A Brief History of Dungeons & Dragons [Video]

Slickly-produced as this clip by The Verge is, it’s definitely more a brief overview than anything in depth. But if your knowledge doesn’t go much beyond “funny-shaped dice” you might learn something, and it puts the recently-released fifth edition into context.

For a different take on the culture of D&D players, I can highly recommend the book The Elfish Gene by Mark Barrowcliffe.