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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azgulor" data-source="post: 5480029" data-attributes="member: 14291">Thanks for the additional background info.  I'd still go with what I recommended previously, encourage the imaginative & role-play side, regardless of the system chosen.  Let him roll the dice, but leave the mechanic lingo to your side of the screen.More:"I swing my sword at the zombie!""Ok, roll the 20-sider.",  "Or roll, this die."Instead of:"Roll to hit", "Roll a Fort save", etc.If PF/3.5 is your game of choice, go with that.  Given your specific situation & criteria, you definitely don't want get things going and then change gears by switching to a rules set you'd prefer to run/play.  Just introduce options and concepts slowly.  The old D&D red box walked you through character gen and made your character a fighter.  It was meant to be simple and instructional.Do the same thing.  Start with non-casters.  When I asked my kids what they wanted to be able to do, the 2 main concepts I got were "An archer" (the older child), and "A Ninja" (the younger).  Char-gen resulted in a Level 2 Ranger and a Rogue 1/Monk 1. For my youngest, to this day, his character is a "ninja".Don't fall into the "standard" rpg tropes/traps we impose on ourselves: don't run NPCs along with the PCs just to round out an adventuring party unless you want to.  Borrow subsystems like reserve points, action points, fast healing, etc.  Fudge rolls, borrow "cheating death" style rules, etc.  Running a game for young kids is a different, yet very rewarding kind of game.Best of luck!</blockquote>

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