Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies

I'm just getting into D & D again after a 20 year haitus, and I've recently purchased the core rulebooks. I was very confused, however, by all of the options and how things have changed since the days of AD & D. This book did a very good job of showing me the strategies for building better characters and different possibilities for combat. I read it cover to cover, and found it especially helpful in knowing the best spells,... Read Full Review

Interesting batch of reviews this item has generated. As several others, I've being playing RPGs for a very long time (26 yrs). When 3.0, and then 3.5 came out, I felt that a rather simple game had become very complicated. I have sat and read both Player's Manuals, both DMGs, and utilize all 3 Monster Manuals. I still felt somewhat lost and unable to thoroughly and correctly run a game according to all of the new rules. This... Read Full Review

This book is a perfect introduction to the D & D game with neophytes in mind, although it has enough meat to keep it from growing dusty on your shelf. I picked up this book mid-october of last year, and I must say it helped me get over the learning curve of D & D a bit faster, and it broke down into layman's terms those concepts I found abstract in my first readings of the core rulebooks. Nowadays I find less and less use... Read Full Review

This book is exactly what I expected from the authors - a well written, useful resource. I have over 10 years playing many editions of D+D and wanted to see what some of the experts had to say and to see their opinions on some of the top 10 lists. I have gleaned some useful information for myself, a person who knows quite a bit, but definately not all of it. Having bought over 40 different resource books, I would rank this... Read Full Review

Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies is exactly what the title implies, it's and introduction to the long-time and highly popular role-playing game for novices. It's as simple as that. It's not meant to educate long-time players although I did benefit from it for one major reason which I will explain later. The book opens with a short history of the D & D game from its creation by Gary Gygax, born out of war gaming with miniatures... Read Full Review