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In this video, I open up a copy of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Player's Handbook. I love the look of this edition and just quickly go flip through the book to show its style and some of the illustrations.

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In 1987, a small team of designers at TSR led by David "Zeb" Cook began work on the second edition of the AD&D game, which would be completed almost two years later.[11] In 1989, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition was published, featuring new rules and character classes.[12]

By the end of its first decade, AD&D had expanded to several rulebooks, including three collections of monsters (Monster Manual, Monster Manual II, Fiend Folio), and two books governing character skills in wilderness and underground settings. Gygax had already planned a second edition for the game, which would also have been an update of the rules, incorporating the material from Unearthed Arcana, Oriental Adventures, and numerous new innovations from Dragon magazine in the Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide and would have consolidated the Monster Manual, Monster Manual II and Fiend Folio into one volume.[13] Initially, the 2nd edition was planned to consolidate the game, but more changes were made during development, while still aiming at backwards compatibility with 1st edition.

The release of AD&D 2nd Edition corresponded with important policy changes at TSR. An effort was made to remove aspects of the game which had attracted negative publicity, most notably the removal of all mention of demons and devils, although equivalent fiendish monsters are included, renamed tanar'ri and baatezu, respectively. Moving away from the moral ambiguity of the 1st edition AD&D, the TSR staff eliminated character classes and races like the assassin and the half-orc, and stressed heroic roleplaying and player teamwork. The target age of the game was also lowered, with most 2nd edition products being aimed primarily at teenagers.[14]

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My name is Jason and I'm the owner of D52 Gaming and designer of the upcoming fantasy card game, 52 Dragons, as well as many works-in-progress. This channel is here to show off some of the classic games I enjoyed playing over the years, unbox new games for me or the kids, and interview fellow game designers.

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