Commercially published campaign settings are Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Eberron and Dark Sun. Many optional accessories are available to enhance the game, such as expansion rulebooks, pre-designed adventures and various campaign settings. The results of the characters' choices and the overall storyline for the game are determined by the Dungeon Master (DM) according to the rules of the game and the DM's interpretation of those rules. Typically, each player controls only a single character. A typical Dungeons & Dragons game consists of an 'adventure' in a fantasy world or 'campaign setting'. It is normally played indoors with the participants seated around a tabletop. The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997. It was first published by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created Dungeons & Dragons in the year 1974. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D) is a paper-and-pencil role-playing game (RPG).
