Q 01/05

In which year was the original Dungeons & Dragons box set first published?

A) 1974

B) 1977

C) 1981

D) 1983

Answer · why

A) 1974

The three-booklet set had a production budget of only $2,000, with just $100 set aside for artwork.

Q 02/05

Which two designers are credited with creating Dungeons & Dragons?

A) Richard Garfield and Peter Adkison

B) Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone

C) Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson

D) Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis

Answer · why

C) Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson

The pair later fell out; Arneson filed the first of five lawsuits against Gygax and TSR in 1979.

Q 03/05

Which 1971 miniature wargame supplied the original combat rules for D&D?

A) Tractics

B) Cavaliers and Roundheads

C) Braunstein

D) Chainmail

Answer · why

D) Chainmail

Its 14-page fantasy supplement already included heroes, wizards, elves, orcs and dragons.

Q 04/05

What is the referee who narrates a D&D game and plays all its non-player characters called?

A) Game Warden

B) Loremaster

C) Storyteller

D) Dungeon Master

Answer · why

D) Dungeon Master

Other systems use 'Game Master'; the 1983 cartoon even made the role a diminutive, mysterious character.

Q 05/05

Which die decides whether an attack hits in D&D combat?

A) Ten-sided

B) Twelve-sided

C) Twenty-sided

D) Eight-sided

Answer · why

C) Twenty-sided

The other polyhedrals mostly roll damage; two ten-siders together make 'percentile dice'.