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Dungeon Master and Dwarven Sword Master, Hobgoblins, dwarves, elves, and havelings are some of the characters in terms used in this very complicated and controversial game.

We'll talk about the controversy in a moment, but first this report by Carol Jerome, who went to one of the games of the Toronto Dungeons and Dragons Club.

It's a fantasy role-playing game, and it's a refined version of the pretend games we all play

as kids.

The books tell how to play, describing all the kinds of characters the player can be, and

the monsters that will be met on each imaginary adventure.

Some players, like these boys, like to make up their own fantasy voyages.

There's no board or pieces.

It's all in the imagination.

Galstaff, you have entered the door to the north.

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