[EuroPython 2023 — South Hall 2A on 2023-07-21] https://ep2023.europython.eu/session/hitchhickers-guide-to-dd This talk is meant to be an hitchhickers guide to *Dungeons and Dragons* (`D&D`) _for programmers._ We will leverage on our wit and intelligence to explore a very perilious dungeon 🧙 , where a venomous dragon is hiding in the shadows 🐉 . Thanks to a magical potion in an ancient flask, our wizardly skills have been enhanced with Pythonic capabilities 🐍 making us the most powerful and geeky magician of the realm. These new acquired power revealed _unprecedented strategies_ (i.e. algorithms 🙃) that will guide us through the maze avoiding all the traps and pitfalls ⚔️, and will help us maximising the power of our _fire magic_ ☄️ to finally slay the dragon. If you would like to know more about this new Pythonic spell, and the secrets it unveiled, or if you're simply interested in *new graph algorithms* that can run balzingly _fast_ maximising your CPU capabilities, *this is the talk for you!* This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/