Due to Creative Differences between the creators, the original game became split into Basic Dungeons & Dragons aimed at beginning players, and the more complex, and ultimately more popular, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in 1977. The history of D&D is more than a little complicated. The game revolves around the now-classic set-up of a Game Master (known in official D&D terms as the Dungeon Master), who controls all the non-player characters and the players, who each control a Player Character and deal with the challenges provided by the Dungeon Master.
TSR founder Gary Gygax based the system of the game on TSR's miniatures combat system, Chainmail. The Dungeon Master, signalling the start of a combat encounter.ĭungeons & Dragons, frequently shortened to D&D, is a Tabletop RPG that was first published in 1974 by TSR (Tactical Studies Rules). Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara.The Temple of Elemental Evil (video game).Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast.Dungeons & Dragons (1983) (animated series).Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness.Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God.Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen.Dragonlance: Fifth Age Dramatic Adventure Game.
