Dungeons & Dragons is a game.
Dungeons & Dragons . A Dungeon Master serves as the game 's referee and storyteller , while maintaining the setting in which the adventures occur and playing the role of the inhabitants . The early success of Dungeons & Dragons led to a proliferation of similar game systems . , Dungeons & Dragons remained the best-known and best-selling role-playing game , with an estimated 20 million people having played the game and more than US$ 1 billion in book and equipment sales . The game has won multiple awards and has been translated into many languages beyond the original English .