{"product_id":"critical-failures-paperback","title":"Critical Failures - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey weren't chosen.\u003cbr\u003eThey weren't heroes.\u003cbr\u003eThey weren't even particularly bright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut they were assholes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a group of dysfunctional idiots gets dragged into a fantasy RPG, they don't become heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey become everyone else's problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped in a world of magic, monsters, and a game master who's had enough of their shit, Tim, Dave, Julian, and Cooper have to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the only skills they actually have: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBad decisions.\u003cbr\u003ePetty arguments.\u003cbr\u003eZero impulse control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're looking for noble heroes, epic destiny, and clean fantasy adventure...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't that.\u003cbr\u003eNot even close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is what happens when the worst possible players get trapped inside the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eParty-based fantasy adventure... if the party hates each other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReal RPG mechanics... abused in the dumbest ways possible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA game master who absolutely will screw them over\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrude humor. Offensive jokes. Zero heroic speeches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey piss off everything that moves.\u003cbr\u003eThey fail upward.\u003cbr\u003eAnd somehow... they keep surviving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if you and your friends actually had to live inside the game?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd worse...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if you turned out to be terrible at it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould you survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr would you be just as screwed?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370482008287,"sku":"9781481952439","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nwIwZ2Wiat9781481952439.webp?v=1789161424","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/critical-failures-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}