How Dungeons and Dragons influences MMORPGs 4 Articles

by Kameron M. Franklin

In 1974, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson released their rules for a new kind of war game. They called it Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). Instead of focusing on large armies in tactical warfare, Gary and Dave zoomed in on the adventu...read more

by J. Andrew Carmody

You enter the dank, darkened cave you saw from the road. Unsure whether or not this is the right place, you ready your weapons and tell the other members of your party to ready their own weapons, and ask the magic users t...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

Dungeons and Dragons long ago laid the groundwork for the Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing games of today. Were it not for the D&D games many grew up with things would be so different. You could call D&D the ultimat...read more

by Samuel Jones

Where Role Playing Games are concerned, Dungeons and Dragons is the grandaddy of them all. The game's release in the 1970's spawned a slew of mimicry from 'Tunnels and Trolls' and 'Dragon Warriors' to the 'Solo-Adventure G...read more