PDF only:: $9.99.ĭo: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple ( Evil Hat Productions): A slapstick fantasy storytelling game in which players write their pilgrims’ adventures as they solve problems and get in trouble. Simple system using dice, coins, a notebook, and a pencil or pen. What will Robot’s birthday be like? Will Robot meet new friends? Go to outer space? You decide, one roll at a time! Includes detailed step-by-step, illustrated play instructions. Happy Birthday, Robot! ( Evil Hat Productions): A storytelling game for families and classrooms in which players take turns writing the story of Robot’s birthday. Highly recommended! Simple system using six-sided dice. Two supplements were originally planned, but never published. The police and other officials take care of things from there. There is no real fighting you are just trying to figure out the mystery and catch the person behind it. Meddling Kids ( Pandahead Productions): A game where you get to play teenage characters running around with an odd character - The Wild Card - solving mysteries and generally meddling into the lives of other people. Highly recommended! Simple system using a narrative approach and six-sided dice. You foil dark faery plots, rescue youngsters from giants, overthrow sorcerous tyrants, awaken princesses from their enchanted slumber, watch over faery godchildren, and have many other amazing adventures, happily ever after. You play a pixie, brownie, sprite, or pooka, etc., in the enchanted forest of Brightwood in the land of fairy tales.
PDF: $5.99, with several PDF supplements ranging from free to $5.99 there’s also a bundle of the main rules and four adventure supplements for $11.99.įaery’s Tale ( Firefly Games): An interactive storytelling game, suitable for ages 6 & up, based on faery folklore. Nice effort at addressing gender balance. Hero Kids ( Hero Forge Games): A fantasy RPG for kids aged from 4 to 10 which offers a fast and fun introduction to RPGs, directed at younger kids who are just getting interested in role-playing games with a short play time of 30 to 60 minutes. The GM should have everything needed within the books. They are excellent for introducing young players to the hobby. These are role-playing games that were specifically created with a younger audience in mind. Older players can usually start with more complex games and have even more choices open to them, as well as having more age peer gamers to play with. I’m also assuming that we’re talking about children here, maybe six to twelve years old – old enough to count, compare numbers, and read. Most of the time, this person will probably act as the story guide or game master (GM).
In practical terms, you are unlikely to see anything here more difficult than “moderately crunchy”, because I think that simpler is better when trying to introduce young people to the hobby.Īge and Guidance: My default assumption is that an older person, perhaps with some experience with role-playing games, will participate and guide the young players, at least for the first few games. Many are free and they are almost all under $20 (with the exception of the ones that are out of print and therefore can fetch more, and a handful of recent books which go for around $30 in print but the PDF versions are usually available at low cost.) Prices are in US$.Ĭomplexity: In describing the complexity of these games, I (subjectively) rank them thus: very simple, simple, moderately simple, moderately crunchy, crunchy, very crunchy. Price: Most of the titles listed here are available in electronic version (usually PDF format), and most are also available in print. Other popular topics are cartoons, fairy tales, and adventure. Many of them are settings where the players take the roles of animals, either “realistic” or antropomorphized. Some suggestions or role-playing games (RPGs) suitable for children.