Posts Tagged by kids

NewbieDm, of the blog of the same name recently contacted the stew and asked us to take a look at his PDF product rpgKids v1.5.  RpgKids is intended as an introductory RPG for children ages 4-7 and my daughter is 10, but I jumped at the chance to review it because I’m desperate. I’ve tried several different systems to introduce my daughter to RPGs and nothing has stuck. She’s shown some lackluster interest in a few other systems, and really enjoyed painting her own mini…

GMingAdvice04

Reading a post over on Story Games, I began to get a bit nostalgic for the days of my youth that I spent on Red Box DnD. The subject of the article I was reading was “Did we (indie game enthusiasts) enjoy DnD back then, and can’t now or Did we never enjoy DnD that much and didn’t realize it at the time?” and as someone who enjoys “indie” RPGs (which I define as games which give narrative control to the players and feature light rule sets,…

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I first heard about the Mouse Guard RPG at GenCon 2007, when I stopped by the Archaia Studios Press booth to buy a couple of Artesia T-shirts. On the table was a small placard announcing that a Mouse Guard game, designed by Luke Crane, was “coming soon.” I perked up for four reasons. One, I like Mouse Guard, the comic by David Petersen upon which the RPG is based. The art is gorgeous, and the story, while simple, is engaging. Two, Luke Crane designed Burning…