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<blockquote data-quote="buddhafrog" data-source="post: 5155943" data-attributes="member: 86605">I run five different D&amp;D 4e campaigns each week with a total of 16 kids, ranging from 3rd to 9th grade.&nbsp; I'm an English as a 2nd Language teacher living/teaching in Asia.&nbsp; My wife and I teach many small classes of between 2~4 students.&nbsp; I started playing D&amp;D with one class once a week around 4 months ago.&nbsp; It exploded interest in each and every class of mine.&nbsp; I have now expanded into five total classes and campaigns.&nbsp; I've posted about this a few times here.I am constantly amazed at the enthusiasm these kids have towards D&amp;D.&nbsp; These are not just young players, but players from a completely different social background.&nbsp; In the land of computer games, several players told me how much more fun this has been than playing their computer games.I suffer from prep fatigue and keeping storylines straight in my head.&nbsp; Yet, I love to see these kids having fun playing this game.&nbsp; While playing, they use English so freely and without pressure -- it's great.&nbsp; And I get paid to DM, which sure beats any other job I've done.Kids love this game!&nbsp; We just need to invite them to play.&nbsp; I'll be starting a 6th game soon.&nbsp; One day a week I'll pick up my son and a few of his friends after school and run a campaign.&nbsp; My son is hooked and he invited his friends.&nbsp; They just need someone to DM.... and of course, in the future, some of these kids will be DM'ing their own games.&nbsp; I'm going to help facilitate that by having some side treks where I'll work with one of the students in each class to prepare the adventure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="buddhafrog, post: 5155943, member: 86605"] I run five different D&D 4e campaigns each week with a total of 16 kids, ranging from 3rd to 9th grade. I'm an English as a 2nd Language teacher living/teaching in Asia. My wife and I teach many small classes of between 2~4 students. I started playing D&D with one class once a week around 4 months ago. It exploded interest in each and every class of mine. I have now expanded into five total classes and campaigns. I've posted about this a few times here. I am constantly amazed at the enthusiasm these kids have towards D&D. These are not just young players, but players from a completely different social background. In the land of computer games, several players told me how much more fun this has been than playing their computer games. I suffer from prep fatigue and keeping storylines straight in my head. Yet, I love to see these kids having fun playing this game. While playing, they use English so freely and without pressure -- it's great. And I get paid to DM, which sure beats any other job I've done. Kids love this game! We just need to invite them to play. I'll be starting a 6th game soon. One day a week I'll pick up my son and a few of his friends after school and run a campaign. My son is hooked and he invited his friends. They just need someone to DM.... and of course, in the future, some of these kids will be DM'ing their own games. I'm going to help facilitate that by having some side treks where I'll work with one of the students in each class to prepare the adventure. [/QUOTE]

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