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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7521372" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>I don't have kids myself, but I have some very recent experience with this...</p><p></p><p>One of the players in my regular game wanted his 13-year-old daughter to learn about D&D. But, having your father run the game is pretty lame, and can lead to some weird dynamics, so he asked me to do it - I ran a game for the dad, the kid, a friend of hers, and my wife (who is a kid of unofficial godmother to the kid). I used Lost Mine of Phandelver.</p><p></p><p>Long story short, the kid really liked the game, and started running her own game. And, it sounds like on of the friends from her game is going to start another game. So, I seem to have set off a chain reaction.</p><p></p><p>And yes, scheduling seems to be an issue. They want to play, but they have a lot of after-school and weekend extra-curricular activities. The kid mentioned to me on Saturday that she hasn't had a weekend without a scheduled activity in it in a month and a half. Combined with homework, and a good dose of family time, and there's not a lot left.</p><p></p><p>I also get the impression that the local schools draw from a larger area than my school did. I think I didn't have to go as far to get to my friends back in the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7521372, member: 177"] I don't have kids myself, but I have some very recent experience with this... One of the players in my regular game wanted his 13-year-old daughter to learn about D&D. But, having your father run the game is pretty lame, and can lead to some weird dynamics, so he asked me to do it - I ran a game for the dad, the kid, a friend of hers, and my wife (who is a kid of unofficial godmother to the kid). I used Lost Mine of Phandelver. Long story short, the kid really liked the game, and started running her own game. And, it sounds like on of the friends from her game is going to start another game. So, I seem to have set off a chain reaction. And yes, scheduling seems to be an issue. They want to play, but they have a lot of after-school and weekend extra-curricular activities. The kid mentioned to me on Saturday that she hasn't had a weekend without a scheduled activity in it in a month and a half. Combined with homework, and a good dose of family time, and there's not a lot left. I also get the impression that the local schools draw from a larger area than my school did. I think I didn't have to go as far to get to my friends back in the day. [/QUOTE]
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