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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PaulJohn" data-source="post: 3630206" data-attributes="member: 53376">Good evening all,This topic isn't entirely off topic, but as a new poster, I thought it was far enough from RPGs that I'd put it here.  My son is about to turn 6 next month, and I'd like to find some games for him to play.  Obviously there are some old standards, but I'm looking for something a bit more off the beaten path.  He's pretty smart, already reading at a 2nd-3rd grade level, but not always patient, so something 'rules light' is probably best.  I'm looking for card games, board games, miniatures games, whatever.  Whatever game should be playable by just 2 people because it will normally be just he and I playing, but something that could be played by as many as 6 might be good because once he knows how to play we could have his 2 cousins join us and play (they're 10-12, so should be able to handle anything he can learn).  And there's always the possibility that I could convince my wife to join us on occasion.      He actually asked about Pokemon one day, I think because of TV commercials for Diamond and Pearl, but since I've never played Pokemon, not sure what a good starting age for the game would be.  And I'm already working on a small D&D based solo adventure for him (letting him play a 3rd-5th level fighter...I'll be posting something about creating that character somewhere else).  Anyone else out there hoping to raise a gamer that has some ideas?Thanks in advance, and safe travels!Paul</blockquote>

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