Bought the D&D Starter Edition and the Essentials Toolkit. My son is too young at 8, Turning 9 early next year.
- Kids (below the target age of the material) need more Immersion Material. Good thing the Essential Kit has the Material my son needs – The cards and Maps. But it does need more and I’m wondering If I have a chance to prepare and find more, or how do I get him to slowly immerse week to week with our Dad and Son time.
- Kids need smaller and more situational scenarios. Isolated set scenes to grasp the Core mechanic of “Roll in a situation” – so that the my son can grasp the Conflict of a Situation, as well as he has the power to Frame the Conflict, or Define the Problem (which Shapes the Solution).
- Kids need more storytelling Prompts. It can be an hour just talking about the basic concepts of character creation to my son. With his cousins, I doubt I can cover it all in an hour. I need some activities that allow them to Prompt their storytelling.
- Not necessarily Cards for every Prop. From Equipment to Character Features. Dont start with every bit of material – begin with Basic Outfit Packages. The soldier, the traveling tradesman, the pilgrim, etc…
- Reminds me of Getting Once Upon a Time Card game, as part of this Box so that we can have some basic exercises.
Now I remember why I spent 20+ hours a week in prep. I did a lot of prep because when the Game session happened and I wasn’t prepared it would be 1 more week to correct the problem and it may lower the enthusiasm of players.
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