Introduction:
- This blog is about my experiences while developing and playing a hyper-simplified Roleplaying game with toddlers
- "Toddlers" in this case means a 3-year old and an almost 5-year old (started July 2011)
- Originally inspired by this Wired Article , see also the first post
- As the jesuits say: "Give me a child before he is seven and he will be mine for life"
General:
- The game style is probably closer to a tabletop Wargame than classic D&DGeneral:
- "Learning by doing" works best by a long shot, see first few adventures
- Roleplay, Roleplay, Roleplay - and go with where the kids want to take you
- Use whatever is lying around, toys, furniture, pillows
- Target 20-30 minutes max per session
Rules:
Hope to get this to a 10-ish page (maximum) manual for the entire system, would be very chuffed if this inspires others - it has been a great experience so far
- Equipment: Pencil, eraser, pen, Character Sheets, at least three 6-sided dice, toys, toddlers, imagination, preparation
- Movement - may be improved
- Combat - may be improved
- Character Creation - may well be improved (need to run stats)
- Character Sheets - may be improved
- DM tips - to be done (see adventure log below for now)
- Balance/Stats - may be extended
- Lessons - to be done (see adventure log below for now)
- Ideas for adventures - to be done (see adventure log below for now)
- Morals
Adventures:
A log of all adventures, for family memory/retelling, and as inspiration for other players
(Note: there are "Lessons" interspersed in the logs, these can be lessons to the DM, or lessons which this adventure taught the players)
- "Getting Started" 1st adventure Sunday 17 July 2011
- "Red Elephant" 2nd adventure Monday 18 July 2011
- "Animal Liberation Front" 3rd adventure Friday 22 July 2011
- "The Princess is in Another Castle" 4th adventure Sunday 24 July 2011
Other stuff:
- Original Wired Article
- Fuzzy Heroes - see first post
- Similar systems (not tried) - kidsdungeonadventure.com, D&D-for-kids
- DM of the rings
- PAX/PVP games NSFW language, also search for the audio only podcasts
