A quirky, nostalgic send-up to the Oregon Trail computer game, featuring snarky and hard-earned life lessons from the trail.

Pack your wagons, find your ride-or-(literally) die friends, and roll up to Matts General Store with a sack of cashits time to hit the Oregon Trail, twenty-first-century style!And Then You Die of Dysenteryis the perfect send-up to the sometimes frustrating, always entertaining, and universally belovedOregon Trailcomputer game. Featuring a four-color design in the games iconic 8-bit format, alongside pop culture references galore, the book offers 50 humorous, snarky lessons gleaned from the games most iconic moments, including gems such as:
Suffering from exhaustion is a real thing.(Its not just PR code for why a celebrity went to rehab.)
If you hunt too frequently in one area, game will become scarce. (The first signs of gentrification!)
Invite your sweetie to cuddle with you while looking up at the stars. (The night sky was the original Netflix & Chill. Step 1: Loosen up Orions belt…)

With its laugh-out-loud commentary and its absurdist nostalgia,…And Then You Die of Dysenteryis the ultimate trip down memory lane all the way to the Willamette Valley.