Many people have heard of Dungeons and Dragons, but most have never played it. It’s not a typical “board game”, but instead the seminal entry in a category referred to as tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs). D&D doesn’t require any special boards, pre-boxed cards, terrain, or figures. All of these things can add color, interest, or excitement, but when the game was first developed in the 70’s, it was simply a rule system, paper sheets for keeping track of a character’s stats, and some special dice. The one thing that is required: a little imagination.

The most recent set of rules for D&D is referred to as Fifth Edition or 5E. It’s a less cumbersome system than past editions and has been made more popular by Twitch streams with large followings, like Critical Role. There isn’t as much mat

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