Pen and paper RPG I can play with my young kids

[Thebobo]

RIFTS!!!!

SOOO much simpler!

The game Rift?

 

[vi edit]

Legends of Drizzt is a board game based on a very whittled down rules system. It's got some of the best characters in the Forgotten Realms world.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/15762193?w...599990&veh=sem

Bonus feature is that includes some very cool mini figures that you can paint up for another nerdy hobby.

https://hen6qa.blu.livefilestore.co...TSDBDe8JcwFSXI/20130427_102718_HDR.jpg?psid=1

 

[Lazarus52980]

My only bit of cautionary advice would be to watch out for your kids blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. Make it a point of your discussions and don't take for granted that they won't get lost in the fantasy.

I agree with this. We have had to ask the question "So is this real, or just pretend" after different movies and books and such already.


Also, for those interested, here is a review of the "Hero Kids" game, that really looks like it will be fun! (I purchased the whole game and all the content for $15).

http://www.heropress.net/2013/06/rpg-review-hero-kids-by-justin-halliday.html

 

[Lazarus52980]

Thanks again to everyone who helped with this. We had our first session over the weekend and it was great fun for everyone! (Those giant rats never stood a chance!). As Fritzo mentioned, I am now in the process of "pre-geeking" my kids.

Now I am going to have to learn how to make my own campaigns...

 

[alkemyst]

http://www.profantasy.com/


There are wikis on campaign creation.

 

[datalink7]

Legends of Drizzt is a board game based on a very whittled down rules system. It's got some of the best characters in the Forgotten Realms world.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/15762193?w...599990&veh=sem

Bonus feature is that includes some very cool mini figures that you can paint up for another nerdy hobby.

https://hen6qa.blu.livefilestore.co...TSDBDe8JcwFSXI/20130427_102718_HDR.jpg?psid=1

I came here to post the same thing. Great starting point.

By the way, don't get FATAL

 

[alien42]

I know this isn't what you're talking about, just reminded me of a paper game we used to play in school. Does anyone remember, where one person draws the terrain, river, each side's boats & tanks etc, fort wall cells, mines on a piece of paper; then the other person who didn't draw it chooses their preferred side?

Then to play you "zip" your pencil tip across paper to deploy your vehicles, same from their landing spot to shoot. I don't remember the ultimate objective though, if it was just to destroy all your opponent's stuff, or if there was a guarded flag, or what. The most fun to me was always drawing the board game so it was a difficult decision for the other guy.

i remember playing that in the early 80s and also can't remember what the ultimate goal was, besides destroying stuff.

 

[sourceninja]

I came here to post the same thing. Great starting point.

By the way, don't get FATAL

yea, those d&d box sets are great for getting into it. Also http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/104162/descent-journeys-in-the-dark-second-edition

 

[shortylickens]

The game Rift?

 

[noobsrevenge]

what about the Munchkin card games. sort of RPG-ish but way less complicated.

2nded. The blank cards they include that let you "create your own" can be super fun or funny.

It is very humorous and slightly satirical to begin with.

 

[Lazarus52980]

Now that we are getting into this, does anyone know where I can get decent pewter or plastic figurines? I need a "knight" (without a horse) a "healer", and a "storm mage".

Other than Ebay, I can't seem to find many pewter figurines... does no one make them anymore?

 

[highland145]

Now that we are getting into this, does anyone know where I can get decent pewter or plastic figurines? I need a "knight" (without a horse) a "healer", and a "storm mage".

Other than Ebay, I can't seem to find many pewter figurines... does no one make them anymore?

Legos?

 

[Lazarus52980]

Legos?

That is GENIUS!

You win the internetz

 

[exdeath]

Rifts is awesome but hardly appropriate content for small children lol. Juicers and naked slave girls?

 

[highland145]

That is GENIUS!

You win the internetz

WOOT.....I think. Think Al Gore will want to thumb wrestle me 1st?

 

[preslove]

Rifts is awesome but hardly appropriate content for small children lol. Juicers and naked slave girls?

It's also incredibly complicated. I suggested it as joke

 

[shortylickens]

It's also incredibly complicated. I suggested it as joke

Its not that complicated.

What they really need is a Basic box or something similar.

I learned D&D from the Black Box edition which had these neat little cards. You learned one rule at a time whilst escaping a dungeon.

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3rd edition had a beginners box too.

 

[preslove]

Its not that complicated.

What they really need is a Basic box or something similar.

I learned D&D from the Black Box edition which had these neat little cards. You learned one rule at a time whilst escaping a dungeon.

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3rd edition had a beginners box too.

It is vs any version of D&D I've played, or pathfinder. I can't imagine setting up a RIFTs character with all their skills & abilities with a 5 year old, lol.

 

[mistercrabby]

Just a observation from watching some of my friends kids grow up gaming- They don't care about the rules and in generally won't really understand what is going on really for quite a long time. You could set them down with a character sheet from any system and tell them a story. Ask them what they want to do and tell them what happens based on your whim after they roll dice. All they'll see is you sitting around with a character sheet, rolling dice and talking. They get that experience, they get to be like daddy, and will be happy.

great idea. As they get older you can seed in a few rules and structure.

 

[OverVolt]

As soon as you got involved it would be uncool just saying. Let them argue out who won and lost on their own. Its good growing up experience. I think I'm still scarred from people making up bullshit and winning at the pokemon card game when I was a kid although as an adult I don't tolerate that bullshit anymore :awe:

 

[BoberFett]

I started playing simple board games with daughter when she was very young. Not Candyland simple, Ameritrash games drive me nuts. But easier games like Ticket to Ride She was playing more advanced board games (Agricola, etc.) by the time she was 8 or 9. I think it has helped greatly with things logical thinking, strategy, planning ahead, etc. She's 14 now even beats me. Sometimes.

 

[BoberFett]

Legends of Drizzt is a board game based on a very whittled down rules system. It's got some of the best characters in the Forgotten Realms world.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/15762193?w...599990&veh=sem

Bonus feature is that includes some very cool mini figures that you can paint up for another nerdy hobby.

https://hen6qa.blu.livefilestore.co...TSDBDe8JcwFSXI/20130427_102718_HDR.jpg?psid=1

What's nice about that game and the others in the series (Wrath of Ashardalon, etc.) is the fact that it's a self running dungeon so you can play with your kids instead of against them as the DM.

Only downside is that the gameplay can be fairly unforgiving at times, forcing you to maximize every turn, but the difficulty can be easily scaled down by rolling a die to see whether or not you draw a trap card instead of taking one every time you don't explore a new tile.

 

[shortylickens]

It is vs any version of D&D I've played, or pathfinder. I can't imagine setting up a RIFTs character with all their skills & abilities with a 5 year old, lol.

It aint for 5 year olds anyway. Rape and murder and torture and cybersnatching and drugs and devil worship and about 10 other nasty things.