
So, you’ve probably seen this simple flowchart that demonstrates how a Dungeons & Dragons game works, right? It made the rounds of popular blogs, such as Boing Boing months ago. Well, it’s been sitting on my hard drive every since, and the more I look at it, the more I’m convinced that this flowchart doesn’t even capture the tip of the iceberg. I mean, seriously, since when do roleplayers like anything to be simplified?

So, I decided to create my own version of the flowchart. It’s a bit large, but it makes a great desktop! Below, you can download it as a .pdf file or as a .jpg to use as a desktop with or without a nice fantasy map background. The .jpg files come are all 1280×1024, but four of them provide space for your taskbar, whether it’s one row high or two.
Full Size Color Desktop:
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Full Size White Background:
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Full Color with room for a single level taskbar:
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Full Color with room for a two level taskbar:
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White Background with room for a single level taskbar:
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White Background with room for a double level taskbar:
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Full Color Flowchart in PDF Format:
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White Background in PDF Format:
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Source: I created the Ultimate Gaming Flowchart. I’m not certain who created the original, simpler flowchart pictured above. If you know, please contact me. I would love to give the proper credit.
The “Ultimate D&D Gaming Cycle FlowChart” was created by Pipedreamergrey and originally posted to The Great Geek Manual. It may be reposted so long as it’s original author is credited and a link to The Great Geek Manual appears along side it.
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am July 18 2007 @ 6:54 am
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am August 10 2007 @ 4:06 am
Why are you rolling a d20 in character generation?
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