Unlock the healing power of gaming for Veterans’ mental health with Rolling for Recovery.

Veterans face unique mental health challenges like PTSD, depression, and social anxiety, struggles that can feel isolating and overwhelming. In this inspiring guide, Navy Veteran Victor Mitchell explores how gaming whether tabletop role-playing, strategy games, or online multiplayer can foster community, rebuild routines, and support emotional healing.

This book includes a specially designed example gaming module that demonstrates how therapeutic benefits can emerge naturally through play without introducing clinical language or disrupting immersion. The module serves as a practical, real-world illustration of how thoughtful game design and facilitation can encourage trust, self-reflection, and connection through direct gameplay.

Discover practical strategies for keeping gaming authentic and impactful without veering into clinical territory. Learn how structured storytelling frameworks like TSAG (Transformative Story Arc Guidance) help Veterans build resilience, self-awareness, and confidence. Filled with real stories and evidence-informed insights, Rolling for Recovery shows how game worlds can become safe spaces for growth, camaraderie, and recovery.

A must-read for Veterans, caregivers, therapists, and supporters who believe in the transformative power of play and in the strength of community to heal.