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{{Infobox book
|title          = Planes of Chaos
|image          = PlanesChaos.jpg
|publisher      = [[TSR]]
|release_date   = August{{cn}} 1994
|product_type   = Setting sourcebook
|media_type     = Boxed set
|edition        = [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|AD&D 2e]]
|pages          = 257
|ISBN           = 1-56076-874-6
|product_code   = TSR 2603
|price          = $30.00
|dtrpg_code     = 17298
|dmsguild_code  = 17298
|dtrpg_price    = $9.99
|dmsguild_price = $9.99
}}
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'''Planes of Chaos''' is a boxed set for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition]] released in August 1994 for the [[Planescape]] [[campaign setting]]. The boxed set details the chaotic [[plane]]s of the [[Great Wheel]] cosmology: [[Arborea]], [[Ysgard]], [[Limbo]], [[Pandemonium]], and the [[Abyss]].

==Official synopsis==

<blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Take the plunge into the infinite depths of the Abyss; the wild passions of Arborea; the immeasureable randomness of Limbo; the howling madness of Pandemonium; and the glorious battlefields of Ysgard.

Inside this tome, you'll find the following:

* ''The Book of Chaos,'' a 128-page guide for the Dungeon Master to the places, creatures, and special conditions of the five Chaos Planes;
* ''The Travelogue,'' a 48-page player's guide to these planes, profusely illustrated with full color maps and illustrations;
* ''Chaos Adventures,'' a 32-page adventure book containing 3 adventure outlines for each plane—that's 15 adventures in all!
* ''Monstrous Supplement,'' a 32-page booklet detailing 15 new monsters, including new tanar'ri, the inhabitants of Yggdrasil, and the ever-changing creatures of Limbo; and
* Five fully detailed maps of the realms of Chaos.</blockquote>

==Content==

The boxed set includes four booklets:

* ''The Book of Chaos''
* ''The Travelogue''
* ''Chaos Adventures''
* ''Monstrous Supplement''

It also includes five poster maps, one for each of the five planes detailed in the boxed set.

==Development and release==
===Development===

The book was written by [[Wolfgang Baur]], [[Michele Carter]] and [[Lester Smith]]. Art was provided by [[Dana Andrews]], [[Dee Barnett]], [[Peggy Cooper]], [[Tony DiTerlizzi]], [[Sarah Feggestad]], [[Dave LaForce]], [[Robert Lazzaretti]], [[Dawn Murin]], [[Robin Raab]] and [[Robh Ruppel]].

===Release===

''Planes of Chaos'' was released by [[TSR]] in August 1994 for $30.00 US, $42.00 Canadian, or £18.50 GBP.

On January 07, 2014, it was re-released in digital format. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $9.99.

==Reception and influence==
===Critical reception===

As of 2023, ''Planes of Chaos'' reached the rank of Mithral seller on DriveThruRPG.

===Influence on other works===

==External links==

* [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17298/ Planes of Chaos] on [[DriveThruRPG]]
* [https://www.dmsguild.com/product/17298/ Planes of Chaos] on [[Dungeon Masters Guild]]

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