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Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeons and Dragons or D&D/DnD is a tabletop RPG originally created in the 70s. Since then, its popularity has exploded worldwide and it has become one of the biggest and most famous tabletop games ever made.

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Dungeons and Dragons

Franchise
Dungeons & Dragons
Original Release Date
1974-00-00
Designer
E. Gary Gygax , Dave Arneson

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