The world's most popular pen & paper Role Playing Game (RPG). Created in 1974 by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) combines role-playing with turn-based tactical combat. In a D&D game, one player is the "dungeon master" (DM) and the rest of the players are "player characters" (PCs). The PCs assume the role of adventurers (using fantasy archaetypes such as elves, wizards, halflings, barbarians, etc) while the DM creates challenges for the PCs to overcome (such as monsters and traps).
Over the years, the D&D game has been revised and published in multiple editions. The rights to Dungeons & Dragons are currently owned by Wizards of the Coast (creators of Magic: The Gathering) and Hasbro.
Over the years, the D&D game has been revised and published in multiple editions. The rights to Dungeons & Dragons are currently owned by Wizards of the Coast (creators of Magic: The Gathering) and Hasbro.
by Deej July 20, 2004
A highly complex role playing game created by Gary Gygax a brilliant man who took wargaming and turned it into a highly enjoyable game that is so open ended that the players decide the fate of the campain more than any video game.
Unlike video games that claim "The player's decisions influence the story" this game actualy lives up to that claim. In video games there is a limited amount of diversions from the main story that can be influenced by the player, because the computer cant make up a story, or expand it. A DM can mould and change the story as the game goes wand each characters actions have real repurcussions on things on the large scale and small scale.
Its essentialy a game for people that are fed up with video games that require about as much mental power as it takes to breath.
Unlike video games that claim "The player's decisions influence the story" this game actualy lives up to that claim. In video games there is a limited amount of diversions from the main story that can be influenced by the player, because the computer cant make up a story, or expand it. A DM can mould and change the story as the game goes wand each characters actions have real repurcussions on things on the large scale and small scale.
Its essentialy a game for people that are fed up with video games that require about as much mental power as it takes to breath.
Video Game: You failed to rescue the villager and killed 3 innocent people along the way, your banned from this city...the game goes on.
Dungeons and dragons: You failed to rescue the villager and killed 3 innocent people along the way, your banned from this city, and a relative of one of the dead men who happens to be a crime overlord is weaving a web of deception to frame you for the assassination of the king, for which you must uncover the clues for, weasle your way into and discover, the truth
I'm going over to Sams house to play Dungeons And Dragons.
Dungeons and dragons: You failed to rescue the villager and killed 3 innocent people along the way, your banned from this city, and a relative of one of the dead men who happens to be a crime overlord is weaving a web of deception to frame you for the assassination of the king, for which you must uncover the clues for, weasle your way into and discover, the truth
I'm going over to Sams house to play Dungeons And Dragons.
by Micky-P January 22, 2006
by Raginkronic September 28, 2006
“Oh look Tom and Alice are playing Dungeons and Dragons (d&d). I wish I was as cool as them” *exhales*
by Dangdog_yourcool December 22, 2019
A game in which a group of people come together and pretend they are a 'character' they made on a piece of paper. Occasionally 'models' can be used, but they are approx. 2 inches tall running around doing nothing on a 'grid.' This game is suitable for those with extreme imaginations, or those too lazy to play videogames.
Nerd fights tend to brake out over stats, so use caution.
This game, when played properly, or with a group of friends, can prove rather fun.
Nerd fights tend to brake out over stats, so use caution.
This game, when played properly, or with a group of friends, can prove rather fun.
by jade wolf February 05, 2004
by blair coppage January 22, 2004
The best thing in the history of man that allows nerds and other people that are not "normal" to create a world in which they can be the strongest and or the smartest person ever.
Every sunday Brian,Carl and I have a 6 hour D&D session with our dungeon master Keegan to escape this normal really boring world of ours.
by Bobby Rayner July 19, 2004