The endless story of the world's oldest RPG "Dungeons & Dragons"

It was released in 1974Table talk RPGof"Dungeons & Dragons'Is the oldest in the worldRole-playing game(RPG). Even now that 40 years have passed since the launch, it is widely played all over the world, and inside of it is a collection of levels that I can not imagine collecting individually, collecting companions from home and abroad and exactly "Dungeons & Dragons Mania There seem to be some people.

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Lots of figure aligned with the slurry


And for ordinary families there is absolutely not a number of dice


In addition, dragon figures of various designs


All of these are located in a single male residence living in a city in London, Ontario, Canada.


Going to the basement of his house ... ...


There are numerous figures and dioramas lining in there. The landlord is Robert Wardhau, who is a man who has been playing with the same dungeons and dragons for over 30 years. "The same dungeons & dragons" is the same meaning, while there are various versions of the dungeons & dragons revised the rules system, but Wardhau says one dungeons who gotten over 30 years ago It seems he has continued to play & Dragons forever.


iglooSnowy country where like-like buildings line up ... ...


Dungeons & Dragons play with the world "adventure" stage "campaign" such as the city of the desert where camels appear in. The stage, rules, and stories of adventure differ for each campaign.


The adventurers fight is a dragon that gives off an overwhelming presence.


Dungeons & Dragons are table talk RPGs in which players adventure with each given character as a fantasy world, and it is necessary to collect more than one person to play ......


In addition, one must become a "dungeon master" to be the referee of the game.


Mr. Wardhau seems to play Dungeons & Dragons with friends, taking advantage of his own huge collection.



Amazingly the amount of Wardhau's collection, "My collection will have about 20,000 items, even miniatures".



When opening the case placed in the collection room ... ...


There are a lot of small figures in it.


Another case


In another case, there are quite a variety of collections.


"We've gathered various topographies for many years," he also owns a large amount of diorama, the stage for adventure.





"Since I am a collector, it is a pleasure to get new items and arrange them on a table for actual play, because this game does not stick to one campaign, but various figures It is important to use it in a world that is suitable for that.I need a considerable patience for collection, but I spent a considerable collection by taking over 35 years, "Wardhau.





Actually, as Wardhau's collection increased, the number of people playing together also increased.


Mr. Wardhau says, "People gather for playing Dungeons & Dragons from various places to me, sometimes there are people who come by plane and sometimes," he said, because he bothers to play Dungeons & Dragons It seems that some people come from abroad.


Some of such Wardhau's Dungeons & Dragons fellows are as follows.

Mr. Alan Nicole, who came from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada


Mark Maister who also came from Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Jayen Steele from Brussels, Ontario


Sherry Brown from Comonka, Ontario


Dave Harvey from Calgary in Alberta, Canada


Furthermore, Mr. Wardhau who moves to the front of the monitor as a matter of course.


When you turn on the power, Jack Hogg who lives in England and London participates in Skype. It seems that this Mr. Hog is one of Dungeons & Dragons fellows who come to play from abroad, and usually seems to be playing together with Dungeons & Dragons using videophone etc.


About Dungeons & Dragons who ties themselves with such many friends, Wardhau says, "If I could offer something better than video games and other games as a dungeon master of Dungeons & Dragons, no matter where I am People have found that they will find and visit here. "