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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

by Eric Jorgenson

A collection of Naval Ravikant's tweets, essays, and interviews on building wealth through leverage and specific knowledge, and finding happiness through presence and acceptance. Players practice applying his principles: recognizing forms of leverage, judging long-term partnerships, and building daily habits for a calmer, clearer mind.

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24 maps · 116 characters · 394 questions · free to try, no account needed · book links are affiliate links

Two ways to play the same book. Walk the maps and challenge the characters.

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Arrow keys to walk, Space to talk or fight. Use the on-screen controls to walk and talk. Signs hold the book's ideas; every character is a quiz.

What's inside

24 maps, 116 characters and 394 questions, all generated from the book.

MAP 01

Understanding Wealth Creation

Explore the fundamental principles of how wealth is truly created in the modern world

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 02

Specific Knowledge Caverns

Discover your unique skills and knowledge that cannot be taught or replicated

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 03

Long-Term Partnership Castle

Build lasting relationships with high-integrity, long-term oriented people

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 04

Accountability Desert

Learn to take on responsibility and risk to earn society's rewards

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 05

Equity Ocean

Navigate the waters of business ownership and equity participation

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 06

Leverage Volcano

Harness the explosive power of capital, people, and code leverage

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 07

Judgment Ice Peaks

Develop clear thinking and decision-making skills worth premium compensation

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 08

Focus and Priority Ruins

Learn to eliminate distractions and concentrate on what truly matters

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 09

Work-Play Forest

Find careers and activities that feel like play but look like work to others

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 10

Luck Generation Cave

Understand the four types of luck and how to create your own fortune

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 11

Patience Castle

Master the art of long-term thinking and delayed gratification

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 12

Clear Thinking Desert

Develop rational thought processes free from emotional and social biases

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 13

Identity Shedding Ocean

Learn to observe reality without the filter of ego and preconceptions

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 14

Decision-Making Volcano

Build systematic approaches to making better choices under uncertainty

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 15

Mental Models Ice Field

Collect and apply powerful thinking frameworks from multiple disciplines

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 16

Reading Mastery Ruins

Develop a love for reading and continuous learning throughout life

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 17

Happiness Learning Forest

Understand that happiness is a learnable skill, not a circumstance

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 18

Choice and Presence Cave

Practice choosing happiness and living fully in the present moment

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 19

Peace and Desire Castle

Find inner peace by understanding the relationship between desires and suffering

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 20

Success Mirage Desert

Learn why external success alone cannot create lasting happiness

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 21

Envy-Free Ocean

Navigate social comparison and envy to maintain personal happiness

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 22

Habit Formation Volcano

Build daily practices and routines that systematically increase well-being

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 23

Self-Care Ice Sanctuary

Develop meditation, fitness, and self-improvement practices

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 24

Philosophy and Meaning Ruins

Explore life's deeper questions through rational Buddhism and personal values

1 characters · 3 questions

How the book becomes practice

Reading puts ideas in. Retrieval keeps them there. The game is the retrieval.

Walk the world of the book

24 maps, one per part of the book. Signs along the way hold its key ideas, so the walk itself is a refresher.

Battle the characters

116 characters, each a short quiz on one idea. Answer well and the map opens up; a boss guards the end of each one.

Missed ideas come back

Every question you get wrong is re-asked in rematches and boss fights until you get it right. That is the part that makes it stick.

Keep what you learn

Sign up for free and your demo progress, XP and best tower stage move to your account. Come back whenever a chapter starts to fade.

Questions

Is this the actual book?

No. This is a quiz game built from the ideas in "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness": 394 multiple-choice questions with explanations, spread over 24 maps. It works best alongside the book, which is why the page links to where you can get it.

Is it free to play?

You can play the demo on this page without an account (5 battles in the RPG and 10 questions in the tower). Sign up for free to keep going; premium worlds come with a preview and Lifetime Pro unlocks everything.

Do I need to have read the book?

It works either way. If you have read it, the game is spaced repetition for what you learned. If you have not, every question comes with an explanation, so the game is a fast tour of the main ideas.

Does my demo progress carry over?

Yes. Sign up from the game and the characters you beat, your XP and your best tower stage move to your account.

Are the book links affiliate links?

Yes. If you buy the book through one of them we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. It helps keep the free worlds free.