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[Editorial] Are Kids Interested In Pencil and Paper RPGs?

Started by JongWK, August 30, 2009, 03:14:25 PM

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Diavilo

#15
August 31, 2009, 05:31:34 PM
Standing out among the alternatives is a major problem. Most kids'll play once they get a start and if it's easy to organise. Maybe because tabletop play is socially different to plugging into a console?
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LordVreeg

#16
August 31, 2009, 05:42:39 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;325370Of my six person group, my fife is my age - mid fifties, my son is 22, and the rest are 20 or under. And they've been playing in my group since junior high in some cases. That's the evidence I've got - that and all those kids I saw at Gen Con the last two years.

-clash

Igbar group
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43
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Miston Group
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Online 1 (Ocodig)
44
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Online 2 (Steel Isle)
43
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(I'm the 43 in all of those)

However, every single current player and past player with kids of age (and thats 9 parents) all are playing with their kids.  100%.
I just waited too long, Clash.  My boy is 13 months old.
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HinterWelt

#17
August 31, 2009, 06:14:33 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;325370Of my six person group, my fife is my age - mid fifties, my son is 22, and the rest are 20 or under. And they've been playing in my group since junior high in some cases. That's the evidence I've got - that and all those kids I saw at Gen Con the last two years.

-clash

The group I RPGed with this last weekend:
8 year old girl
10 year old boy (brother of the girl)
10 year old boy (friend of the brother)
14 year old (cousin of one of those three kids)
33 year old mom
30 year old mom
35 year old dad

All had fun. Sold games to all of them. All will be playing as a family. Good mojo.
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Koltar

#18
August 31, 2009, 10:10:59 PM
To Answer the thread title:

YES, they are interested...

 ....the smart ones are at least.


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David R

#19
August 31, 2009, 10:53:40 PM
And they call me Swine !

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David R

Ian Absentia

#20
August 31, 2009, 11:35:37 PM
Quote from: David R;325666And they call me Swine !
They - call - me - MISTER Swine!

!i!

David R

#21
August 31, 2009, 11:47:42 PM
Brilliant Ian.

I want to like you people; and I want you people to like me. But there can be no liking without respect, and until there is that respect you will call me MISTER SWINE!

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David R
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