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|author=David "Zeb" Cook
|itemcode=2100
|date=1989
|format=Hardcover
|pgcount=192
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|productblurb=This is the complete guide to being an [[AD&D]] game [[Dungeon Master]]. Whether you're running a single adventure or masterminding a complete fantasy campaign, the Dungeon Master's Guide is an absolute necessity. The 2nd Edition Dungeon Master's Guide puts all the information you need right at your fingertips - in a fresh, new format, fully indexed for your convenience. Here you'll learn all there is to know about magical spells and items, as well as monsters, combat, travel, NPCs, treasure, encounters, awarding experience, and more!
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The second edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' was released in 1989.<ref name="history">{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_History.asp| title=The History of TSR| publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]| accessdate=2005-08-20| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wizards.com%2Fdnd%2FDnDArchives_History.asp&date=2008-10-04| archivedate=2008-10-04}}</ref> This 192-page hardcover book was designed by [[Canon:David Cook|David "Zeb" Cook]], with cover art by [[Jeff Easley]].<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=85}}</ref> The book featured interior illustrations by Easley, [[Clyde Caldwell]], [[John and Laura Lakey]], [[Dave Dorman|David Dorman]], Douglas Chaffee, and Jean E. Martin.

This ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' featured revised second edition rules for the Dungeon Master, totally reorganized and streamlined.<ref name="HW"/> The book detailed options for character creation, handling [[Alignment|alignment]], new money and equipment rules, treasure and magical items, encounters, time and movement, and handling non-player characters.<ref name="HW"/> The book is indexed, and contains many full-page color illustrations.<ref name="HW"/>

The second edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' is an ORIGINS and Gamer's Choice award-winner.<ref name="HW"/> In his 1991 book ''Heroic Worlds'', Lawrence Schick commented that this book contained "lots of excellent new advice on how to run ''AD&D''".<ref name="HW"/> A new version of the ''Dungeon Master's Guide'', with new art and layout but the same text, was released in 1995, as part of TSR's 25th anniversary.<ref name="history"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*The [http://www.tsrinfo.net/archive/dd1/dmg2.htm 2nd Edition ''Dungeon Masters Guide''] at the [http://www.tsrinfo.net/archive/ TSR Archive]


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[[Category:Publication]]
Abbreviation	+
Author	David "Zeb" Cook +
Identifier	2e +
Item Code	2100 +
Media Type	Hardcover +
Page Count	192 +
Publication Date	1989 +
Publisher	TSR +
System	Dungeons and Dragons 2e +
Title	Dungeon Master's Guide +