General Info & News
News
- Dave Arneson Dies (April 10, 2009)
- "Dave Arneson, born in 1947, an American game designer, teacher and entrepreneur and the co-creator of the seminal Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife and daughter..."
Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson dead at 61 (Apr 8, 2009)
Dave Arneson (Apr 7, 2009)
R.I.P. D&D Co-Creator Dave Arneson, 1947-2009 (Apr 9, 2009)
- Gary Gygax Dies (Mar 4, 2008)
- "Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69..."
- "...Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned a wealth of copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that's still growing in popularity."
Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons creator, dies (Mar 4, 2008)
Gamers mark 30 years of Dungeons & Dragons (Oct 17, 2004)
General Information
D&D Home Page
Originally by TSR, now by Wizards of the Coast (WotC).
Lots of good info and extras here regarding the game and their products.
D&D Rules of the Game Articles
Official WotC articles discussing and clarifying rules of the game.
See also the other useful official
article categories.
What Is D&D?
A very simple, almost silly introduction to the D&D game.
Includes a "What D&D Character Are You?" quiz.
This seems to promote the "Basic Game" version of the D&D game to younger children,
as opposed to the more adult oriented regular version, but it's still a good, basic
intro to the game in general.
The Acaeum - D&D Collectibles Database
Gives a defacto history of the D&D game.
Crystal Keep d20 Rules Summaries
The Hypertext d20 System Reference Document (SRD)
Official WotC d20 3.5 System Reference Document (SRD)