The Encyclopedia Magica is a four-volume series of accessories for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 1994–1995.
Encyclopedia Magica is a four-volume set intended to present every magic item ever published for Dungeons & Dragons up to that point, from Abacus of Calculation to Zwieback of Zymurgy.
[1] The fourth volume contains an index covering the entire set, and a table for rolling random magic items from the complete series, and includes some of the most numerous categories with entries on swords, staves, and wands.
Interior black and white art for the series was by Arnie Swekel, while the four volumes featured interior color art variously by Gerald Brom, Clyde Caldwell, Jeff Easley, Fred Fields, Tim Hildebrandt, Jennell Jaquays,[a] John and Laura Lakey, Roger Loveless, Keith Parkinson, Roger Raupp, and Robh Ruppel.
[3] In Dragon magazine #218 (June 1995), Rick Swan stated that these reference books possess "a diligence on the part of the researchers that borders on the superhuman".