Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Isolating
What if recovery could be joyful? What if connecting with others on a shared journey helped you build the skills for a healthier life?
At Roll for Success, we believe healing doesn’t have to be clinical or dull — it can be playful, empowering, and deeply human.
How It Works
Roll for Success runs 8-week peer-support cohorts built around tabletop role-playing games like D&D. Groups meet weekly for 2-hour sessions, entirely online via secure video conferencing — no travel, no waiting room, just a private space and a stable connection.
Each cohort is small and closed: the same 3–5 participants move through the campaign together, guided by a trained volunteer Game Master (GM). Consistent group membership builds the trust that makes the peer support work.
Our approach draws on the Game to Grow method of therapeutically applied role-playing games, adapted for our peer-support, non-clinical context.
Roll for Success operates in a non-clinical environment. We do not provide therapy, diagnosis, or medical advice — we encourage participants to maintain their relationship with a licensed provider throughout the program.
Six Core Capacities
Every session is built around in-story challenges designed to build six real-life skills:
- Regulation — managing frustration, attention, and impulse through puzzles and setbacks that require persistence.
- Collaboration — working as a team to overcome obstacles no one could solve alone.
- Planning — practicing foresight and strategy in missions where preparation pays off.
- Perspective-Taking — meeting characters and stories that challenge assumptions and build empathy.
- Communication — negotiating, expressing needs, and working through riddles and quests together.
- Creative Problem-Solving — tackling open-ended challenges with no obvious answer.
Who It’s For
Roll for Success is designed for adults who are continuing their recovery journey and want a community to walk it with — often alongside existing clinical care, therapy, or case management. You don’t need any prior experience with tabletop role-playing games. All you need is curiosity and a willingness to show up.
Because our groups are small, closed, and consistent, we ask everyone to complete a short intake conversation before joining a cohort. This helps us make sure the group is a good fit for you, and you for the group.
Roll for Success complements, but never replaces, medical or therapeutic treatment.
What to Expect
Every session is facilitated by a Game Master who has completed training in peer support, boundary-setting, and crisis recognition, and who has passed a background check. Facilitators guide play intentionally to spark growth — not to provide therapy — and are prepared to pause and support the group if something difficult comes up.
You’ll join from a private, quiet space with a webcam and microphone. That’s it — no special equipment, no experience required.
Ready to Play?
We are still in a building stage and not yet ready to begin live sessions. But please visit our Registration page to join the waiting list, or a list of testers to help us build the program!