Player's Handbook

various editions of handbook for playing Dungeons & Dragons
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Player's Handbook

Summary

Player's Handbook is a tabletop role-playing game[1]. It draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (tabletop_role_playing_game category, ranking #43 of 299).[2]

Key Facts

  • Player's Handbook authored Gary Gygax[3].
  • Player's Handbook's instance of is recorded as tabletop role-playing game[4].
  • Player's Handbook's instance of is recorded as compendium[5].
  • Player's Handbook's publisher is recorded as TSR[6].
  • Player's Handbook's genre is recorded as tabletop role-playing game[7].
  • Player's Handbook's followed by is recorded as Player's Handbook II[8].
  • Player's Handbook's followed by is recorded as Player's Handbook 2: Arcane, Divine and Primal Heroes[9].
  • Player's Handbook's followed by is recorded as Player's Handbook 3: Psionic, Divine and Primal Heroes[10].
  • Player's Handbook's OCLC number is recorded as 13498304[11].
  • Player's Handbook's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Player's Handbook's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • Player's Handbook's publication date is recorded as +1978-06-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Player's Handbook's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d02j[15].
  • Player's Handbook's Open Library ID is recorded as OL4685997W[16].
  • Player's Handbook's Internet Archive ID is recorded as pdfy-my6p8niGqahpilXi[17].
  • Player's Handbook's Internet Archive ID is recorded as advanceddungeons00gyga[18].
  • Player's Handbook's cover art by is recorded as David A. Trampier[19].
  • Player's Handbook's cover art by is recorded as Jeff Easley[20].
  • Player's Handbook's cover art by is recorded as Henry Higginbotham[21].
  • Player's Handbook's cover art by is recorded as Wayne Reynolds[22].
  • Player's Handbook's has edition or translation is recorded as Players Handbook (1st ed.)[23].
  • Player's Handbook's has edition or translation is recorded as Player's Handbook (2nd ed.)[24].
  • Player's Handbook's has edition or translation is recorded as Player's Handbook (2nd ed. revised)[25].
  • Player's Handbook's has edition or translation is recorded as Player's Handbook (3rd ed.)[26].
  • Player's Handbook's has edition or translation is recorded as Player's Handbook (3rd ed. revised)[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Player's Handbook authored Gary Gygax[3]. Its publisher is recorded as TSR[6].

Publication

Player's Handbook's publication date is recorded as +1978-06-00T00:00:00Z[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is recorded as tabletop role-playing game[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Successors include Player's Handbook II[8], it 2: Arcane, Divine and Primal Heroes[9], and it 3: Psionic, Divine and Primal Heroes[10].

Why It Matters

Player's Handbook draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (tabletop_role_playing_game category, ranking #43 of 299).[2]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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