After several years of looking at Dad's RPGs and wondering what RPGs were all about, we decided my son was old enough to dive into the deep end. We made up a character last weekend and this weekend was our first session. It was wildly entertaining & nostalgic for me, but the best part was seeing my kid's reaction.
I knew he was having a ball but you know you've got a RPG fan when he said, not once, but three times "You're right, Dad. This is better than a video game."
The little one got in on the act as well, alternating between helping Dad roll dice and playing with his action figures.
A terriffic day all around! Just wanted to share.
Another special round of thanks to Paizo. We played using the Pathfinder rules.
My oldest played a human Ranger. The youngest, claiming he wanted to "play a ninja", got to run a human Monk 1/Rogue 1 until the lure of his action figures won out.
Since I was unsure what my oldest's first go-round would be like, I dusted off my old UK5: The Eye of the Serpent from TSR which was designed to be run for a party or a single Ranger, Druid, or Monk. It worked out great! He's about half-way through.
Materials Used:
Pathfinder RPG - My kid really got into the character creation and quickly picked up the basics
Monster Manual 3.5
Eye of the Serpent module
Hot Pursuit Rules from Tome of Secrets - These worked like a charm. My son loved being chased through a forest while pusued by a Hobgoblin and his three hunting dogs!
I also used Reserve Points from Iron Heroes/Unearthed Arcana to maximize survival chances and compensate for the lack of magical healing.
Oh, and in case the "gorgeous book" praise needs any reinforcement, my little one asked if we can look through the Pathfinder RPG pictures as part of the books-before-bed routine.
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This thread gives me hope. I'm going to try and get my kids(when I have them, anyway) into role-playing. Introduce your kid to a PbP when he gets a bit better(which doesn't sound like it is that far off), and you'll see how he plays with a group of people to interect with.
Oh, and have him ask friends if they would like to play too.
Awesome story! My favorite part is the little one wanting to add the rulebook to the bedtime library. Even though it's only because of the pictures, it's just hilarious to think of a kid saying "Hey Dad, can we read the D&D core rulebook before bed?!"
I hope my friends take to roleplaying as well as your kids. I'm equally new to tabletop roleplaying (already a huge KOTOR/Elder Scrolls fan, though, which is why I started looking into D&D), so I hope that our first game, whenever that happens (sometime after I read the rules, which I just purchased five minutes ago), will turn out as well as this did. T'would be terrible to turn them away by inexperienced GameMastery!
That's excellent! If I may ask how old is your oldest? We have a six year old and she's not ready to play at this time. But she likes treasure and swords and scary monsters (It's a start). Our three year old loves to roll the dice. But he's three. That pretty much sums that up.
That's excellent! If I may ask how old is your oldest? We have a six year old and she's not ready to play at this time. But she likes treasure and swords and scary monsters (It's a start). Our three year old loves to roll the dice. But he's three. That pretty much sums that up.
Start her out with Faery's Tale: http://www.greenronin.com/store/product/grr3201.html
We wrote as an intro game for kids.
Oldest is 9. Both are shaping up to be adventure junkies like their old man. Between superheroes, Pirates of the Carribean, Indiana Jones, video games, and Harry Potter, I figured my oldest would like it and I did consider starting him earlier. I was worried about jumping the gun, though, and held off until now.
Bit of a shift in campaign approaches for me, though. My normal campaign is gritty swords-n-sorcery; PG-13 with forays into R-rated material. For my newbie, it'll be swords-n-sorcery with some high-fantasy sprinkled in and obviously, PG -> PG-13 end of the scale.
I told him if he liked it well enough, we could try and recruit some of his friends to play as well.
Oldest is 9. Both are shaping up to be adventure junkies like their old man. Between superheroes, Pirates of the Carribean, Indiana Jones, video games, and Harry Potter, I figured my oldest would like it and I did consider starting him earlier. I was worried about jumping the gun, though, and held off until now.
I hope the game keeps going well. I've just started running Legacy of Fire for my 12 year old. We convinced Mrs. Gray to play too, and have been having a blast so far.
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That's a great story! Thanks for sharing :).
I introduced my 10 year old niece to DnD a few months ago (along with my parents :), and she absolutely loved it. I believe it earned me "best aunt ever"...or maybe that was the theater mask I brought her back from Paris...either way, she has since started making up her own fantasy game with some friends at school. They just come up with things they want their character to be able to do and make up a name for it. I love it!
She also asked me recently if I knew of a book that had "some monsters or enemies or something" in it to give them something to fight. So I printed off the Bonus Bestiary for her as a start. Now I'm putting together a special adventure for her birthday.
Start her out with Faery's Tale: http://www.greenronin.com/store/product/grr3201.htmlWe wrote as an intro game for kids.
Thanks for the info! We'll be taking a look at this. Something like this would be a good start for her.
Good stuff Porter, Gray, and Elora. It makes the game even MORE fun when you can get your family involved! :D
I started my 11 year old nephew in a Star Wars campaign about six months ago. He seems to be enjoying himself (and part of the condition of him continuing to play is that he keeps his grades up in school). I'm planning on running Legacy of Fire for his mother, his two sisters, and him (one is in her 20's and is an old hat at RPG's, playing with me and her cousins since she was about her younger brothers age. The other is his younger sister, she seems pretty keen on playing, but I'm afraid she might lose interest in D&D. I might go to a different system, like Green Ronin's that has been mentioned in this and several other threads).
It should be fun. I'm making them pre-gen's based off the Iconics they have chosen: my sister chose to play Seoni (she thought that the tattoo's were cool) my nephew is going to play Harsk, his older sister is playing Lini, and I'm going to start his younger sister out with Valeros (though I may make him a her, as she's more keen on playing a female) as fighters are generally more straight forward to play.
We'll be starting in a few more weeks. I plan on using a combination of Beta and PFRPG rules. It should be a blast.
This post almost makes me wanna have kids... almost... :)
But darn cool anyway!
Nieces and nephews are a good substitute! Plus, you can send them back to their folks when they get cranky.
Oh, and in case the "gorgeous book" praise needs any reinforcement, my little one asked if we can look through the Pathfinder RPG pictures as part of the books-before-bed routine.
This, for me, is the best part of this story. I remember doing this when I was a kid with Deities & Demigods, Fiend Folio, etc
Nieces and nephews are a good substitute! Plus, you can send them back to their folks when they get cranky.This post almost makes me wanna have kids... almost... :)
But darn cool anyway!
As a gamer who has been primarily "dice before relationships", I can say that the cousins always seem to enjoy the family get-togethers alittle more when I bring out a copy of Talisman because the 8-14 year olds really get into that.
If they didn't live in Decatur, I could see starting a campaign for their kids. Be like more of a Bob-and-Dave campaign from KoDT, but who wouldn't want to have some teens at the table and go ahackin' and aslashin'?
Great stories in this thread.
OT Beercifer -- GA or TX?
Great stories in this thread.
OT Beercifer -- GA or TX?
I'm in Illinois at the moment. Though once I finish my apprenticeship, I'm not sure where I would settle.