![]() It was important to get to the fun as fast as possible, and pregens are the best way to get everyone playing the game quickly. Though rolling up a character is great fun, I quickly realized that doing so would have taken up our whole first gaming session as I tried to help all the players create characters for the first time. I opted for the Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure in the D&D Starter Set, having played it once or twice with coworkers.Ĭonveniently, the Starter Set also comes with a number of pregenerated characters. What remained were two parents, a sixth-grader, a fifth-grader, an incredibly excited 2nd-grader, and my 2nd-grade daughter who just wanted to co-DM and roll the dice for me.īecause this was going to be the first time playing D&D for all the players, I wanted to run something I was familiar with so I could focus on different hooks to get them into the adventure. I told the players (kids and adults) that they were free to go play video games. A couple of parents brought multiple kids, so I wasn’t surprised as things got going that my son and several of his fifth-grade friends just weren’t interested-as was also the case for a parent or two.Īs a DM, it’s important to not take this personally. In fact, one of those not-every-kids is none other than my own son. ![]() ![]() This might come as a shock, but not every kid wants to roll dice and slay goblins. I’d been thinking for a while about playing with my own kids, so this seemed like a perfect opportunity.Īfter recruiting several other parent-and-kid combos, I set up a gaming night at my house, with a pool of players ranging from 2nd- to 6th-graders and their parents. A couple of months ago, a friend asked me if I’d teach him and his 6th-grade son how to play D&D.
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