My goal is to make this the most accurate chronological timeline of TSR D&D product release dates on the internet.
Notes on the dating of items is in the articles themselves. You can read some more information in the Introduction.
As a concurrent goal, I’m reading through all of TSR’s D&D products in chronological order. Feel free to join in!
Here is the list of everything I’ve read so far, along with the dates the products were published.
You can also view the chronological list without any magazines.
1972
- August – Chainmail 2nd edition – D&D precursor
1974
- January – Original Dungeons & Dragons
1975
- January – The Strategic Review 1.1 – precursor to Dragon magazine
- March – Greyhawk: Supplement 1 – first supplement for Original D&D
- April/May – The Strategic Review 1.2
- July – The Strategic Review 1.3
- September – The Character Archaic – first accessory
- October – The Strategic Review 1.4
- December – Blackmoor: Supplement II
- December – The Strategic Review 1.5
1976
- February – The Strategic Review 2.1
- April – The Strategic Review 2.2
- May – Eldritch Wizardry: Supplement III
- May – The Strategic Preview 3 – short in-house magazine
- June – The Strategic Preview 4
- June – The Dragon #1 Vol 1.1 – first issue of Dragon magazine
- June – Palace of the Vampire Queen – the first published module
- July – Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes: Supplement IV
- July – The Strategic Preview 5
- August – The Dragon #2 Vol 1.2
- August – Swords & Spells – last Original D&D supplement
- September – The Strategic Preview 6
- October – The Dragon #3 Vol 1.3
- November – Dungeon Geomorphs Set One: Basic Dungeon
- December – The Dragon #4 Vol 1.4
- December – Lost Caverns of Tsojconth – Gygax’s first published module
1977
- March – The Dragon #5 Vol 1.5
- April – The Dragon #6 Vol 1.6
- April – Character Record Sheets – 1977
- April – Dungeon Geomorphs Set Two: Caves & Caverns
- May – Dungeon Geomorphs Set Three: Lower Dungeons
- May – Monster & Treasure Assortment Set One: Levels One-Three
- June – The Dragon #7 Vol 2.1
- June – The Dwarven Glory
- June – Outdoor Geomorphs Set One: Walled City
- July – The Dragon #8 Vol 2.2
- July – Basic Set (Holmes) – division between Basic and AD&D begins
- July – Monster & Treasure Assortment Set Two: Levels Four-Six
- September – The Dragon #9 Vol 2.3
- September – The Misty Isles
- October – The Dragon #10 Vol 2.4
- December – The Dragon #11 Vol 2.5
- December – AD&D Monster Manual – first AD&D manual
1978
- February – The Dragon #12 Vol 2.6
- March – Quag Keep – first D&D novel
- April – The Dragon #13 Vol 2.7
- April – Monster & Treasure Assortment Set Three: Levels Seven-Nine
- May – The Dragon #14 Vol 2.8
- June – The Dragon #15 Vol 3.1
- July – The Dragon #16 Vol 3.2
- July – G1 – Steading of the Hill Giant Chief – the first official TSR module
- July – G2 – The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl
- July – G3 – Hall of the Fire Giant King
- August – AD&D Players Handbook
- August – The Dragon #17 Vol 3.3
- August – D1 – Descent Into the Depths of the Earth
- August – D2 – Shrine of the Kuo-Toa
- August – D3 – Vault of the Drow
- September – The Dragon #18 Vol 3.4
- October – The Dragon #19 Vol 3.5
- October – S1 – Tomb of Horrors – first module with illustration booklet
- November – The Dragon #20 Vol 3.6
- November – B1 – In Search of the Unknown – first Basic module (9023)
- December – The Dragon #21 Vol 3.7
1979
- February – The Dragon #22 Vol 3.8
- March – The Dragon #23 Vol 3.9
- April – The Dragon #24 Vol 3.10
- April – Understanding D&D
- May – The Dragon #25 Vol 3.11
- June – The Dragon #26 Vol 3.12
- June – The Official AD&D Coloring Album/Book
- July – The Dragon #27 Vol 4.1
- August – The Dragon #28 Vol 4.2
- Coming up
- August – Dungeon Masters Guide
- August – DM Screen (9024)
- August – T1 – The Village of Hommlet (9026)
- August – S2 – White Plume Mountain (9027)
- August – AD&D Character Record Sheets (9028)
- August – AD&D Permanent Character Folders (9029)
- August – AD&D NPC Records Folder (9030)
- August – Best of The Dragon
- September – The Dragon #29, Vol 4.3