Quick Note – I summon a Fairy … Like Tinkerbell!
Much to Codename: The Wife’s chargin my three-year-old daughter has expressed an interest in gaming after watching/sitting in on a few of my older daughter’s Swords & Wizardry game (if you want some details on this game listen to the latest Save or Die‘s e-mail section). Being that she is only three (a rather smart […]
Childreeeeeeeeen in Spaaaaaaaaace!!!!
This weekend I did something that would probably get me killed if I ever attempted to put it up on the blog. I ran a game of +Justin Halliday‘s Hero Kids … in space … with plasma swords and laser guns and android pets … it was a lot of work. Honestly through the split coffee, […]
Quick Note – Monster Slayers WotC’s old attempt at a Kids Game
A few years ago (2010 I believe) Wizards of the Coast released a download on their site for teachers, librarians and parents interested in using games (and in particular roleplaying games) as a teaching aid. They touted the math skills, the social interaction and problem solving skills and a whole slew of things that sounded […]
Quick Note – Scaling in Hero Scape (House Rule)
Over the weekend I began to play an out-of-print Hasbro game with my 8-year-old called Heroscape (generic example of play/game demo). during play my daughter asked a question that never crossed my mind, never crossed any thoughts from when I was big into the game back in the early 2000s. My daughter likes to rock climb, […]
The Other Game – Cheating on the OSR
It is no secret that the majority of the gaming that I do is with my daughter and her friends. With few exceptions I am the referee or game master and as such we typically play S&W core or Whitebox or some amalgamation of the two that I happen to be experimenting with. However, there […]
A Little More on Kreo-O Dungeons & Dragons
I am still excited by the announcement of the Kreo-O Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) line coming out next January for the potential it holds. Up until this announcement Hasbro has been extraordinarily quiet of its ownership of Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) and through WOTC the D&D franchise. This has always struck me as strange […]
This is awesome
Hasbo annoucence’s Dungeons and Dragons Kre-o line. I now know what my son will receive for his birthday!