For immediate release | October 10, 2025
A book of ready-to-use tabletop roleplaying games
CHICAGO — From Lucas Maxwell, best-selling author of “Let's Roll: A Guide to Setting up Tabletop Role-Playing Games in your School or Public Library,” comes an all-new book of engaging TTRPG programs. Published by Facet Publishing and available through the ALA Store, “Roll for Adventure: Tabletop Roleplaying Adventures for Your School or Public Library” includes five tabletop role-playing adventures written so a first-time Game Master can jump straight in and start playing. Perfect for librarians, teachers, school staff, and parents who want to run a TTRPG but who don't know where to begin, this book also includes:
- examples of safety tools to keep players out of harm’s way;
- a comprehensive TTRPG glossary;
- practical tips for helping new players at the TTRPG table;
- pointers for first-time Game Master and new players;
- ideas on how to establish role-playing sessions and festivals in your school; and
- lists of potions, magic items and non-player characters, including their motivations and occupations.
Maxwell has been working as a school librarian for over fifteen years and is passionate about promoting the freedom to read and providing safe and welcoming spaces for everyone. In 2017, he was named the UK's School Librarian of the Year by the School Library Association. In 2022, he won the UK Literacy Association's Reading For Pleasure Champion Award. In 2024, he was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to libraries and education. He is the winner of the 2024 Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition.
Facet Publishing, the commercial publishing and bookselling arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, is the leading publisher of books for library and information professionals worldwide. ALA Store purchases fund advocacy, awareness and accreditation programs for library and information professionals worldwide. ALA Editions | ALA Neal-Schuman publishes resources used by library and information professionals, scholars, students, and educators to improve programs and services, build on best practices, enhance pedagogy, share research, develop leadership, and promote advocacy. ALA authors and developers are leaders in their fields, and their content is published in a variety of print and electronic formats. Contact ALA Editions | ALA Neal-Schuman at editionsmarketing@ala.org.
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American Library Association
ALA Publishing & Media
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