Thoughts from Across the Web on the 40th Anniversary of D&D

In just a few days, Dungeons & Dragons will celebrate its 40 anniversary, which has prompted people across the Web to reflect on what the game meant to them over the years.

Obviously, John and I have written a book about the impact of the game on computer game culture, which is one of the dominate digital entertainment forms of our lifetimes. We even hosted a little contest where people told us their favorite role-playing stories. But it’s interesting to read the game’s impact of individuals, whose stories all have similar themes.

• 40 Years of Dungeons & Dragons
• Celebrating Dungeons & Dragons’ 40th Anniversary
• Stories with dice: the thrill of old-school D&D
• How Dungeons & Dragons is so 1974…
• Happy 40th Birthday, Dungeons & Dragons
• On a role: 40-year-old fantasy game has local players
• All I needed to know about life I learned from “Dungeons & Dragons”
• Dungeons & Dragons: 40 Years Of A Wisconsin Invention
• Happy 40th anniversary, Dungeons & Dragons, from all your grateful geeks

I’d love to hear your stories and recollections about the impact of Dungeons & Dragons, or role-playing games, on your life.