. The blue ink used in some of the art takes a little getting used to... I would have preferred black and white throughout the entire book but that's a minor complaint.
To sum up, the rules in this book are clearly written and easy to learn. There's as much or as little complexity as you want... options allow the DM to customize the game in many ways while still adhering to a set of standard core rules. I give it my highest recommendation.
Other Books [Posted on 2007-09-03]
The Player's Handbook is the second edition of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons version. It is pretty good, even if I think I still preferred the old one. This is definitely a more polished and streamlined product, and a little bit more haphazard, even if maybe not quite as much fun. Still, it did good things for the product.
good ideas, but not "task oriented" organisation [Posted on 2008-01-22]
I played more than 10 years according to this book.
The ideas and content are good, but the structure is horrible. All those years i had to flip pages, use the index, ask my fellow players to get all the infos in CONTEXT. The book is NOT task oriented and therefore i find it unorganized.
I hope the WotC took council from a Documentation Pro for the new editions ;-)
Still all the info you need is there (somewhere) and AD&D remains my preferred RPG.
Great [Posted on 2008-04-13]
Good book, similiar to the first one, just some changes. Not a too bad.
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