"Rick is a power gamer. He plays D&D like it’s a maths problem. Like it’s a race he’s trying to win. Me? I don’t need to be the smartest wizard. I’d rather play someone brave, clever and charming. Someone interesting… someone who always knows the right thing to do. That’s the beauty of D&D. Sometimes it’s nice to pretend you’re someone different for a little while…"
- Jerry, from Rick and Morty vs Dungeons & Dragons Part III: Reality Bites (for 3d6+1)
by Patrick Rothfuss & Jim Zub (2018)
by Patrick Rothfuss & Jim Zub (2018)
The sentiment, of course, applies to all roleplaying games, it's just that Dungeons & Dragons is ubiquitous and has a recognition factor with the general - comic book reading - public that other games probably don't.

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