Post originally by rivstyx at 2004-01-09 05:35:17
Converted from Phorums BB System

I found this blurb on http://www.acaeum.com/DDIndexes/SetPages/Basic.html that sums up what I have been trying to say all along about the D&D second edition.

Over the years, TSR and Dragon Magazine have referred to Basic Set "editions"; Original D&D was referred to as "First Edition", the 1977-79 Basic Sets as "Second Edition", 1981 Basic Sets as either "Second Edition, Revised" or "Third Edition", 1983 Basic Sets as "Third Edition" or "Fourth Edition", etc. Our suggestion: use the "printing" or "Revision" references below, and avoid lots of confusion. Using the word "Edition" typically implies editions of AD&D (1st, 2nd, or 3rd Edition).

I started playing at about the "Second Edition, Revised" circa 1981. Which was about the 11th-12th printing. I hope that clarifies what I have been trying to say.

Also the same site shows a listing of all of the books including current values.
http://www.acaeum.com/DDIndexes/Rulebooks.html