Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a roleplaying game where you and your party play through the game narrated by the Game Master who narrates the adventure and encounters.
D&D offers players the ability to be whoever they want to be A "penny-pinching Gnome fighter from black rock beach who reverse steals: he often takes trinkets and knick-knacks they find and puts them in their companions pack" or a "sentimental Elf ranger from the coast who always gives the bad news first" do it D&D is at its core is Improv.
And here's something for the parents D&D teaches valuable social, and problem solving skills. Not to mention making friendships that last for years.
So come, enter the fray in Faerûn, the Rave in Castle Ravenloft, it's your time to roll.