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<blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 3821856" data-attributes="member: 34175">My son started playing when he was 4.&nbsp; He is an anomaly, DON'T expect this!My daughter played at 10 and quit before her 11th birthday. now at 13 (14 in a couple of weeks) she's back on the band wagon (Thank You GenCon!).To get them started, don't push, watch fantasy movies and read them fantasy novels, you now, the things that got you interested.&nbsp; Don't make them 'go away' when you play, let them watch, let them help you run your game or roll your dice once in a while.&nbsp; Let them see that there is no win or lose and that its a game about life, imaginary as it may be.&nbsp; When they are ready, they'll let you know, then treat them like adults, help them read and understand the rules and let the dice fall where they may.I've found this is the easiest way to introduce anyone to the game, don't press, teach, and understand their needs.&nbsp; Soon your ankle-biter will be a full fledged gamer geek like the rest of us. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thunderfoot, post: 3821856, member: 34175"] My son started playing when he was 4. He is an anomaly, DON'T expect this! My daughter played at 10 and quit before her 11th birthday. now at 13 (14 in a couple of weeks) she's back on the band wagon (Thank You GenCon!). To get them started, don't push, watch fantasy movies and read them fantasy novels, you now, the things that got you interested. Don't make them 'go away' when you play, let them watch, let them help you run your game or roll your dice once in a while. Let them see that there is no win or lose and that its a game about life, imaginary as it may be. When they are ready, they'll let you know, then treat them like adults, help them read and understand the rules and let the dice fall where they may. I've found this is the easiest way to introduce anyone to the game, don't press, teach, and understand their needs. Soon your ankle-biter will be a full fledged gamer geek like the rest of us. :) [/QUOTE]

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