Everything you need to create characters and play new adventures in this introduction to the world's best role-playing game.

Dungeons & Dragons is a cooperative storytelling game that stimulates your imagination and invites you to explore a fantasy world of adventure, where heroes fight monsters, find treasures and complete quests. The Essential is a new introductory product designed to introduce D&D to those who want to immerse themselves in a fantastic story.

This box contains all the essential materials you need to prepare for a game of D&D with a dungeon master and between one and five adventurers. A revamped rulebook introduces players to how to create characters, and the included adventure, titled, The Dragon of the Frost Spire, features a new twist on the one-on-one rules.