D&D 5E Introductory Adventure for Kids

[defendi]

I've been asked to run a game for the kids of a family I know. Say right around 12 years old. Anyone have any insight in what adventures out there play well for kids. I own pretty much everything 5e, but I haven't read it all and I've only played my 5e stuff with adults. Barring input I might just do Keep on the Borderlands from the playtest.

 

[iserith]

I wrote and ran Barrow of the Evensong for my niece and nephew, ages 11 and 15. It was also fun for the adults that played it at a local gaming store. I posted it here. If you end up using it, please tell me how it went!

 

[Rabbitbait]

I'm playing the Starter Set, aka The Lost Mines of Phandelver with my 7, 5 and 3 year old. They absolutely love it. I am basically running the dungeon complexes only, with some narration to join them up. I'm not expecting them to have good roleplaying at this stage, but 12 year olds should handle it fine as written.

As a bonus, its one of the best D&D adventures ever written (in my opinion).

 

[Eltab]

If you like to write your own stuff, copy off a Zelda dungeon and do a one-shot scenario.
(I did one for my son, grade 5 at the time, and he LOVED the 'boss monster' dragon skeleton that spit knuckle bones at him for a 'breath weapon'.)

 

[muppetmuppet]

Best kids adventure I ran.. Old wizard drops ring down sink asks the players to help him retrieve it. He shrinks them and drops them down the plughole. Lots of obvious monsters down there spiders, beetles etc.

 

[Connorsrpg]

I am running the 5E Starter Set with school kids, ages vary from 9-13. They like it a lot. But kids tend to like any adventure. Pick something you know or is easy and just run it. Swap in some monsters (ie remove undead like ghouls) and off you go.

 

[akr71]

I ran the 5E Starter Set for my family as their first ever D&D game and they loved it. The kids were 11 & 6 when we ran it.