Everything I Need to Know I Learned from RPGs

<p>Jeff Ashworth, author of the bestselling <i>Game Master</i> series of resource books for the world''s 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.<br><br>Featuring invaluable lessons drawn directly from TTRPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Blades in the Dark, Fiasco and other TTRPGs (¿Always check for traps;¿ ¿Never underestimate the power of a short rest;¿ ¿Don¿t feed the trolls¿) as well as in-depth analyses of the ways in which these games¿ character archetypes can be successful models for varying approaches to life (¿Rage is My Armor: How to Live Like a Barbarian and Keep Your Job¿), this player¿s handbook for the game of life also features high concept illustrations of (and strategies for defeating) horrifying real-world monsters like that pile of junk in the garage, the soul-sucking gho