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There are probably a few of you experienced gamers reading this right now that are rolling your eyes and thinking: \u201cYeah, I\u2019ve played with a few of those.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 But I am not talking about that adult child you brought to your table once that tried to disrupt everything that happened.\u00a0 (I have another column coming up in the future to address those<\/em> children.)\u00a0 This is for those of you who have been brave enough to introduce the RPG hobby to someone under the age of 13 who wants to do so.\u00a0 Whether it is your own children, nephews, nieces, neighbors, or kids in an after-school program, how do you go about introducing them to dice and all the rules?\u00a0 I am going to tell you some of my own experiences in this area, give you some advice, and hope that it assists you with inspiring love for Roleplaying Games in a new generation!<\/p>\n

The youngest child I have ever introduced to RPGs was eight years old, but there are plenty of people who have tried with much younger kids.\u00a0 Regardless of what age group you are working with, try to stick with a genre that interests them.\u00a0 If they are familiar with Star Wars and enjoy it then play Star Wars.\u00a0 If they enjoy watching The Hobbit<\/em>, live action or animated, start them off with D&D.\u00a0 This is just to give them a general context about the game no matter what system you choose to use.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve chosen a general setting and a game system, help your young players to create their characters.\u00a0 When I introduced my own kids to gaming they were the ages of 12, 12, and 8.\u00a0 They had all seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I started them with D&D using the 3.5 rules and one of the beginner box sets.\u00a0 I asked each of them what kind of character they would like to be without even showing them the rules.\u00a0 One daughter wanted to be a noble warrior like Eowyn and I suggested she play a human fighter, paladin, or cleric.\u00a0 With a little explanation of the differences in the classes she chose paladin.\u00a0 My other daughter wanted to be an elven archer like Legolas.\u00a0 I suggested that she create an elf fighter or ranger and she chose ranger.\u00a0 Finally, my son wanted to be big and mean with a large axe.\u00a0 For him I suggested a human or half-orc fighter or barbarian.\u00a0 He chose, of course, the half-orc barbarian.<\/p>\n

I spent a little time with each individually to roll up their new characters, name, and equip them.\u00a0 I gave them advice on how best to assign rolls for their characteristics depending on what their classes were, but they had the final say.\u00a0 When it came to naming, I let them go with what they wanted.\u00a0 That first group with my kids included Eowyn, Arwen Wolfsbane, and Bonecrusher.\u00a0 Finally, in order to minimize their stress over picking equipment, I gave each of them a standard set of appropriate equipment consisting of armor, primary weapon, secondary weapon, and adventuring gear.\u00a0 For lack of a cleric or mage, I gave each of them a potion of cure light wounds and one scroll of identify. I even found a set of equipment cards in my FLGS and gave them cards to represent everything they each had.\u00a0 If they used rations or torches they just had to discard them to keep track of their inventory.\u00a0 I tried to keep the bookkeeping to a minimum for them so that they could just enjoy.\u00a0 The final part of preparation was having each of them choose a miniature to represent them in the game and we were set to start.<\/p>\n

Next, heed these words of advice from Yoda: \u201cUnlearn what you have learned.\u201d\u00a0 To try to game with children you have to begin with a mindset that channels your inner child.\u00a0 Try to remember what you enjoyed at that age and bring that sense of wonder and boundless curiosity to your table.\u00a0 I remember when I started gaming, at the age of twelve, that my friends and I were mostly just interested in kicking down doors, killing monsters, and finding neat treasure.\u00a0 The story was secondary.\u00a0 I vaguely remember the plot of the \u201cSlave Pits of the Undercity\u201d from my first summer playing D&D; you begin captured and have to escape.\u00a0 The politics and larger meta-story were lost on a table of young adolescents.\u00a0 With that in mind, give your young gamers clearly defined objectives to accomplish. \u00a0Evade the guards, escape the dungeon, capture the thief, protect the king, recover the magic item, etc.\u00a0 That staring adventure for my kids was just to explore the environs presented in the box to find gold and magic items.<\/p>\n

During the adventure itself, keep things light and fun and don\u2019t penalize your young players severely if they make a wrong decision or are unable to overcome an obstacle.\u00a0 Instead, tell them that a given choice didn\u2019t work out as well as expected and offer them alternatives that may allow them to try again or to try a new way.\u00a0 My group of young newbies found out early on that not having a thief in the group penalized them in trying to open locks and I probably should have suggested one of them take that class, but it was our first outing.\u00a0 When I realized that a locked chest, which the barbarian failed to break open, was going to be a barrier to them having fun, I changed their next encounter so that one of the goblins had a key around his neck.\u00a0 Once they beat that encounter they found a key and instantly thought to try it in the chest, which it opened, and they got their reward.<\/p>\n

Everything was not smooth sailing.\u00a0 Siblings can easily come into conflict and my son, oldest of he and his sister by fifteen minutes, did not like taking directions or suggestions from either of his younger sisters.\u00a0 I had to take GM cap off at that point and be a parent explaining that, like any other game we play as a family, we each needed to take our turn.\u00a0 This effectively let each of them have their own moment to do their own thing in each room they explored.\u00a0 If one of them said he or she was going to search a table then that person was not able to next say that they were searching the chest.\u00a0 I did not let any one of them dominate the rest of the party.\u00a0 The best thing I can say is that they all survived the adventure and completed it successfully.<\/p>\n

Fourteen years later, my kids are all adults now and they still, sometimes, get into conflicts with each other.\u00a0 My son is headstrong and, when not working or with his girlfriend, he plays World of Warcraft on the gaming computer he built from scratch and he used to play Star Wars: The Old Republic<\/em> with me.\u00a0 I\u2019ve tried to get him to try tabletop RPGs again, but he thinks anything not on a computer screen is \u201ctoo boring\u201d and \u201cold school.\u201d\u00a0 His twin sister is a mother to two dogs and my grandson.\u00a0 When she is not working or spending time with her family, she reads a lot and enjoys watching anime, fantasy, and horror.\u00a0 I think she can take or leave RPGs though her husband used to play D&D in high school.\u00a0 Finally, my youngest daughter is working on her college education and discovering her path in life.\u00a0 She started playing Pathfinder with friends in high school as well as playing World of Warcraft with her brother and Star Wars: The Old Republic<\/em> with me.\u00a0 She currently plays League of Legends<\/em> online, Pathfinder with college friends, and has played in my Age of Rebellion campaign on occasion bringing in her flame projector-wielding bounty hunter to cause mayhem.<\/p>\n

So they didn\u2019t all end up with a lifelong love and appreciation for RPGs like their Old Man, but that is okay.\u00a0 All of them appreciate gaming to some degree.\u00a0 Each is on their own path through life and I am glad to have had some fun moments with them along the way.\u00a0 We can\u2019t hope for anything more!<\/p>\n

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