Escapist Magazine has an interesting three part series on the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

The first article looks at the past of D&D, from its beginnings back in the 1970s.

The present of D&D is concerned mainly with the release of 4th edition and how the RPG industry has responded.

The future of D&D strikes an optimistic note that I found out of key with the rest of the article.

RPGs aren’t usually played at the LXG venue, for the logistical reason that we are all in one big hall, and this is not conducive to creating the atmosphere for a RPG session.

The line of D&D based board games have proven popular with club members, and we have copies of Castle Ravenloft and Wrath of Ashardalon, with the Legend of Drizzt game expected to be available for our meeting on January 15.