A Good Introductory Adventure for Young Players

[Abraxas]

I'm going to be starting a new 4E campaign for 4 - 6 youngsters (ages 8 - 12). I'll also have the father of two of the children playing to help guide things along. He and his son have played 4E before, and I have played D&D with him for 20 years.

Does anyone have a recommendation of one or two good starting adventures? I have a DDI account, so I can pull stuff from Dungeon magazine also. I'm looking for something heavy on the action to start because that's what the kids seem most interested in now.

Right now we have a Minotaur Ranger and a Dragonborn Sorcerer. The rest of the children will be creating their characters soon, and my friend will play whatever we need to fill out the group.

Thanks for any suggestions

 

[ArcaneSpringboard]

Anything from the Chaos Scar would be good I think.

 

[Kazoo]

I taught my son D&D by having him run himself. I created a character that had basic statistics and said it was him. I started him out using a local park as the setting and having him find a secret dungeon in it. I ran him through finding a sword and fighting level 1 monsters and eventually continued onto harder levels and gradually giving him more items.

He knows the value of magic items and potions now, and understands flanking and other rules. He's only 6-years old.

It was a great way to introduce it to him as it pulled him right into the game.

 

[Jack99]

HS1 (The Slaying Stone) is the best low-level published adventure for 4e. Or go with Chaos Scar stuff, as ArcaneSpringboard said, most of that is fine and can easily be expanded upon.

 

[Abraxas]

I've taken a look at the Chaos Scar stuff and I do like it - so that will probably be where we start.

Thanks