(Real) life's a bugger!

According to the author, who's spent years doing his best to avoid it, as one of millions of teenage boys who spent the 80s playing games with model soldiers, pretending that they were a mighty wizard or warrior as the role playing craze swept the globe.

Funny and entertainingly candid, this is the true tale of the misfit son of a very normal family, from his first wonder-filled forays into fantasy worlds right through to owning - and losing - his very own games store in the late 90s.

Along the way, find the answers to some of the most pressing questions faced by an 80's teenage geek:

'What's a girl?'

'When does 'Will you go out with me?' become unacceptable as a chat-up line?'

'How can I avoid compulsory P.E lessons?'

'How do you make a million running a game store?'

So, leave the real world behind and skip with the author, down the yellow brick road of misspent youth, right into the red brick wall of adulthood.

This UK edition contains expanded chapters and new content not found in the U.S edition 'On A Roll: A Tale Of Geeks, Dragons & Rock 'N' Roll'

So, unplug the cat, put out the light and get ready to meet lots of those people your mother warned you about...