Particle_Man
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Joshua Dyal said:I saw the title of this thread and I read it as you were starting 9 year olds with CoC, not C&C.
I thought that was an odd move, but brave.
ROFLMAO
Running a C&C game with 9 year olds.
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Joshua Dyal said:I saw the title of this thread and I read it as you were starting 9 year olds with CoC, not C&C.
I thought that was an odd move, but brave.
I don't know how to make an ROFL smilie, but that would get one.My oldest son is mildly autistic - he loves monster manuals, but had real trouble with the 3E ruleset. I can't wait to let him try C&C with his 8 year old brother.
I loved the OP of this thread, too - that's 9 year olds all over! Very nicely portrayed!
Desdichado
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Wow, six sessions to learn the rules? And they didn't get bored of not knowing what was going on for that long?Treebore said:
I've played with my own kids with a slightly modified rules-lite system based off The Window. My son could probably do fine with a d20 application; he's almost nine, but my six yo daughter would have no interest whatsoever. It took them all of five minutes to be up to speed on the rules, so we could get right into what makes the game fun.
I'm still struggling with dice identification issues, though...
JoeBlank
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Thanks for sharing, sounds like a good time. I have played a few sessions of 3.x with my sons, ages 6 and 4, but that is just too young to really get into it. They like the minis game, or at least the oldest does. I'll keep them exposed to the game until I feel like they are ready for a full-blown campaign.
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Particle_Man said:
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Very cool.
It wasn't until 9 that my son really started to understand that it wasn't just playing make-believe. That the rules were important. (He's 10 now). Since he's at the table with adults, (and a 13 year old) it can be tough. Some games he doesn't attend and I play his character as an NPC. Other days he plays the whole game.
He wants to DM, now that's scary!
Game ON!
Nyrfherdr
It wasn't until 9 that my son really started to understand that it wasn't just playing make-believe. That the rules were important. (He's 10 now). Since he's at the table with adults, (and a 13 year old) it can be tough. Some games he doesn't attend and I play his character as an NPC. Other days he plays the whole game.
He wants to DM, now that's scary!
Game ON!
Nyrfherdr
Particle_Man
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JoeBlank said:
Feel free!
CarlZog
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Awesome recap, and very reassuring...
I'm also about to run a first game for a few 9-year-olds, and am very nervous about it. (In fact, I was just about to post requesting advice.)
Reading your account reminded me of some of the things that are important at that age.
What would you say was the hardest part of running that game?
Carl
I'm also about to run a first game for a few 9-year-olds, and am very nervous about it. (In fact, I was just about to post requesting advice.)
Reading your account reminded me of some of the things that are important at that age.
What would you say was the hardest part of running that game?
Carl
Particle_Man
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Well, character creation takes longer for 9 year olds than for 30 year olds. They want to know what the powers are of their classes and races, and write them all down, spelling corrected. And they all want to know all of this at the same time. And, of course, shopping for stuff. I only had one book, so I just read out some things they would likely need.
For some, getting them used to the idea of being 1st level for now, and not getting all the cool powers right away, may take some discussion.
Actually playing the game is easier. You motivate them with loot, and the chance for more loot, and things to kill. They learned to be xp hounds pretty darn quickly.
For some, getting them used to the idea of being 1st level for now, and not getting all the cool powers right away, may take some discussion.
Actually playing the game is easier. You motivate them with loot, and the chance for more loot, and things to kill. They learned to be xp hounds pretty darn quickly.
Breakdaddy
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CarlZog said:
What game are you running them through? C&C or D&D?
CarlZog
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Breakdaddy said:
D&D. Old Basic, actually.
The kid is the son of my wife's best friend. He's a total computer game geek and was big into Yu Gi Oh a couple years ago. One night when they were over, he was eager to show me some freebie online fantasy RPG he discovered. It was pretty generic, and I explained to him that I had a game just like that you played without the computer.
He wanted to know more, so I leant him a spare copy I had of the old Mentzer Basic books, figuring I wouldn't mind if I didn't get them back. Well, he read them cover to cover, made his mom take him to buy dice, and is now itching to play. His mom's happy because he's gotten his head out of the computer and is looking up new vocabulary words.
I've told him if he finds two other kids who want to play, I'll run a game for them.
I still have my copy of B1, and just picked up a copy of B2 -- so they're really going to be doing it old school.
Carl
