A study on the benefits of role-playing confirms that collective collaboration and feelings of belonging are crucial components of mental well-being, as they are integral to the role-playing experience (Sargant, 2014).

Once upon a time, long ago in 1974 to be exact deep in the realm called the midwestern United States, a group of comrades joined forces to find a new way of connecting and overcoming the challenges of daily living.

Tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) provide a unique and immersive platform for storytelling, enabling participants to collaboratively create narratives in a shared fictional world.

Joseph Campbell's "The Hero's Journey," also known as the monomyth, is a narrative framework that outlines a common pattern found in many myths, legends, and stories across cultures and time periods.

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light.” - (Cauron, 2004)

In games like Dungeons & Dragons, the D20 system uses a 20-sided die to determine success in actions, adding modifiers to the roll.