Everything I Need to Know I Learned from RPGs

Description

A wry, wise and sometimes touching tribute to the many ways in which pop culture can help you life a good, meaningful life. Jeff Ashworth, author of the bestselling Game Master series of resource books for the worlds most popular roleplaying game, combines his depth of knowledge about the mechanics of dice-based RPGs and the universal experiences gathered while playing a campaign to create a ruleset for leveling up your own life. Featuring invaluable lessons drawn directly from TTRPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Blades in the Dark, Fiasco and other TTRPGs as well as in-depth analyses of the ways in which these games character archetypes can be successful models for varying approaches to life , this players handbook for the game of life also features high concept illustrations of horrifying real-world monsters like that pile of junk in the garage, the soul-sucking ghost of nostalgia and the many-headed hydra that is the work/life balance. With more hilarious, practical lessons than you can fit in a bag of holding, and referencing more than a dozen popular tabletop roleplaying games, its a self-improvement book for anyone seeking guidance in their daily lives.