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Here's an intriguing idea.
This article written by a middle school teacher on "Starting and Running a Role-Playing Games Club" seems to me to tie in rather nicely with the Beginner Box and the Beginner Box bash. This teacher has 30-40 students in her game club (they use D&D 3.5).
Seems that without too much work Paizo could create a kit for teachers or parents who wanted to start a student game club with the Beginner Box as the core product.
Note the "Setting Up A Learn-To-Play Convention" section at the second half of the above article.
Seems to me with not too much effort Paizo could create a 'Beginner Box Learn-To-Play Club Kit' specifically for student organizations. I'm beginning to hear more and more of such student organizations. Another one is here: libraryroleplay.wordpress.com.
A 'Club Kit' in my mind would be the Beginner Box plus some free PDF downloads -- essentially the 4 Word Docs that teacher lists in the above article, but formatted to fit Pathfinder's trade dress.
One other thing that would be nice is if Paizo would offer the Player's Handbook (I forget what they call it) which comes with the Beginner Box as a standalone purchase, and offer a student discount on both the Beginner Box itself and the 60 or so page Players Handbook. This would be the perfect gateway for teenagers in school trying to learn the game on a tight budget -- teachers or parents buy the Beginner Box and 2 or 3 Player's Guides for each student game table. Once they're hooked after a few months of play, the Core Rulebook get's on their Christmas wish list :-)
I have sponsored the club at the high school I work at for almost 18 years now, and we just started playing a Pathfinder game! This is the first year though that I have had all girl's in the club. I have seven members right now and six are girl's who are at the table. IF for some reason one cannot be there or something happens to their character (dies) then our relief hitter steps in!
Over the years I have had as many as 12-13 kids involved, I have really enjoyed my time with them. I started last year running for my sons and their friends and that has been a lot of fun as well!
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I have sponsored the club at the high school I work at for almost 18 years now, and we just started playing a Pathfinder game! This is the first year though that I have had all girl's in the club...I started last year running for my sons and their friends and that has been a lot of fun as well!
That's really neat. I have kids ages 13, 15 & 17 and they roleplay (Pathfinder at the moment). I've given thought to getting a club going at their high school.
What ages are the kids who play? Do you do it after hours on campus, and how long are the sessions?
Also, do you use miniatures? And do you run commercial modules?
I very much like the idea of RPG clubs at school -- sort of like a chess club on steroids! And the Pathfinder Beginner Box might be just the right tool for this target audience.
Any tips from anyone on how to do this at a school are much appreciated!
I have sponsored the club at the high school I work at for almost 18 years now, and we just started playing a Pathfinder game! This is the first year though that I have had all girl's in the club...I started last year running for my sons and their friends and that has been a lot of fun as well!That's really neat. I have kids ages 13, 15 & 17 and they roleplay (Pathfinder at the moment). I've given thought to getting a club going at their high school.
What ages are the kids who play? Do you do it after hours on campus, and how long are the sessions?
Also, do you use miniatures? And do you run commercial modules?
I very much like the idea of RPG clubs at school -- sort of like a chess club on steroids! And the Pathfinder Beginner Box might be just the right tool for this target audience.
Any tips from anyone on how to do this at a school are much appreciated!
The ages are 13-19 and we meet once a week on campus for an hour and half...we meet twice a year on a Saturday for eight hours on campus. We have taken field trips to the local game store, permission slips signed and a school van used. The local store has donated dice, some miniatures and even a set of books.
I have run modules bought at the store, I have run my own. I have run games using mini's I have run games without. Last year I ran Champions 4th edition, the Doctor Who RPG and Savage Worlds.
This year I ran Hollow World Expeditions in the first quarter and then the kids then voted for Pathfinder for the second quarter. I have run most sessions but I also have had enough room for two tables with a younger person taking a turn.
It is a great pleasure and if there is anything else I can help with let me know.