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The Dice of Life is a blogzine dedicated to facilitating a work-life-gaming balance for adult RPG enthusiasts. Its mission is to provide tips, tricks, additional resources, and information that will help one manage personal and professional time; thus, help one to find the time to enjoy tabletop role-playing games.

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