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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aries_Omega" data-source="post: 4732046" data-attributes="member: 15693">My son's first experiance was very recent with D&D Game Day at our local FLGS. I didn't really explain much about mechanics, except what 3d6 means or when you have to roll what to roll. I explained how to read the sheet, but he took it from there. Here is what I wrote on my Facebook JournalGame Day was great. My local FLGS hosted it. I just walked in and was given a table to play at. Thing is...this...was...VERY special to me. My son...age 10 asked me if he could game with me not to long ago. I was very moved by his request.This happened after and incident in which I caught him playing with my mini's in the basement. It was cute...I sent him down to unload the dryer. He didn't come up so I went down and saw he had out a manticore, about 6 PC' looking minis and a couple of wolves that a ranger looking mini was ordering to attack the manticore. He was doing voices for them and little sound effects. Oh GAWDS it was cute. That was when he just turned 9.Anyhow I told him "someday" I would teach him. Thing is...I had no "simple games" to show him. I was leaning to old school MSH RPG since I still have it somewhere. Then Game Day came up. I have looked at 4E and have some of the material. To me...the PHB seems soooo simple. I keep thinking it's just the quickstart rules. I am like "thats it"? When Game Day rolled around, the Friday before I decided sure...why not. Let his first game be this.He LOVED it! We walk in. He was the only "kid" there rest being every stripe of geek from fatbeards to skinny pasty with t-shirts to the rare "girl" gamer. A few came over said hello and commented like "ahh you couldn't find players? Had to make your own right?" as a joke. We got a table with a married couple around my age, clean cut looking not geeky on the outside whatsoever, and another guy I know who is a hardcore grognard. My son looked at each character sheet, stopped on the dragonborn and warforged and asked about the warforged. I explained and he said "oh...a magically powered droid right?" He loved "Squeeks" and had SO much fun raging and using Devastating Strike on things.He was mad we had to stop. He wants to play more and have an ongoing game now. He even asked if he could get his own set of dice. I must stay...I cried a little that day. So what his first game isn't something I am a HUGE fan of. He has different tastes then me...that's fine. I am just glade he wants to be a gamer and we now have something other than martial arts to share.</blockquote>

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