Renamed Dungeons & Dragons Set 1: Basic Rules and written by Frank Mentzer. The set included a sixty-four page Players Manual, a forty-eight page Dungeon Masters Rulebook, six dice, and in sets in which the dice were not painted, a crayon. The 1983 revision was packaged in a distinctive red box, and featured cover art by Larry Elmore. Between 1983 and 1985, the system was revised and expanded as five boxed sets: Basic (red cover), Expert (blue), Companion (teal),Master (black),and Immortal (gold).

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