Frostmarrow
First Post
I always knew that I would sit down and game with my kids and tonight it happened.
We'd just returned from a commercial playground and I just wasn't in the mood to watch a movie and so I suggested I'd let my kids in on what I'm actually doing sneaking away on saturday nights.
I put a blank sheet of paper before me and I borrowed my daughter's felt pens and my sons lettered building blocks. I also produced my dice (they are allowed to play with the dice but they also know I always collect and count them when they're finished). I asked them who they would play.
With somewhat directed questions my daughter decided to play a princess. She would have a crown, a red dress, a wand adorned with a big heart, and goldish shoes. My son, two years older than her, didn't have a concept ready so I asked him what his possessions were. With a sword, plate armor, and a shield, it was apparent he would play a knight. I asked him about his shield and he told me it featured a dragon. They came up with the names Elvira and Linus.
I took notes on the sheet of paper and listened carefully for they immediately began fleshing out the setting. They live in a castle and Linus the Knight is in charge of the watch. Princess Elvira spends her days dreaming of what might be beyond the castle walls. I interrupted them with a guard who sounded the alarm and went shouting "Thieves!".
The kids quickly decided the kingdom's most treasured gold medal had been stolen. I had the guard blame the "trollmen". The "Bertil Trollmen" I was adjusted. I asked what they would do about it. Linus the Knight called up his dragon from the dungeon (I'm not kidding) and told it to fly over the realms and chuck every Bertil trollman encountered into a burning church! Princess Elvira waved her wand and decided she had seen the gold medal in the deepest woods close to the greatest stone.
An old wizard appeared and told the princess and the knight that great old stones often in fact are trolls in disguise and that there is only one way to destroy a troll - with the rays of the sun.
Now they were ready to go adventuring. They set out for the deepest woods. Before they arrived they had to traverse a bridge. On the bridge there was a black knight demanding a toll of one gold piece to pass. The princess had a gold piece but Linus the Knight talked her out of paying. He was itching for a fight. I asked my son what die he would use. He chose a d6 so I went with a d4. Linus the Knight won the bout and I was told the black knight tripped over a root and fell on his behind. Meanwhile Elvira had flown over the bridge as her horse surprisingly sprouted wings.
Soon enough the intrepid adventurers arrived at the forest and I said that in order to find the great stone they had to be able to spell there own names by use of the lettered building blocks. I was sure my son could do it but was uncertain whether my daughter could (she's just three). It turned out she could. My son was close but got distracted by an 'X'. I told them Elvira had arrived at the great stone but that Linus was lost.
My son said he'd been taken by a hag and tied to a tree. My daughter decided to go back and save him. They managed to get out of the situation by trading building blocks (I was blown away) and managed to spell their names correctly in a way I hadn't planned. They both arrived safely at the great stone.
First they were attacked by Bertil trollmen but those were sent packing with some fancy swordplay. The kids laughed and cheered when the bertils turned tail and ran. The laughter abruptly stopped as the great stone suddenly turned into a hugh hulking troll coming at them. By now I had both kids in my lap. Linus the Knight attacked with his sword but to no avail. I asked them if they knew how to defeat a troll.
Linus came up with it first. All he needed was a forest harvester machine to cut down the forest canopy above and let the sun shine in. Elvira did it with her magic wand instead. The first time she failed and the troll was upon them but the second time she made her roll and PRESTO the troll turned to stone.
After the game my son looked at me with enchanted eyes and said: "Dad, that was pretty fun!". The gold medal was found along with two treasure parcels; a wand adorned with stars, and "everything else that has been stolen from the kingdom recently".
We'd just returned from a commercial playground and I just wasn't in the mood to watch a movie and so I suggested I'd let my kids in on what I'm actually doing sneaking away on saturday nights.
I put a blank sheet of paper before me and I borrowed my daughter's felt pens and my sons lettered building blocks. I also produced my dice (they are allowed to play with the dice but they also know I always collect and count them when they're finished). I asked them who they would play.
With somewhat directed questions my daughter decided to play a princess. She would have a crown, a red dress, a wand adorned with a big heart, and goldish shoes. My son, two years older than her, didn't have a concept ready so I asked him what his possessions were. With a sword, plate armor, and a shield, it was apparent he would play a knight. I asked him about his shield and he told me it featured a dragon. They came up with the names Elvira and Linus.
I took notes on the sheet of paper and listened carefully for they immediately began fleshing out the setting. They live in a castle and Linus the Knight is in charge of the watch. Princess Elvira spends her days dreaming of what might be beyond the castle walls. I interrupted them with a guard who sounded the alarm and went shouting "Thieves!".
The kids quickly decided the kingdom's most treasured gold medal had been stolen. I had the guard blame the "trollmen". The "Bertil Trollmen" I was adjusted. I asked what they would do about it. Linus the Knight called up his dragon from the dungeon (I'm not kidding) and told it to fly over the realms and chuck every Bertil trollman encountered into a burning church! Princess Elvira waved her wand and decided she had seen the gold medal in the deepest woods close to the greatest stone.
An old wizard appeared and told the princess and the knight that great old stones often in fact are trolls in disguise and that there is only one way to destroy a troll - with the rays of the sun.
Now they were ready to go adventuring. They set out for the deepest woods. Before they arrived they had to traverse a bridge. On the bridge there was a black knight demanding a toll of one gold piece to pass. The princess had a gold piece but Linus the Knight talked her out of paying. He was itching for a fight. I asked my son what die he would use. He chose a d6 so I went with a d4. Linus the Knight won the bout and I was told the black knight tripped over a root and fell on his behind. Meanwhile Elvira had flown over the bridge as her horse surprisingly sprouted wings.
Soon enough the intrepid adventurers arrived at the forest and I said that in order to find the great stone they had to be able to spell there own names by use of the lettered building blocks. I was sure my son could do it but was uncertain whether my daughter could (she's just three). It turned out she could. My son was close but got distracted by an 'X'. I told them Elvira had arrived at the great stone but that Linus was lost.
My son said he'd been taken by a hag and tied to a tree. My daughter decided to go back and save him. They managed to get out of the situation by trading building blocks (I was blown away) and managed to spell their names correctly in a way I hadn't planned. They both arrived safely at the great stone.
First they were attacked by Bertil trollmen but those were sent packing with some fancy swordplay. The kids laughed and cheered when the bertils turned tail and ran. The laughter abruptly stopped as the great stone suddenly turned into a hugh hulking troll coming at them. By now I had both kids in my lap. Linus the Knight attacked with his sword but to no avail. I asked them if they knew how to defeat a troll.
Linus came up with it first. All he needed was a forest harvester machine to cut down the forest canopy above and let the sun shine in. Elvira did it with her magic wand instead. The first time she failed and the troll was upon them but the second time she made her roll and PRESTO the troll turned to stone.
After the game my son looked at me with enchanted eyes and said: "Dad, that was pretty fun!". The gold medal was found along with two treasure parcels; a wand adorned with stars, and "everything else that has been stolen from the kingdom recently".
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Congrats! 
