What’s the point of Dungeons and Dragons?

What’s the point of Dungeons and Dragons? Believe it or not, someone asked this question the other day. I had an answer right away, of course. To me, and many others, Dungeons and Dragons is all about storytelling, adventure, and hanging out with friends – or at least people who share some of your interests. In this article, I’m going to try to describe the various ways Dungeons and Dragons is, and is not, about these things.

I know I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: I am not the ...