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I spend a fair amount of my time on Dungeons and Dragons, between playing (Bard 10/Sorceror 1), writing and running my own campaign, or reading the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and/or Monster Manual just for kicks. DnD allows for the most immersive, open-ended gameplay of any game, video or otherwise. It runs on the best processor available- creative imagination.
For the uninitiated, DnD may seem confusing, convoluted, or complicated- because it is. When you create a character, you're making a whole new person, with emotions and goals and fears. When you play as that character, you're living that life (or a part of it at least). Their successes are your successes, and their failures are yours as well. The world is just that- an entire world. Go west instead of north and you may change the entire campaign. Hoard too much gold, and you'll have to walk slowly under the excess weight. Leave a single orc raider alive, and he may go on to spark a war. In short, your actions have consequences.
There are no respawns. No save-games. No walkthroughs. World of Warcraft and Skyrim are fun, sure, but at the end of the day they're less detailed, less immersive derivatives of the OG, DnD.
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