How to dungeon master parenting A guidebook for gamifying the child-rearing quest, leveling up your skills, and raising future adventurers
Book - 2024
"Gather your party, moms and dads; it's time to level up your parenting game. For years, millions of fans have looked to the beloved roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons for fun, friendship, and entertainment. And now parents and parents-to-be can use it to gain inspiration and how-to when it comes to their most challenging and rewarding role yet. Dungeon Masters are not just expert storytellers and arbiters of the rules, they're compassionate, creative, quick-thinking leaders who embody the same traits that make great parents. Where do you find an adventuring party that will have your back? What must-have starting equipment should you own before bringing home baby? How does your gaming style influence your parenting style...? What even is a parenting style? You don't have to know how to be a Dungeon Master to master parenting-just think like one. With candor, humor, and a dragon's hoard of real-world tips, this "elf-help" guide is the perfect gift for the gamer, fantasy lover, or anyone with a sense of humor ready to master the role of a lifetime. Knowing your toddler's alignment is half the battle! A little magic missile doesn't hurt either. Babies may not come with rulebooks, but now their parents do"--
- Subjects
- Published
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- [Paperback edition]
- Physical Description
- 187 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781609389819
- Prologue: session zero clue
- Parenting at 1st-level
- The thirteen traits of highly effective dungeon masters (and parents)
- To market, to market we go!
- Let's party!
- She needs a long rest
- The other five S's
- Parenting by the (rule) book
- Know thy game, know thy player
- I think we're aligned now
- Hey, you've got style!
- To the best of their ability scores
- Kids play the darndest things
- Emotional baggage of holding
- The dice made me do it
- Building character the old-fashioned way
- Tears of play
- What's left of the ruins
- Changelings in the air
- We never left the tavern
- Epilogue: the quest continues.
Review by Library Journal Review