Anna Slowinski of Norridge and Tristan Melchiorre of Norridge laugh during the weekly Dungeons and Dragons role playing game night at the Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Dungeon Master Tom Finnin (center) of River Grove moves some enemy soldiers into position in the Dungeons and Dragons role playing game with Anna Slowinski (left) of Norridge and Patrick Misiak of Norridge at the Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights during their weekly game night. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Patrick Misiak of Norridge roles the dice to see how his character reacts to a situation during the improvised adventure in the weekly Dungeons and Dragons role playing game night at the Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Dungeon Master Tom Finnin (back center) of River Grove creates the adventure for the players to improvise in, including (from left) Anna Slowinski of Norridge, Patrick Misiak of Norridge, Jim Matthews of Chicago, Ian Toupin of River Forest, Tom Finnin of River Grove and Kevin Diep of Boston at the Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights during their weekly game night. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

The Dungeons and Dragons role playing game uses several different kinds of dice, including the regular six-sided dice, as well as four-sided, eight-sided and 10-sided dice. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Dungeon Master Tom Finnin of River Grove moves some enemy soldiers into position in the weekly Dungeons and Dragons role playing game night at the Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Tom Finnin (center) of River Grove hands a character sheet to another player during the weekly Dungeons and Dragons role playing game night at the Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights next to Ian Toupin (left) of River Forest and Kevin Diep of Boston. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Lauren Buckley of Norridge roles the dice during the weekly Dungeons and Dragons role playing game night at the Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Jim Matthews (right) of Chicago is the oldest member of the Dungeons and Dragons role playing game crew which meets weekly at the Eisenhower Public Library, including Patrick Misiak of Norridge. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media