45 years later and The Oregon Trail is still going strong—as long as you’re not a farmer with dysentery.

Yesterday, Don Rawitsch—one of three co-inventors of the classic educational game—stopped by Reddit for a 2.5-hour AMA (Ask Me Anything). The game may’ve been released almost half a century ago, but redditors who grew up playing it as kids still had plenty of questions for its creator (pictured below with his denim-loving cohorts in 1995).

What’s the best strategy for not dying of dysentery? Does fording rivers ever work? How did Rawitsch first think of the game? And when-oh-when is an Oregon Trail movie coming to theaters?

It’s time to pack up your squirrel meat and watch out for snakes—here are the highlights from Rawitsch’s AMA.

Oregon’s Origins

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Cheat Codes from the Game’s Creator

From Oregon to Organ

Let’s Discuss Dysentery With Don

The Oregon Trail vs. The Actual Oregon Trail

Any Regrets?

Tombstone in Four Words

The Oregon Trail: The Game: The Movie

Check out the original AMA thread for all of Rawitsch’s answers to redditors’ questions, but before you make the trek, make sure you have plenty of bison meat—and a very long extension cord.