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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Connorsrpg" data-source="post: 6671436" data-attributes="member: 19265">Wow, this is great. I was attracted to this site as I too have 3 kids in a similar age bracket. The oldest is hooked, the middle child plays for short periods, the youngest not so interested yet.But I posted here more because I run D&D as a lunchtime activity at the school where I teach. We are a tiny school, but the activity was so popular, I split in to 2 groups of 9! One group continued playing the "Lost Mines of Phandelver" too. The other is running in a fantasy version of Dark Age England.They love it. I have many tips for young RPers, and think I have spoken on this elsewhere, but one of the main ones for me has been the character sheet and how to arrange stuff. I have developed a simple Word doc PC Sheet that is colour-coded. This has helped a lot. It allows you to state things like, "We are in combat now, so refer to the black section of your sheet. Of course, if you have spells, you may wish to look at the purple part too." Or, "When exploring the wilds, keep an eye on the khaki section." Or, "Okay, you are now interacting with the barkeep and the patrons. Have a quick look over the orange section of your sheet - this outlines your interation and roleplaying abilities and might indicate how your PC would act." etc.This has taken time, and many adjustments, but playing the game with many young people and putting together many characters for them has helped a lot. If interested the PC sheet is attached under 'Files' at the bottom of this page: <a href="http://connorscampaigns.wikidot.com/player-s-stuff" target="_blank">http://connorscampaigns.wikidot.com/player-s-stuff</a>.For the older kids that like to read, keeping track of the game with on online Adventure Log has helped. I have actually had students read them before a session <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I have one for each if interested.But another thing on put on the site that they have access to is a Character Page. The kids love seeing their PC on the net (little screen <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />). For these, I shy away from stats - just quickly indicate who the PC is. Like these:<a href="http://theforgottenrealms.wikidot.com/neverwinter-pcs" target="_blank">http://theforgottenrealms.wikidot.com/neverwinter-pcs</a><a href="http://summerisle.wikidot.com/the-north-pcs" target="_blank">http://summerisle.wikidot.com/the-north-pcs</a>Obviously, I have yet to fill out some sections - these are good to do after some experience. You know, what sort of items they would like etc.Anyway, long post, sorry. Keep up the good work.</blockquote>

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