The Book of Sorcery is a supplement presenting rules for spell-casting and incantations for use with spells, as well as new artifacts and magic items.

[1] Little Soldier Games was founded in 1975 by Ed Konstant and David Perez.

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.

[2]: 130 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.

[2]: 294  Gamescience later included The Book of Sorcery in the 1990 compilation The Fantasy Gamer's Compendium.