To get the real experience, you need to grab a character sheet and some dice, and try out the game first-hand. Because these stories and every D&D story happens inside the minds of the people sitting at the table – and, to an outsider, it all just seems a bit strange.

As someone who's been playing for years, I often have friends and family ask me to explain what this strange fantasy game is all about – and why I’m so addicted to buying new dice.īut, every time I try and tell them of the fantastical stories I’ve been a part of – defeating an ancient blue dragon with the help of the King of the Giants or traveling to the Feywild to stop the spread of a strange disease that been plaguing the forest – their eyes glaze over and they nod along politely. It’s a system that allows you and your friends to tell a story together, and it can be any story you want it to be.