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Why is 'Dungeons & Dragons' so beloved? One scene in the movie captures it perfectly

In "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," a bard, a barbarian, a sorcerer and a druid team up to pull off their biggest heist yet — and also save the world. Much like in an adventure in the tabletop role-playing game on which the film is based, "Dungeon & Dragons," now in theaters, sees its heroes journey across the land on a series of missions to help them on their overall quest: to take ...
Sophia Lillis as Doric, a tiefling druid, in“ Dungeons& Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.”.

In "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," a bard, a barbarian, a sorcerer and a druid team up to pull off their biggest heist yet — and also save the world.

Much like in an adventure in the tabletop role-playing game on which the film is based, "Dungeon & Dragons," now in theaters, sees its heroes journey across the land on a series of missions to help them on their overall quest: to take down a certain traitorous rogue. And like any good dungeon master, directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who also wrote the film's script with Michael Gilio, make sure each member of the party has moments to showcase their individual talents.

The tabletop D&D creates a set of guidelines in which players can let their imaginations fly, and Goldstein

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