30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D Retrospective) [Paperback]

Peter Archer (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 2006 | Series: D&D Retrospective

In 1974, a new phenomenon burst onto the cultural scene: the Dungeons & Dragons® game.

Armed with dice, pencils, paper, and rulebooks, thousands of people set forth on a quest of the imagination. Along the way, they battled monsters, discovered treasure, and trekked through countless dungeons, keeps, castles, and lairs.

The Dungeons & Dragons experience created an industry. Not only did it spawn similar roleplaying games, it had a profound impact on the burgeoning computer gaming industry. Around the world and over the years, people from all walks of life joined in this game of monsters and magic.

This book is a celebration of that phenomenon and a tribute to the millions of players who brought the Dungeons & Dragons experience to life.

“We were all drawn to the game because it allowed us to become these characters, vastly different in appearance and in actions, but what kept us hooked was the search for the character that represented our higher self. Playing D&D was a training ground for our imaginations and an opportunity to explore our own identities.”

Vin Diesel

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (February 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786940786
• ISBN-13: 978-0786940783
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,429,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars I Expected More, April 16, 2008

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Douglas Hancock "Adventurer" (AB CAN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D Retrospective) (Paperback)

I'm a big fan of D&D and was excited when i heard this was coming out. Somehow i expected more this book is a nod at the game but really left out the meat of what i wanted to read. The book was artistically styled and beautiful to look at but i found the substance lacking sometimes there would only be one paragraph of text over two pages and somethings i found redundant and just didn't care about. I mean i appreciate that some celebrities played dnd but i don't really care what they think about it what about the game designers and all the people that really made it happen for thirty years. The opening was done by vin diesel a poor choice as he was a big star but who has even heard of him today they should have just gotten ed greenwood or monte cooke even gygax any of them would have been a more fitting choice to open this book. Over all artistic but there just isn't much there.