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The second edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' was released in 1989.<ref name="history">{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_History.asp| title=The History of TSR| publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]| accessdate=2005-08-20| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wizards.com%2Fdnd%2FDnDArchives_History.asp&date=2008-10-04| archivedate=2008-10-04}}</ref> This 192-page hardcover book was designed by [[Canon:David Cook|David "Zeb" Cook]], with cover art by [[Jeff Easley]].<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=85}}</ref> The book featured interior illustrations by Easley, [[Clyde Caldwell]], [[John and Laura Lakey]], [[Dave Dorman|David Dorman]], Douglas Chaffee, and Jean E. Martin.
This ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' featured revised second edition rules for the Dungeon Master, totally reorganized and streamlined.<ref name="HW"/> The book detailed options for character creation, handling [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)|alignment]], new money and equipment rules, treasure and magical items, encounters, time and movement, and handling non-player characters.<ref name="HW"/> The book is indexed, and contains many full-page color illustrations.<ref name="HW"/>
The second edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' is an ORIGINS and Gamer's Choice award-winner.<ref name="HW"/> In his 1991 book ''Heroic Worlds'', Lawrence Schick commented that this book contained "lots of excellent new advice on how to run ''AD&D''".<ref name="HW"/> A new version of the ''Dungeon Master's Guide'', with new art and layout but the same text, was released in 1995, as part of TSR's 25th anniversary.<ref name="history"/>
