Advanced Dungeons and Dragons is an extremely interesting RPG, or role-playing game, that was built to last for many years. This has allowed it to grant many young minds with an increased vocabulary and an outside perspective on problem solving. One of the most important parts of the game is the conflict. This gives the game its unique ability to force people to use a more expansive vocabulary to role-play a confrontation between two or more people. What could be more fun than role-playing a drunken bar-brawl among two extremely inebriated men and a muscle-bound "bar regulator?"

The role-playing experience had from AD&D has spawned many of the chat based computer games of today, including games such as "Baldur's Gate," "Diablo," or even "Magic: The Gathering," a trading card game. Computer games such as "EverQuest," and "Ashyron's Call," also have their roots in AD&D. I am going to show one of the many ways to create a campaign in Advanced Dungeon's and Dragons.

"To create a successful campaign in 'Advanced Dungeons and Dragons,' a "situation" must be created." (Player's Handbook 3). One should avoid world-scale problems, but also create a dilemma that relates to enough people to m

In one AD&D session I ran, a player started a bar-fight. This episode lasted for about two minutes. The character had picked a fight with a particularly burly individual who had been drinking, then forced himself onto a lowly serving wench. Being the courageous fellow he was, the frail wizard tapped the brute on the shoulder. "Excuse me." fell out of the wizard's mouth onto the floor. The ogre turned around and stood at his full height; nearly two feet taller than the scrawny wizard. "Can't you see I'm busy?" replied the gigantic man in front of him. The huge drunk then proceeded to beat the little wizard to a pulp.

Even if there are bad things happening, the game should be fun. "If that isn't the case, then the campaign should be remade to suit the player's desires" (Skills and Powers 87). After all, what is great about playing a game that isn't fun? The game should be fun and interesting, yet force players to think through their actions. This is why AD&D has reshaped the minds of many people into more thorough and calculating thinkers, and earned my respect as one of the greatest games of all time.

Baker, Richard. et al. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide. TSR, Inc. 1995

ake a difference. This makes the players feel as though they've achieved something after the adventure is over. An arcing, or continuing, storyline is the best way to go, so player's don't lose interest in their characters. After all, the characters interacting through the story is the story.

Cordox was a character I created in my first playing session. Cordox was a beginner in adventuring. He had been an only son, and was tired of taking orders from everyone. He decided to journey. Along his path, he came across a small town of Kale. Here he met his one and only love, Mirrir. He knew that one day, she would

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