Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)

1974 tabletop role-playing game
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Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)

Summary

Dungeons & Dragons (original edition) is a tabletop role-playing game[1]. Dungeons & Dragons (original edition) ranks in the top 4% of tabletop_role_playing_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (223 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition) authored Gary Gygax[3].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition) authored Dave Arneson[4].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s instance of is recorded as tabletop role-playing game[5].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s instance of is recorded as version, edition or translation[6].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s publisher is recorded as TSR[7].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s genre is recorded as tabletop role-playing game[8].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s subclass of is recorded as Editions of Dungeons & Dragons[9].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s edition number is recorded as 0[10].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s publication date is recorded as +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s edition or translation of is recorded as Dungeons & Dragons[14].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ld1bs[15].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s has edition or translation is recorded as Dungeons & Dragons (original edition, 1st print)[16].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s has edition or translation is recorded as Dungeons & Dragons (original edition, 4th print)[17].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dungeons & Dragons'}[18].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s uses is recorded as inline reference[19].
  • Dungeons & Dragons (original edition)'s copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[20].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Gary Gygax[3], a writer[21], 1938–2008[22], of United States[23] and Dave Arneson[4], a game designer[24], 1947–2009[25], of United States[26].

Why It Matters

Dungeons & Dragons (original edition) ranks in the top 4% of tabletop_role_playing_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (223 views/month).[2] Dungeons & Dragons (original edition) has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Dungeons & Dragons (original edition) is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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