Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies
Chapter One
Preparing for
Adventure
In This Chapter
* Exploring the origins and objectives of Dungeons & Dragons
* Looking at the components of the game
* Explaining role of the Dungeon Master
* Examining the things you need to play
* Understanding the different expressions of the game
* Joining a 1st-level game
Everyone played make-believe during childhood. Whether you played
cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, superheroes, or firefighters, you
opened up your imagination and pretended to be something other than yourself.
Dungeons & Dragons is a game of the imagination, a roleplaying game
where players take on the roles of amazing heroes in a medieval fantasy setting.
It's just like make-believe, only more sophisticated, grown up, and fun.
D&D gives form and structure to your imagination, creating a leisure activity
that's more interactive and open-ended than any movie, novel, or computer
game.
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