Blue Moon Aurora

The stars are in alignment. Alina has not only turned 8, but she has gotten herself more under control in the last year. Anton at 10 has become quite insightful and is far less quarrelsome. In other words; the kids are growing up and now is a good time to introduce them to roleplaying. Even more importantly, Michelle and I are in a pretty good place with the kids, we have started family therapy, which has been working wonderfully and has helped get us all back on track in many ways. In other words, the stars are in alignment and it’s time for a roleplaying campaign. 

Last year we tried an adventure with Faery’s Tale, a family RPG where the players run faeries, and it went very well, but we felt the kids weren’t quite ready for roleplaying at that time. I recently bought the Mouse Guard RPG, which is mice with swords, and it is another option, but I am leaning towards Faery’s Tale as the rules are a little simpler. Both RPGs are very impressive and quite sophisticated in design and really fantastic introductions to roleplaying, because they are quite a bit better than most RPGs out there.  

My current play is to run the adventures either Saturday or Sunday afternoons and to run a 3-5 adventure campaign with Michelle and the kids all playing. That does make it challenging as the adventure has to be entertaining to both the kids and Michelle, which is pretty challenging. However, it is an interesting challenge, and it’s important for the kids to have Michelle to provide an example on how to both roleplay and to play in a group context. It is important to start the kids off right in how to approach roleplaying. I want them to learn how to roleplay, how to work as a team, and how to engage in critical thinking.  

It is very exciting. Roleplaying is awesome and it is our favorite activity and hobby.  I also feel this need to get back into the swing with more tabletop roleplayinig and less play-by-post.