We won’t lie, as the character is a combination of your imagination and various complex in-game stats, developing one might seem a tad bit difficult at first. If you were to ask die-hard D&D aficionados, the first step of immersing yourself into the game’s universe is to image and create a character of your own. Aurora – every D&D player’s new best friend While not exactly all that popular nowadays, D&D is no longer seen as being so uncool, and thanks to popular TV shows such as Stranger Things and streaming platforms such as Twitch, the game’s actually making some sort of comeback. The game saw an increase in popularity over the course of the 70s and 80s, and it’s really difficult to portray just how big of an impact it had on the modern gaming culture. Once thought very much uncool, and reserved mostly for nerds who don’t like sunlight, D&D (as avid gamers call it), is a fantasy role-playing game first published in 1974. You don’t have to be an avid gamer to have at least heard about Dungeons & Dragons.