The role-playing game, largely powered by participants’ imaginations, continues to attract fans half a century after it was launched
Everyone remembers their first Dungeons & Dragons character. For Sam Gyseman, it was a dwarf called Sven Olafson. “For some reason I thought dwarves were all Scandinavian,” says Gyseman, who lives in the Midlands and works for the local city council. “He had a long beard and a huge, double-headed axe.”
For Erik Olsen, his character in his first game was a cleric called Maxis. “We played an adventure called The Lichway,” says Olsen, a university professor. “He died from a spider bite in that dungeon. Because it was the first adventure I played, it has always had a special place in my heart.”
