The Book of Treasure Maps [I & II]

Custom scenarios created during the first years of Dungeons & Dragons.

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) emerged in the early 1970s as a tabletop role-playing game created in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. First commercially released in 1974, the game pioneered a unique blend of fantasy storytelling, strategy, and imagination, with players creating characters and navigating adventures in a collaborative setting. The game quickly gained popularity, evolving through various editions and developing a dedicated community. By the early 1990s, Dungeons and Dragons had become a cultural phenomenon, influencing literature, art, and even video games, establishing itself as the cornerstone of the role-playing game genre.

Judges Guild of Decatur, IL was one of the leading publishers of D&D-related material, and the company issued this pair of campaign booklets in 1979 and 1980. Each Book of Treasure Maps presents five different scenarios for the player groups, including contextual information, roughly sketched maps, and other important details for the Dungeon Master.