Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is the quintessential game for nerds. Because of it, people have slain dragons, rescued villages, saved the cosmos countless times and adventured in innumerable worlds without ever having to leave the house. Dozens of video games, novels and movies have been inspired by Dungeons & Dragons – including Bioware’s recent award-winning epic “Dragon Age: Origins.”

A D&D game is like a really good movie: it has danger, intrigue, action, romance and comedy. But it’s better than a movie because you direct all of those elements. Even better still is that your friends are helping you do all of it. At its heart, D&D is a social exercise – it’s meant for groups of people and the basis of the game is interaction between people.

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