In August of 2011 Wizards of the Coast announced a new Dungeons and Dragons product in the pipeline – what they called “D&D Next” – a terrible name that drove those of us who like consistent versioning a bit crazy. Thankfully the name was just a place-holder for the game that was released in 2014 – Dungeons and Dragons 5e (D&D). 5e D&D strips out much of the complexity of prior version – cutting back to a system that depends heavily on a few simple rules and putting a Dungeon Master at the table to make more complicated adjudications on the fly. That simplification is in full display in the free version of the game rules (available at the link above) the D&D Basic Rules. Go download them, then come back.
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