Sometimes you just need to break out of everyday life: A love letter to the hobby of role-playing - for beginners, enthusiasts, and genre veterans! Whether it's Pen & Paper, cosplay, tabletop, reenactment, or LARP: role-playing as a hobby captivates a wide audience of fans today and allows them to occasionally escape from daily life. Moreover, role-playing games are increasingly finding new applications in professional life and education. The author, Andreas Michels, takes the reader into the world of role-playing and provides 111 reasons to engage in this exciting and admittedly quirky hobby. But beware: here, common clichés are playfully poked fun at, and self-irony is not held back, because without it, the whole experience is only half as enjoyable!.