• Dungeons and Dragons is a popular tabletop game around the world and a leading influence in the fantasy role-playing game (RPG) genre.

• Fast Facts

  1. Creators: Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson
  2. Created: 1974
  3. Current publisher: Wizards of the Coast, a division of Hasbro
  4. Also called D&D or DnD
  5. No. Players: Open-ended
  6. Play time: Open-ended
  7. World's best-selling role-playing game
  8. Estimated $1 billion in sales for book and equipment sales to date

• Basic Play in the D&D Universe

  Each player creates a character with his or her own special powers and talents. One player is a Dungeon Master (DM) who creates the setting of the game and acts as the referee and the storyteller. The characters form a group that must embark on an adventure that forces them to fight battles and solve problems and gain experience and treasures. One game adventure is often played over several sessions and different adventures can be linked together and called a campaign.

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