I picked up the BB about two weeks ago and finally ran my daughter (11) and her cousin (also 11) thru the adventure this past Saturday. Both my wife and my sister in law accused me of trying to turn the girls into geeks but we played on.
The girls had a great time.
My sister in law said her daughter talked non stop all the way home and considering they had to put their cat down that day it was a great relief for her in dealing with that situation.
My daughter has spent every free moment since the game making up characters (I think it helped that before we played we ran out and I purchased her her very own set of dice).
Diplomacy with the goblin king failed but I had the last goblin surrender. My niece said he should be their guide and when they got to the lake she made the quote of the game: "lets pick up the goblin and throw him into the lake to see if there are any monsters!" there was much laughter.
They both wanted to run another adventure the next day but I convinced them we should wait until I have one ready. I cant wait for next weekend!