D&Der

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Etymology[edit]

From D&D +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

D&Der (plural D&Ders)

  1. A player of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
    • 2011, Susan Beal, “Introduction”, in World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 6:
      Being geeky has always been about making and doing things. That’s nothing new—kids who went to Space Camp constructed and launched their own model rockets, and D&Ders painstakingly hand-drew maps, or painted their own pewter figures.
    • 2018, Cara Black, Murder on the Left Bank, Soho Crime, →ISBN, page 17:
      René, an aficionado himself, never missed an opportunity to find fellow D&Ders.
    • 2018, Carly Finseth, Teach Like a Gamer: Adapting the Instructional Design of Digital Role-Playing Games (Studies in Gaming), Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 12:
      Regardless of how you do or don’t play games—whether you are an MMORPGer, a console gamer, a D&Der, a Settlers of Catan enthusiast, or someone who has never gamed before but who is perhaps curious about gaming or instructional design—I hope that in reading this book you will find a lens that will be useful to you in your own life, whether for teaching, writing, learnining, training, game development, or simply the enjoyment of games.

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