Dungeon Master's Kit
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| Author | James Wyatt, Jeremy Crawford |
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| Genre | Role-playing game |
| Publisher | Wizards of the Coast |
Publication date | October 19, 2010 |
| Media type | Print (Trade Paperback) |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7869-5630-2 |
The Dungeon Master's Kit is a box set released as part of the Essentials line of the 4th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is intended for primary use by the game's Dungeon Master.
This box set included:[1]
- a "256-page book of rules and advice for Dungeon Masters"
- "two 32-page adventures" called the Reavers of Harkenwold
- "2 sheets of die-cut monster tokens"
- "2 double-sided battle maps"
- and a "fold-out Dungeon Master’s screen"
The book includes the updated Essentials rules and "advice to help Dungeon Masters run games for adventurers of levels 1–30".[1]
Publication history
On October 19, 2010, Dungeon Master's Kit was published and was written by James Wyatt and Jeremy Crawford.[1] The box set was designed as the next step for Dungeon Masters after the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set (2010) as part of the revamp of 4th edition.[2] Greg Tito, for Escapist Magazine, wrote that Mike Mearls "intended the Essentials line – essentially a repackaging of 4E rules into easier-to-digest books – to get back to the shared language that unites all D&D players".[3]
Shannon Appelcline, author of Designers & Dragons, wrote that "September and October 2010 saw the publication of the first four books of the Essentials line: Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set (2010), Rules Compendium (2010), Dungeon Master's Kit (2010), and the first players book, Heroes of the Fallen Lands (2010). Now, in November 2010, the set of six rules-oriented releases for Essentials was drawing to a close. The DM-oriented Monster Vault (2010) and the second players book, Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdom (2010), were both published on November 16".[4]
On November 19, 2013, Dungeon Master's Kit was re-released as a PDF. This PDF only contains the original rulebook and the two adventure booklets.[5]