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Dungeons & Dragons

An Internet Exhibition

Hello, weary traveler...

This site is a small exhibit on one of the most well known and iconic tabletop role-playing games in the world—Dungeons & Dragons.

A group of six people sit around a black, rectangular table ready to play a game of Dungeons & Dragons. The camera points behind the Dungeon Master's screen. Behind the screen, we can see the player's dice, mats, and minis.

To play Dungeons and Dragons, one person must be the Dungeon Master (or DM). This person controls all of the monsters in the world, the world itself, and any other people or creatures inside it. All the other players control their own characters that they usually create themselves. These players with characters (often called PCs) work together as an adventuring party to explore the world the DM creates for them.

Rolling dice is a core of the game. Without dice rolling, D&D would essentially be a collaborative storytelling experience where everyone has precise control over what happens. The dice provide an element of unpredictability to the game. A character or creature can attempt anything, but the dice combined with your character's particular abilities impact whether or not you succeed.

The game's rules provide a baseline of what can be done in any D&D game. The DM overseeing the game is often the person who enforces these rules or sometimes changes them (aka homebrews them) to match the specific game they are playing. D&D has official modules or prewritten adventures that DMs can use to help them run a game, but some DMs love creating their own worlds instead.

On a gray wood table sits a filled out D&D character sheet. Multiple dice sets of different colors surround the sheet along with the bags those dice come in.

Dungeons & Dragons has historically been played at a table (like the name tabletop role-playing game suggests); however, D&D is also often played online. This versatility allows the game to be played anywhere by anyone.

This exhibit will do the following:

...your adventure awaits!