I’m cross posting this at WotC and EN World…
Last night had a great time running this for my two kids, and I thought I would post the story and maybe encourage some other parents to give this a try.
My two are a girl, just shy of 7, and a boy who just turned 5 last week. They have been watching me play in my weekly group since they have been old enough to sit up, and have always loved the figures and the dice. In the last year or so they also started to show some in interest in actually playing the game, especially my daughter. I had toyed with the idea of trying something simple with them but, like so many other things, never got around to it.
Then I read about the great times people were having with the Heroes of Hesiod game. I had a night free with the kids while mom was at work so figured, why not?
Well, they got excited when I told them we were gonna try a game and I started collecting figures and dungeon tiles. I figured that using some of my mini’s and dungeon tiles would be more interesting than the art provided in the game. I set it up and let them pick characters. They both wanted to play the fighter with the big sword, so my son’s character was Jorick and my daughter was Raen, even though they used the same stats.
I went over the rules as simply as I could and was surprised that they picked them up pretty quick. Then I read them the opening “box text.” They got a kick out of me doing a squeaky voice for their trainer and explaining the upcoming battle in character. Then we let the first monster loose.
I had changed them a bit and used a zombie, a stirge, a medium green dragon, and a grick (with laserbeam eyes on the ends of its tentacles) instead of the suggested monsters, but otherwise used the same stats.
They had a blast. My son got the first crit, on the stirge. I knew my daughter was truly hooked when, as they were both hurt by the dragon, she picked up the d20 for an attack and yelled: “Come on, give me a 20!” I was such a proud geek father at that moment…
The game’s end was perfect. They had the grick flanked, they were both hurt and they had only hit it twice. Then my daughter got a crit and dropped half its hit points, and then my son rolled a crit and finished it off. Back to back 20’s. They actually stood up and gave each other high fives.
Then I read the ending and cut out the little character badges, which they promptly taped to their bedroom doors. All in all a great time was had by all, and they have already asked me when we can do it again.
So, I now officially have my own junior gamers
Last night had a great time running this for my two kids, and I thought I would post the story and maybe encourage some other parents to give this a try.
My two are a girl, just shy of 7, and a boy who just turned 5 last week. They have been watching me play in my weekly group since they have been old enough to sit up, and have always loved the figures and the dice. In the last year or so they also started to show some in interest in actually playing the game, especially my daughter. I had toyed with the idea of trying something simple with them but, like so many other things, never got around to it.
Then I read about the great times people were having with the Heroes of Hesiod game. I had a night free with the kids while mom was at work so figured, why not?
Well, they got excited when I told them we were gonna try a game and I started collecting figures and dungeon tiles. I figured that using some of my mini’s and dungeon tiles would be more interesting than the art provided in the game. I set it up and let them pick characters. They both wanted to play the fighter with the big sword, so my son’s character was Jorick and my daughter was Raen, even though they used the same stats.
I went over the rules as simply as I could and was surprised that they picked them up pretty quick. Then I read them the opening “box text.” They got a kick out of me doing a squeaky voice for their trainer and explaining the upcoming battle in character. Then we let the first monster loose.
I had changed them a bit and used a zombie, a stirge, a medium green dragon, and a grick (with laserbeam eyes on the ends of its tentacles) instead of the suggested monsters, but otherwise used the same stats.
They had a blast. My son got the first crit, on the stirge. I knew my daughter was truly hooked when, as they were both hurt by the dragon, she picked up the d20 for an attack and yelled: “Come on, give me a 20!” I was such a proud geek father at that moment…
The game’s end was perfect. They had the grick flanked, they were both hurt and they had only hit it twice. Then my daughter got a crit and dropped half its hit points, and then my son rolled a crit and finished it off. Back to back 20’s. They actually stood up and gave each other high fives.
Then I read the ending and cut out the little character badges, which they promptly taped to their bedroom doors. All in all a great time was had by all, and they have already asked me when we can do it again.
So, I now officially have my own junior gamers
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