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The 18 pages that link to Dungeons & Dragons, each with the reason it gives.

• J. R. R. TolkienRelated: Its early fantasy vocabulary and creatures drew on Tolkien alongside other sources.

• Role-playing video gameRelated: Its rules and fantasy adventures strongly influenced early computer role-playing games.

• Sword and sorceryRelated: Its adventures draw on the genre’s treasure-seeking heroes, monsters, and perilous dungeons.

• Miniature paintingRelated: Painted figures can represent player characters, monsters, and other game pieces.

• Stranger ThingsRelated: The children use its monsters and vocabulary to interpret unfamiliar threats.

• Will WrightRelated: Wright has cited the game’s imaginative, player-directed play as an influence on his design thinking.

• Live-action role-playing gameRelated: Its character-based fantasy play and campaign culture helped inspire early live-action role-playing.

• The Elder ScrollsRelated: The video game series adapts role-playing conventions that tabletop games helped popularize.

• History of fantasyRelated: It carried fantasy conventions into interactive play and shaped later genre fiction.

• Jack VanceRelated: Its magic system borrowed the term “Vancian magic” from The Dying Earth.