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<blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 4431844" data-attributes="member: 20854">Interesting.&nbsp; My children are 12b, 9g, 6g, and 3b.&nbsp; My sister-in-law lives 5 mins. away, and they have five children: 14b, 10g, 5b, 3b, and 2g.&nbsp; Out of that group, the kids 6 yrs. old and up have played an RPG, although for the 6 year old, it's more like &quot;let's pretend&quot; and very free-form.&nbsp; The two older boys have played 3E, Arcana Unearthed, Castles &amp; Crusades, AD&amp;D (1e), Classic D&amp;D (BECM), and Original D&amp;D (white box).&nbsp; My son has also played Mutants &amp; Masterminds and Call of Cthulhu (both of which he enjoyed).My son prefers the older editions of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Part of that is probably my influence and enthusiasm, but part of it is also the ease with which he can run his own games (there are not as many rules to worry about or get into arguments about); as I mentioned, above, he's running his own Labyrinth Lord game.&nbsp; My nephew (the 14 year old) has always preferred 3E, but has gradually been warming to OD&amp;D; we had a recent session that he declared was the best D&amp;D session he'd every played.&nbsp; Also, he mentioned that he's tried running 3E for friends, but the games usually bog down in rules-referencing (part of that is probably his personality, which is very detail-oriented and rules focused -- his father is like that, too).The 10 and 9 year old girls have never really expressed a preference; they don't play as often as the boys do (although they're always invited to), and they play whatever I'm running without commenting on the rules, much.&nbsp; However, they got together and *created* their own D&amp;D-based rules that was centered around faeries and talking animals.&nbsp; I thought that was really cool (and you can't get any more old school than making up your own game).The last time we were in the FLGS (Fat Ogre Games, in the Woodlands), my son picked up the new Star Wars book and was looking through it.&nbsp; He didn't ask me to buy it, but he definitely looked interested.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philotomy Jurament, post: 4431844, member: 20854"] Interesting. My children are 12b, 9g, 6g, and 3b. My sister-in-law lives 5 mins. away, and they have five children: 14b, 10g, 5b, 3b, and 2g. Out of that group, the kids 6 yrs. old and up have played an RPG, although for the 6 year old, it's more like "let's pretend" and very free-form. The two older boys have played 3E, Arcana Unearthed, Castles & Crusades, AD&D (1e), Classic D&D (BECM), and Original D&D (white box). My son has also played Mutants & Masterminds and Call of Cthulhu (both of which he enjoyed). My son prefers the older editions of D&D. Part of that is probably my influence and enthusiasm, but part of it is also the ease with which he can run his own games (there are not as many rules to worry about or get into arguments about); as I mentioned, above, he's running his own Labyrinth Lord game. My nephew (the 14 year old) has always preferred 3E, but has gradually been warming to OD&D; we had a recent session that he declared was the best D&D session he'd every played. Also, he mentioned that he's tried running 3E for friends, but the games usually bog down in rules-referencing (part of that is probably his personality, which is very detail-oriented and rules focused -- his father is like that, too). The 10 and 9 year old girls have never really expressed a preference; they don't play as often as the boys do (although they're always invited to), and they play whatever I'm running without commenting on the rules, much. However, they got together and *created* their own D&D-based rules that was centered around faeries and talking animals. I thought that was really cool (and you can't get any more old school than making up your own game). The last time we were in the FLGS (Fat Ogre Games, in the Woodlands), my son picked up the new Star Wars book and was looking through it. He didn't ask me to buy it, but he definitely looked interested. [/QUOTE]

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