Jimenez, 49, owns and operates The Weathered Dragon, which constructs gaming tables tailor-made for enthusiasts of Dungeons & Dragons and other similar sci-fi and fantasy tabletop role-playing games.

The biological cycle of our existence seems relatively straightforward: we’re born, we live, we die. The end. But when you examine existence at the cellular level, things get a bit more interesting.

The roll and write genre has exploded in recent years. This accessible style of gameplay is derived from the classic board game Yahtzee. Players roll dice or flip cards, and then use the revealed ...