Player-oriented core rules - classes, races, spells, equipment, etc. as well as the basics of combat.
Publisher's blurb: "NO MORE SEARCHING THROUGH STACKS OF BOOKS AND MAGAZINES TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. THE PLAYERS HANDBOOK PUTS IT ALL AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, INCLUDING:
ALL RECOMMENDED CHARACTER CLASSES
Fighters, Paladins, Rangers, Magic-Users, etc.
CHARACTER RACES
Dwarves, Elves, Gnomes, Half-Orcs, Humans, etc.
CHARACTER LEVEL STATISTICS
EQUIPMENT LISTS WITH COSTS
SPELL LISTINGS BY LEVEL AND DESCRIPTIONS OF EFFECTS (INCLUDING MANY NEW SPELLS!)
AS A DUNGEON ADVENTURER OR A DUNGEON MASTER, YOU WILL FIND THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK TO BE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. ALL USEFUL MATERIAL IS NOW COMPILED UNDER ONE COVER, ESPECIALLY FOR PLAYERS!"
More when I get hold of a copy!
Book Details:
Author: Gary Gygax
Publishers' Reference: TSR2010
ISBN: 0-935696-01-6
Hardback, 128 pages
Date: June 1978
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Product page last updated: 20 January 2013