Dungeons and Dragons
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Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) published by Wizards of the Coast. The original Dungeons & Dragons, designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, was first published in January 1974 by Gygax's company, Tactical Studies Rules (TSR). Originally derived from tabletop wargames, this publication is generally regarded as the beginning of modern role-playing games, and by extension, the role-playing game
D&D 4th Edition was announced at GenCon Indy, 2007. There will be several 4E releases through 2008, including core rulebooks, a quickstart adventure, accessories and miniatures.
4E will have four "parts":
- Physical product (core rules, adventures, supplements, tiles, miniatures);
- Organized Play (Living Campaigns, convention play, special events, connecting players and DMs in new ways);
- Community (Gleemax.com, a suite of social networking tools, ways for players to communicate with each other and with WotC, organise characters);
- Digital Offerings (DND Insider: collection of online tools for DMs, character creation, editorial game content, online expanded content for books, behind the scenes content for books, designer commentaries -much of this was analogous to the second disc in a DVD box set: every physical product will have a code which can be entered into D&D Insider which will unlock the product's digital version for you online, along with extra content).
