These systems allow for a player to create a character and carry said character through different adventures, with different groups and game masters, with the knowledge (or assurance) that the character will be compatible with the adventure and the content will fit the character.

So you’re ready to start playing D&D. Or more accurately, you want to be ready to start playing D&D. The only problem is… you don’t know where to start. Or what to start with. Or what you might need.

Dungeons & Dragons. The world’s most famous roleplaying game, and one thousands of people play every day. Most usually played in person around a table, D&D is considered a game of imagination, but also one of pen, paper, and dice where many of your moves will require luck to determine just how good you are at it.

A story almost every fan of tabletop gaming knows: You want to play a game but are unable to, because you can’t even find people to play with.