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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3750839" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'll be making 40 in October, and have been playing since I was 10, so I think that the game can be successfully introduced to kids at quite well at that age or older.  However, I learned by playing with my peers- other kids taught me D&D and Traveller, and then I picked up Champions and other games on my own.While I haven't run a true campaign with younger kids, I have initiated a few groups of kids into the hobby.In each case, the parents knew me personally, knew I played RPGs, and asked ME to teach the kids the game.  Because they knew me, they trusted me.As long as you have all the right assurances in place, there is absolutely nothing wrong with gaming with younger kids.If you have any concerns, there are several steps you can take:1)  Game at the kids house, or if you prefer hosting, have an open-door policy for the kids' parents.2)  Game in a public place- I started gaming in my school's library.  Pizza parlors were another good place to game, at least in my youth.3)  Invite the parents to come to a session, even if they only observe, just so they can see what is going on.  Ask them what their concerns are. The Occult?- Point out that the players are generally trying to defeat demons, not befriend them.  Adult language & situations?  If that's an actual concern in your game, perhaps you can tone it down a bit, or perhaps run a second, slightly cleaner campaign.4)  If all else fails and you can't convince the parents of your personal harmlessness or the wholesomeness of the game, you can always direct the kid to your FLGS.Basically, our game is like any other hobby, or at least it should be.  I see mixed age groups playing volleyball or hanging out in RC Hobby shops & venues.  Of course, neither of those activities went through the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s- but really, the mere fact that we're slaying mathematical constructs called "demons" with mathematical constructs called "elves" shouldn't be cause for alarm.  (BTW, if anyone has a search feature, there was a massive thread a few years ago covering this same kind of subject, but the OP/DM was a teacher.)</blockquote>

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