Milo Windby's Collected Story Hour

[SpaceBaby Industries]

Question: Jeremiah and his player

Milo, or Frog perhaps, a couple of questions about your having a younger child playing:

1) How old exactly is he? I recall it mentioned that he was six.

2) Do you find he enjoys playing?

3) How does having a child of that age playing impact your gaming sessions?

I ask all of this because I have a four (and three quarters! One must not forget that) year old son who has already expressed great interest in "rolling the dice and moving the Dwarf", so I think I need to start planning.

 

[Nail]

Re: Question: Jeremiah and his player

.....I have a four (and three quarters! One must not forget that) year old son who has already expressed great interest in "rolling the dice and moving the Dwarf", ...

Oh, I'm not sure "moving th' dwarf" is ever a good idea....

I've got a 5 year old...and she occasionally moves the monsters around or rolls dice. It's fun, and no one seems to mind.

 

[Mazi]

1) How old exactly is he? I recall it mentioned that he was six.

When we started playing he was six....now he's seven.

2) Do you find he enjoys playing?

He enjoys the fights alot more then the role-playing.

3) How does having a child of that age playing impact your gaming sessions?

I would say that it depends on the child. At times it can be difficult. Most of the time I am the one in charge of his character. When we get into exploring and role-playing he loses interest and starts playing with other things. Sometimes in battle just waiting for his turn to come around again is just too long of a wait for him. When we first started he had alot of fun but lately he has lost interest.

-Mazi

 

[SpaceBaby Industries]

Re: the young ones

Thanks for the feedback Mazi. I feel a bit sheepish that I didn't mention you in my initial request. I was sticking with the frequent posters; no slight was intended.

Sounds pretty much like I expected. I might let him try some dice rolling and such around when he turns five, but that will be one on one. I don't think the other folks in my group are ready for the special sort of havoc he would bring - they're bachelors, and don't have any kids themselves, so the shock to their system could be fatal.

Nail: you're proably right about moving the Dwarf bit. That comment was from when he got to make his own NWN character, a Dwarf named Tokee Frenzy. He always wanted to move the guy around the screen, which was predictably dangerous in certain areas. He seemed to have fun though, and it was a break from Midtown Madness and Atlantis.

I'll go back to lurking before I derail this thread any further.

 

[Milo Windby]

Re: Re: the young ones

I'll go back to lurking before I derail this thread any further.

No no no! Comments and questions are always welcome! Although I must say I'm surprised that anyone would be lurking in my storyhour. You are welcome to attempt to derail the storyhour anytime.

We're on a short haitus right now. I'm caught up to present in the storyhour, Brigit is out of town until Monday and we were unable to play for the last two weeks due to sick children. Our next game will be next Saturday at the soonest. Feel free to post away with your questions, dear lurker(s).

 

[SpaceBaby Industries]

Well, thank you Milo. That's right neighbourly of you. I've been reading since the start, but only got around to registering and posting last week. Late bloomer, yes indeed.

It's way too easy as a proud parent to start rambling on about your kids if you're not careful. Truly a temptation that can be harder to resist than wanting to talk about your favourite D&D character and/or campaign moment. Probably nearly as boring for the average listener too.

In any case, I'll stick with the Scrabble Junior with the little guy for now as our preferred tabletop gaming option. Same parent company, so we're on the right track.

 

[Nail]

Re: Re: Re: the young ones

.....we were unable to play for the last two weeks due to sick children......

Maybe strep throat? My kids have had th' flu and strep throat for th' last week. D&D time is not th' only thing that suffered.......

Re: De-railing th' thread.

Are you nuts, man?! That's what makes these story hours so great!

Other Misc:

• Did you eventually get any sort of directions? It kinda sounds like you were left in th' lurch.....very little "help" from th' bird men.
  
• Did you ever find out what race these guys were? Human? Halflings?
  
• How about the ones you just ran into? Sound like halflings.....but who knows; they could be kobolds! Tip: "If someone asks you if you're a god, you say ________!"
  
• Back to that "no maps" point: hey, did they tell you where the traps are? Why not??!
  
• Quote: ”Your maiden friend has a strange fascination with maps,” Kanadius said to Milo...... She ain't th' only one that should be......
  
• I wonder if this is a published adventure........

 

[SpaceBaby Industries]

Okay, you asked for it

You want derailed and off topic? Not to mention involving children? Here you go.

One of my friends in our campaign decided he had too many dice. He then put about fifty of them in a little wooden box and give them to my son as a gift. Bear in mind at this point said child was about three. What do you do at that age with so many interesting and colorful shapes?

Digger Dice!

How to play: one person rolls dice towards the other, who then uses a toy front end loader ("digger" - get it?) to catch and then store the captured dice. Best played with the digger player has a wall right behind them to assist with containing "dice spread".

Great fun, and I am pretty sure he was in the minority of three year olds who knew what a dodecahedron was.

 

[Brigit Deeperdown]

Derailed thread.

Well here is a new derailment for you. Milo and my daughter has her own D20 dice, mind you it is huge since she is only one and a half and we would prefer her not to chock on it. She can roll that huge dice just fine by herself. Every once in a while she even gets a twenty.

 

[Mazi]

Thanks for the feedback Mazi. I feel a bit sheepish that I didn't mention you in my initial request. I was sticking with the frequent posters; no slight was intended.

None taken in fact I think I've broke my old record....2 posts within 6 months. WOW!