Getting my younger children involved in RPG

[_NewbieDM_]

I wrote rpgkids for my daughter, who was 4 at the time. It may work for younger kids, and as a previous poster said, it's easily reskinnable to another genre.

Check it out at rpgKids www. Newbie DM .com

I found that once i let my daughter dictate where the story was going, she enjoued it a lot more, fwiw.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Sounds like a great run. And yeah, "discovered" NPCs are fantastic. It happens to me on a semi-regular basis with my group,but it's always fun.

 

[Greylock]

Time. All it takes is time. Keep them at the table long enough, and suddenly take them away from the game-table and all they'll be able to think about it getting back in.

People are people, kids are are kids. But kids are [little] people too, and their psychological works ain't too different from us big folks. Just don't suggest for a moment that they like it in spite of themselves, and don't talk down to them. Bring them to your level. If you don't think they are, they are likely playing with you already.

hth

 

[S'mon]

I found that once i let my daughter dictate where the story was going, she enjoued it a lot more, fwiw.

Equally true of my 4-year-old, too. Unfortunately *I* enjoy it a lot less. Guess that's why I don't play Indie games.

 

[nedjer]

Among the confusion that's shifting a blog site to a CMS - a couple more posts on this since it last came up:

RPG Fun: Kids

RPG Fun: Older Kids

HTH

 

[Matthias]

They have, and I thank you.

One of the issues with keeping the youngers' attention is that they are used to games and entertainment with a strong visual element (i.e. video games, movies, etc.) Technology does not yet permit one to whip up within seconds an appropriate animation that fits a dramatic combat scene, so we have to provide visual stimulus in others ways. I'll always offer the included illustration of a monster for my players to view and this seems to work more effectively with the younger players--the older players like to see them too but they have more visualization experience.