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GMing for Kids: Tips Aplenty

Mon. June 4, 2007 

In GMing for Kids: An Actual Play Report, I mentioned that I wished there was more comprehensive advice available on this topic. Lots of GMs have kids, and assuming my future kids are interested in gaming, I’ll be curious about this myself before too long.

Katrina Middelburg-Creswell’s Role-Playing Games and Kids lays a great foundation — it’s full of practical tips, and it’s easy to tell that they come from experience.

If you have kids of your own, jump straight to the second half — the first section is about informing parents about gaming, and is more geared towards folks in a classroom or youth group setting (like Katrina’s previous article, Starting and Running a Role-Playing Games Club).

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3 Responses to “GMing for Kids: Tips Aplenty”

  1. ScottM on June 4th, 2007 10:05 pm

    The TT thread Teaching children to roleplay also has some good links and discussion.

  2. JD on June 15th, 2007 8:36 am

    Over at my blog, I’ve posted an article on Running D&D For Kids.

  3. Martin on June 17th, 2007 9:48 am

    Good links on both counts — thanks, guys!