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[Young Person's Adventure League] Update: GeekDad & Kids-RPG

GeekDad Earns the YPAL Seal of Approval - It has come to my attention that Daniel Donahoo, a reporter for a publication titled Wired GeekDad, has been publishing editorials on the benefits of adventuring with young people. There have been two such missives to date:

Teaching Kids to Roleplay is Only Natural is an excellent introduction, with tips and game suggestions for different age groups.

A Starter Guide to Roleplaying With Kids mentions one of my favorite strategy games, Fuzzy Heroes, and how to "hack" it into an adventure game (though I believe that by hack, the good Mr. Donahoo means to alter it, rather than chop it to pieces with an axe).

Here's hoping that Mr. Donahoo will continue in this vein for many more installments!

Christinariot Shows Us How It's Done - Over at the Kids-RPG Online Electronic Discussion Forum, the industrious and enthusiastic Christinariot explains how she ran a superhero adventure for three young people (ages 2-1/2 to 3-1/2). Of particular interest are her ideas on keeping her players interested and engaged in the story. Part one is currently up, and I am eagerly awaiting part two.

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