Aah, there was that brief and shining moment in the early '90's when the internet opened up the world of perpetual, international role-playing games, led by Dungeon-Masters ("Wizards") who would furiously code new realm after realm, while gamers chatted away, "emoted," and met new friends across the globe.
I played a Finnish "MUD" (Multi-User Dungeon; think "Multi-Dungeonmaster") with participants from England, Israel, Australia, Germany, the States, Italy, Russian, Sweden, etc.
Is D&D still popular? I remember D&D stores in the mall, so back in the 80s it had to be pretty popular. It seems all those stores went out of business now.