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Dungeons & Dragons was invented in 1974 by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in a basement.
The first D&D game came in a wooden box containing three small booklets and cost about ten dollars.
D&D was inspired by miniature war games but added elements of fantasy storytelling, magic, and dragons.
The first players had characters with no formal rules for skills, relying mostly on swords and luck.
In the 1980s, Dungeons & Dragons had a Saturday morning cartoon series that introduced the game to a wider audience.
During the 1980s, some parents believed D&D was dangerous, which caused a moral panic around the game.
The game has had five official editions, each updating the rules to improve gameplay and accessibility.
Stephen Colbert, a well-known television host, played Dungeons & Dragons as a teenager and continues to play occasionally.
The show Stranger Things helped revive interest in Dungeons & Dragons by featuring it prominently in the first season.
Early D&D campaigns did not have official maps, so dungeon masters created their own worlds.
One of D&D’s well-known villains, Vecna, started as just an undead hand and eye found in a treasure chest.
Dungeons & Dragons introduced the concept of leveling up, which has influenced many video games.
The livestreamed campaign Critical Role helped make Dungeons & Dragons more popular in the 2010s.
The fifth edition of D&D, released in 2014, focused on storytelling, simplicity, and creative play.
Tieflings and dragonborn were not part of the original game but were added in later editions.
Some of the original monsters in D&D were inspired by inexpensive plastic toys imported from Japan.
