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<blockquote data-quote="epithet" data-source="post: 7272291" data-attributes="member: 6796566"><p>I was 7 or 8 when my best friend introduced me to D&D, and I got the red box as well as the AD&D PH, DMG, MM, and Deities and Demigods (with all the Elric and Cthulhu stuff in it) within a year or so. I would probably have benefitted from having someone available to explain how a couple of things worked, but my friends and I managed to get it pretty well figured out without any adult assistance.</p><p></p><p>I think starting a new player with the basic rules pdf so that they get a feel for the rules before becoming overwhelmed with options is probably a good idea, regardless of age. By the time someone has played a few sessions, though, I think anyone should be able to deal with the full game, including kids. I get that we read a lot more back when I was a kid, but on the other hand the prevalence of video games should make this generation of kids more conversant with basic concepts of game mechanics. There will be things they need to figure out, and words they will mispronounce (I used to think that annihilation was a different word than "an-ni-hil-a-shun") but D&D is a great thing for kids precisely because it encourages that kind of learning and growth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epithet, post: 7272291, member: 6796566"] I was 7 or 8 when my best friend introduced me to D&D, and I got the red box as well as the AD&D PH, DMG, MM, and Deities and Demigods (with all the Elric and Cthulhu stuff in it) within a year or so. I would probably have benefitted from having someone available to explain how a couple of things worked, but my friends and I managed to get it pretty well figured out without any adult assistance. I think starting a new player with the basic rules pdf so that they get a feel for the rules before becoming overwhelmed with options is probably a good idea, regardless of age. By the time someone has played a few sessions, though, I think anyone should be able to deal with the full game, including kids. I get that we read a lot more back when I was a kid, but on the other hand the prevalence of video games should make this generation of kids more conversant with basic concepts of game mechanics. There will be things they need to figure out, and words they will mispronounce (I used to think that annihilation was a different word than "an-ni-hil-a-shun") but D&D is a great thing for kids precisely because it encourages that kind of learning and growth. [/QUOTE]
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