"You enter a room from the South. It is dimly lit. You see a log file on the floor. You pick it up. You read a Warning and an Error. What do you do?"

Dungeons and Dragons, and many other tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) are a lot of fun, but they also practice key skills needed for software engineering, whether you're in Dev, Ops or any other role!

In this ignite talk we'll explore the aspects of Systems Mastery, Communication, Empathy, Collaboration, Resource Management and Lateral Thinking and how playing games can level up your real-life character.