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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9242823" data-attributes="member: 11760">I backed a kid-friendly RPG several years back on Kickstarter and it was a mess. It was like someone tried to chop down D&amp;D to work for kids, but the finished product is a collection of houserules that pretends to be complete, makes no reference to using the SRD or Basic Rules or anything to function, and renames a bunch of stuff pointlessly to, I guess, not be OGL. (This was years before the OGL fiasco.) I'm not terribly sorry I backed it -- I would like Kickstarter's algorithm to promote kid-friendly RPGs -- but I read through it once, face-palmed, and never looked back.Not saying the name because it was clearly an extremely enthusiastic dad's pet project, but wow, was it not ready for prime time.I have a lot of complaints about Tails of Equestria, the kid-friendly RPG we went with instead to introduce my youngest to the hobby, but it's at least a complete and functional game. She's since moved on to 5E and is eagerly waiting fulfillment of the new edition of Kobolds Ate My Baby, which I know will be a much better game, having owned the previous editions of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 9242823, member: 11760"] I backed a kid-friendly RPG several years back on Kickstarter and it was a [I]mess. [/I]It was like someone tried to chop down D&D to work for kids, but the finished product is a collection of houserules that pretends to be complete, makes no reference to using the SRD or Basic Rules or anything to function, and renames a bunch of stuff pointlessly to, I guess, not be OGL. (This was years before the OGL fiasco.) I'm not terribly sorry I backed it -- I would like Kickstarter's algorithm to promote kid-friendly RPGs -- but I read through it once, face-palmed, and never looked back. Not saying the name because it was clearly an extremely enthusiastic dad's pet project, but wow, was it not ready for prime time. I have a lot of complaints about Tails of Equestria, the kid-friendly RPG we went with instead to introduce my youngest to the hobby, but it's at least a complete and functional game. She's since moved on to 5E and is eagerly waiting fulfillment of the new edition of Kobolds Ate My Baby, which I know will be a much better game, having owned the previous editions of it. [/QUOTE]

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