Critical Hit Games hosted Worldwide D&D Game Day on June 7, 2008 to celebrate the launch of D&D 4.0. We now have groups sampling the new system on Thursday nights. Join us for the D&D Delve starting at 6:30 p.m.!

Dungeons and Dragons

D&D is an imaginative, social experience that engages players in a rich fantasy world filled with larger-than-life heroes, deadly monsters, and diverse settings. As a hobby game, D&D is an ongoing activity to which players might devote hours of their time?much like a weekly poker game?getting together with friends on a regular basis for weeks, months, or even years. Players create heroic fantasy characters -- mighty warriors, stealthy rogues, or powerful wizards -- which they guide through an ongoing series of adventures, working together to defeat monsters and other challenges and growing in power, glory, and achievement. The game offers endless possibilities and a multitude of choices . . . more choices than even the most sophisticated computer game, because you can do whatever you can imagine! D&D is a fantasy game of your imagination. It's part acting, part storytelling, part social interaction, part war game, and part dice rolling. You and your friends create characters that develop and grow with each adventure they complete. One player is the Dungeon Master (DM). The DM controls the monsters and enemies, narrates the action, referees the game, and sets up the adventure. Together, the Dungeon Master and the players make the game come alive.

RPGA

The RPGA is the roleplaying arm of organized play at Wizards of the Coast dedicated to providing play opportunities and support for Dungeons & Dragons and other d20 System games. Originally, RPGA was an acronym for Roleplaying Gamers Association.
RPGA allows different levels of participation: general membership (sometimes referred to as player membership) and game master membership. Whichever you choose, you must be a member to participate in all the fun. Membership is free, and you don't have to worry about continually renewing -- it's good forever.
To join as a general member, you must attend an RPGA event. GMs or event organizers will provide you with a short application that has your membership card attached. Once you fill out the application and detach your membership card, hand the registration portion back to your GM, the event organizer, or drop it in the mail. With that completed, congratulations! You're a member.