When it comes to fantasy role-playing games, most of the titles available for the massively multiplayer online market borrow from the pen-and-paper title that began it all, Dungeons & Dragons. Most claim to be founded on the D&D ruleset, but will willingly admit that most of those rulesets have been modified for the sake of gameplay.

Turbine Entertainment, in conjunction with Atari, is looking to reverse that trend, by stepping back and immersing the game players in the D&D world, complete with the residing ruleset. The game is Dungeons & Dragons Online, an MMO slated for release in December.