Roll for Adventure: Tabletop Roleplaying Adventures for Your School or Public Library

by Lucas Maxwell

Overview

Become the ultimate Game Master and deliver tabletop role-playing games with confidence!

For librarians, teachers, school staff and parents who want to run a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) but who don’t know where to begin, this practical guide includes 5 tabletop role-playing adventures written so a first-time Game Master can jump straight in and start playing. Alongside the adventures the book includes:

• Examples of safety tools to allow players to stay safe
• A comprehensive TTRPG glossary
• Practical tips for helping new players at the TTRPG table
• Practical tips for first-time Game Master and new players
• Ideas on how to establish role-playing sessions and festivals in your school
• Lists of potions, magic items and non-player characters, including their motivations and occupations

A companion to Lucas Maxwell’s bestselling Let’s Roll, this book is a must-read for librarians and teachers looking to deliver exciting and creative games and quests. Now roll the dice and have fun!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783307425
Publisher:	Facet Publishing
Publication date:	08/21/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook

About the Author

Lucas Maxwell grew up in Nova Scotia, playing on Nintendo, Dungeons and Dragons and reading comic books. He 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 & education. He is the winner of the 2024 Times - Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition. His instructional book, Let’s Roll is published by Facet and is a love letter to libraries and Dungeons & Dragons.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Playing Tabletop Roleplaying Games with Youth
2. Tabletop Roleplaying Safety Tools
3. How to Run a Tabletop Roleplaying Festival in Your School Library
4. An Introduction to the Village of Arrowdale
5. The Great Donkey Race
6. All Booked Up
7. Sea What I Mean
8. Break a Leg
9. Scone Alone

Resources

Index