Whether you’re trying to run your own game, or you’re looking for the best time to hire a StartPlaying Pro DM for your group, juggling everyone’s availability can be a nightmare. 

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.

D&D has a 50 year history now and is largely responsible for all the other TTRPG (Tabletop Role Playing Games) that have come since. Born from wargaming, a love of Tolkien, and the game Chainmail 1974’s Dungeons and Dragons revolutionized gaming and created a new way to game that most people are familiar with today. A game played with polyhedral (many sided) dice and most specifically the D20 or 20 sided dice (known mathematically as icosahedron). The D20 sits at the core of D&D. 

​Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) such as Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) offer unique environments that help foster deep and meaningful relationships among participants. Playing together brings us together, and the play in these types of games emphasizes collaboration, creativity, and communication, all of which are foundational elements in building strong interpersonal connections.​

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.

In this article, we’ll explore two TTRPG systems that celebrate dragons and give you the tools to train them.

Before the dice even roll, take time to figure out who your character really is. Go beyond just subclass, alignment, and race, though these can be helpful guiding principles.