Board role-playing games had their golden age in the 1980s, before the advent of computers and consoles. But they have never left.

In 1982, Robert Wardhaugh was a teenager with a passion for epic fantasy. Like many other young people of the time, he became fond of Dungeons and Dragons role-playing gamesthe great precursor.

That year he started a game with his friends… which is not over yet. 40 years later the longest Dungeons and Dragons game in history continues in the basement of his house. He is no longer a shy teenager, but a respected history professor at Western University in Canada.

Robert Wardhaugh bought a house with a sized basement to set up his role-playing game, which requires stages that take up several square feet.

As it explains in his web pagethroughout his life he has collected more than 30,000 miniatures, which has been painted in detail by hand. That’s why he doesn’t let anyone touch them during the game. It is he, who acts as Dungeon Master or game director, who moves them on the sets.

The death of the characters is permanent, so if a player loses all his characters he is eliminated, even if he has been playing for years. Throughout the 40 years since About 50 people have participated, and about 500 characters have died.

Some of his childhood friends still play the game one or two days a week. They handle the children or grandchildren of the original characters.

Younger players have also been incorporated, as is the case of Robert Wardhaugh’s own daughterwho started playing the game at the age of 6 and now, 14 years later, is still playing.

In this Wired video we can see him in full game, and he also shows us his impressive collection of miniatures:

This veteran Dungeon Master use your own ruleswhich he has refined over the years, from the original First Edition rules of Dungeons and Dragons.

when they ask him, it is very clear: play for “stay together with your group of friends“. Y will continue to do so for the rest of my lifeAs long as you have someone to play with.

It looks like a game of Dungeons and Dragons destined to break all records…