It would be 1977 or 1978 before "generic fantasy" supplements intended for D&D really started to proliferate, but even then, most would fit into the categories defined by these early publishers: accessories (like The Character Archaic), adventures (like Palace), monsters manuals (like Little Soldier's Books), and setting books (like City State)." : 320 Appelcline added that TSR was publishing rules expansion supplements in the early days of D&D which "included new classes, new spells, new artifacts, and generally new rules - and almost none of the third-party publishers were duplicating them. Shannon Appelcline noted that Dungeons & Dragons was the clear market leader among about a dozen RPGs available by early 1977, by which time "third parties had begun supplementing the game, with the most notable early supplements including Wee Warrior's The Character Archaic (1975) and Palace of the Vampire Queen (1976), Little Soldier's The Book of Monsters (1976) and The Book of Demons (1976), and Judges Guild's City State of the Invincible Overlord (1976+) and Dungeon Tac Reference Cards (1976). : 294 Gamescience later included The Book of Demons in the 1990 compilation The Fantasy Gamer's Compendium. In 1978, Phoenix Games bought Little Soldier Games, and signed over the rights to the Little Soldier back-catalogue to Gamescience after Gamescience paid the printing costs for Phoenix's first two products. The illustrations and cover art were done by Bob Charrette. They used Phil Edgren, who owned a bookstore around the corner from their shop, to write the text for their first book, The Book of Monsters they then asked Edgren to write a second book, The Book of Demons. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and an Arthurian role-playing game called Knights of the Round Table, Konstant and Perez decided to supply third-party supplements for the new role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. After an abortive attempt at a role-playing game based on J.R.R. Little Soldier Games had been founded in 1975 by Ed Konstant and David Perez. The Book of Demons is a supplement of rules for demon conjuration, and contains descriptions of 85 demons. The Book of Demons is a supplement published by Little Soldier Games in 1976 for fantasy role-playing games. Cover art of original edition by Bob Charrette, 1976
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