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INTRODUCTION For decades, Veterans, law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, nurses, and physicians have carried invisible wounds home from the job. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSDTS), moral injury, compassion fatigue, and chronic social withdrawal remain prevalent in these groups. Traditional talk-therapy and medication help many, but a significant subset still struggles to find approaches that feel authentic and engaging. Enter the tabletop role-playing game

INTRODUCTION People in high-stress professions routinely witness death, critical injury, and human suffering. Veterans lose battle buddies, firefighters lose civilians and colleagues, paramedics pronounce patients in the field, and nurses hold the hands of those who do not recover. Unlike civilian bereavement, which often follows a single traumatic event, these professions experience “cumulative grief” or “compassion fatigue” across years of service. Traditional talk-based su

INTRODUCTION In his book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging , Sebastian Junger (2016) observes that humans are wired for tight-knit communal bonds, especially under stress. Modern society, however, often isolates high-stakes professions such as nursing, emergency medicine, and military service from the very tribal cohesion that once protected mental health. The result is record-level burnout and PTSD symptoms across these groups. Roll2Heal re-creates that protective “tribe” u

INTRODUCTION Roll2Heal exists to give Veterans, First Responders, and Healthcare Professionals a welcoming table where the shared storytelling of TTRPGs helps rebuild the sense of belonging that Sebastian Junger describes in his book Tribe  (2016). Junger observed that one of the most painful aspects of modern civilian life for combat veterans is the loss of tight-knit tribal connection that existed in military units and small-scale societies. TTRPG groups naturally recreate