Recent content by JoeBlank

Joining you now . . .

We have decided to give a little more time for game postings, so signups will go live on Tuesday, April 5, at 7:00 p.m. EDT After that date you can still feel free to send new games to add, right up until NCGD actually starts.

The sign up page is now viewable here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4ea8a72fa5f49-camp We are thinking signups will start this Friday, 4/1 at noon, but we may go with Saturday. If you have sent me game information please take a look to make sure everything is correct. If you are looking...

NCGD 2016 is April 21-25. There will be plenty of pickup games, as well as board and card games, but for those games that need to be scheduled for a specific time we are going to keep the Master Game Schedule on a convenient SignUpGenius.com page. Available game slots are Friday, Saturday and...

So far my only conflict is the Friday 8:00 slot. I'm good with any other time.

I'd like a spot in this please.

In please.

Add me to the wait list or for a second game please.

I've read a few of your posts. I do think the advantage/disadvantage mechanism has promise but have not seen it in actual play. Hoping to get the chance in about a month or so. Joe "from Snellville but not a Johnny Champion alt" Blank

A lot of great advice has been given already, so I won't rehash it all. Mostly I would say don't underestimate kids. Many of them will "get" roleplaying more than adults. Call me crazy, but I once asked for similar advice here on ENWorld when my oldest was not yet 6. Gygax responded, and I...

Good on you for exposing kids to the game. I debated whether it would be worth the effort years ago, and asked Gary for advice in one his Q&A threads. His response is in my .sig, and I'm glad I took it.

I dig westerns. If it is rules lite, I can try to run a playtest with my sons, the BlankBoys, who are ages 10, 12 and 14. I'd love the chance to give it a try.

The good thing about "old school" for younger players is the idea that the players do not need to know or understand all the rules. In traditional old school play, the players declare what they would like to do, and the referee/DM applies the rules to their actions. My sons are now ages 12, 10...

I had the pleasure of playing this a few months ago. It is perhaps the perfect one-shot game, and I could certainly see using it for an ongoing campaign.

I read several posts before realizing how old this thread is! Funny to see some of the familiar posters. I started gaming in one form or another with my sons when they were about ages 5, 7 and 9, maybe even a little earlier. We played the Temple of Elemental Evil PC game, which was a great...