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RPGs for kiddos...

Started by Elder Iptuous, July 13, 2011, 05:14:51 PM

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Prelate Diogenes Shandor

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July 20, 2011, 04:27:44 PM
For preschoolers I have no idea what to recommend.

(For elementary schoolers though, I would recommend Toon: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game by SJ Games)
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July 22, 2011, 01:18:17 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on July 13, 2011, 05:46:28 PM
Well, my kiddos are still preschool...
when you do a google for 'children RPG' the first site that comes up has a good sized list of candidates, and some of them mention very simple systems that use tokens or a few six sided dice.

i was just thinking about it, because my kiddos found my dice sack yesterday and were enjoying separating them out and playing with them.  then i was thinking about how simple it could be boiled down to, and figured there's got to be something out there suitable for really young kids.

Do you have any experiences with young children LARPS, Cram?

LARPing is what young children tend to do all the time, they call it "playing"  we just need the complex rules as adults to let us feel comfortable letting go and playing freely.
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Elder Iptuous

#17
July 22, 2011, 04:47:08 AM
heh...
i remember one of the first rpgs i played had an intro chapter that described what the genre was about.  i think it may have been Buck Rogers in the XXV century.  it described how we would, as children, play roles such as cowboys and indians.  at some point, one kid would say, 'i got you!', to which the other would reply, 'no.  your the bad guy, and you have horrible aim.'  and argument might ensue, and the play stops unless agreement is achieved about when one player 'gets' the other one.  RPGs, then, can be seen simply as a refinement of this.
so, yes.  obviously, as mentioned several times in this thread, children naturally, 'play roles'.
this thread, then, is about how to introduce children, in an age appropriate but expanding way, to adding structure to their imaginative collaborations so that they can take it further if they would enjoy to.

also, i envision you with a monocle when you explain the reasoning why mature adults such as ourselves use rule sets when we play make believe. :lol:

kingyak

#18
September 20, 2011, 02:48:08 PM
I'm a little biased, but I'd recommend Laser Ponies http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=65022



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Cramulus

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September 21, 2011, 05:03:10 PM

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September 21, 2011, 05:08:22 PM
Looks very nice! What ages is this for?
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#21
September 21, 2011, 05:10:02 PM
I think it's meant for age six and up

Elder Iptuous

#22
September 21, 2011, 05:11:43 PM
Sweet!
and it's free...  :D
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