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Post by afet on Sept 17, 2010 7:01:04 GMT -9
Hi, all Inspired by OneMonkeyBeau's post of his son's amazing dinosaur mini, I thought I'd start a thread about RPGs and kids. What experience do you all have with playing rpgs with children? Are there RPGs that you know of that lend themselves to playing with young kids? One that comes to mind for me, particularly for girls is Faery's Tale. I bought it for a friend to play with her girls a couple of years ago, and haven't played it myself. Unfortunately, she never got around to it either. But the mechanics looked very straightforward and the game seemed compelling.
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Post by onemonkeybeau on Sept 17, 2010 8:12:25 GMT -9
Hey Afet! Great idea I'll be sure to post my experiences of tonight's game... although I anticipate it being more of an introduction to RPG's in general, I do plan on having a small dungeon with some treasure and some nice skeletons for my kids to get rid of. I'm also readying Song of Fur and Buttons for them with the impending release of sirrob's AWESOME minis (thanks sirrob!) Although the Song of series is more of a wargame in its mechanics, the Fur and Buttons adds a nice campaign that lends to some roleplaying opportunities. Looking forward to other posts to see what you guys are doing too! onemonkeybeau
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Post by Parduz on Sept 17, 2010 8:47:52 GMT -9
Well, my kids are born in '98 and '99. So they was at the right age to be hooked by the LoTR movie trilogy. Going to fantasy roleplay was easy, then. Our RPG sessions are all during our summer vacations: , we play each of that 15 days, after dinner. The first year we started to roleplay just writing down 3 numbers (STR,DEX and Hit points) and i was mastering a very simple dungeoncrawl. The next year i bought the D&D basic box (3.5, 2006 edition) which had simplified character sheets, and i run the adventure inside it (1°-2 level); i will never be tired to tell that this was a great thing to start. Then they was able to manage the full 3.5 char. sheet, we got a cousin, and now we play full D&D 3.5 from 4 years (or 5? uh....). They does not need a lot to have fun... just let they run they imagination (my kids are a bit "hollywood" in the action scenes, i brake it just a little, otherwise i let they do whatever they can imagine). You just have to "manage" they real fears: my sons are not impressed by the (virtual) gore of a fight, but the younger did not managed to be alone in the dark.... 'cause it was a fear he already know. The secret then is to push just a little in that direction, so he can "digest" his fear while playing, without even noticing it, and being in the right "tension" for his PC. The only thing i've not do yet is to let the PCs die... they're not "ready" for this, so i cheated a bit... but this year was the last. Hope you can understand my baaad english. This is a long post to write
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Post by tonsha on Sept 18, 2010 0:54:29 GMT -9
I played Dungeonslayers with my boys a few months back. They really seemed to enjoy that.
But the most consistent fun we've had is with the D&D boardgame (can't remember which edition I've got). That's nearly always a winner. Very simple and visual. But not a *proper* rpg I'm afraid.
DaveA
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Post by onemonkeybeau on Sept 18, 2010 8:05:58 GMT -9
Hey Tonsha!
I was reading in your post about the new Ravenloft Boardgame that you were thinking of making a similar type game with your tiles.
I think this is a great idea!
And one we would be able to include our kids in!
onemonkeybeau
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 18, 2010 19:16:45 GMT -9
My boys (ages 7 and 11) have been playing D&D 3.5 for years. Even befor they could read numbers above ten: "I got a "three" and a "one" Pappa." "That's a thirteen son. I'm afraid you miss and the Orc is swinging his axe at your head again."
I converted some of the D&D Basic adventures to 3.5 and used some stuff from the old Dragon Magazine website. Mostly you have to adjust for smaller parties and throw in some helpful NPC's and a trusty wardog to even out the odds. I did freek out my oldest when we first played. I had thrown a pile of cheap plastic knights onto the table and told him he had discoverd a room full of dead bodies. When he moved into the middle of the room I groaned as I stood the zombies up. He had nightmares that night! I felt like an evil Dad, but he wanted to finish the adventure a few nights later. Also they have cried when the trusty war dog dropped or a character got killed, but I remind them that it is just a game and we can have fun with another character another time. BTW carrion crawlers are really deadly if there are no elves in the party, and with only two kids, there is not always an elf.
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