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thanks for sharing your daughters negative experiences with D&D Frank, it made me more cautious in my approach since my daughter is quite sensitive to any form of violence or even “bad guys”. Im hoping the Faery Tales thing will accomodate that.

Rue – thanks for that v funny tribute link. It does however add to my theory that your real reason for unschooling is to trawl the net with your kids looking for obscure but hilarious youtube videos & cartoons.. i notice that you didnt put that in your book though

Zanya – i agree re the best games are the ones you diy… but i am really grateful for some help after much annabel story fatigue over the last couple of years

Trish – thanks for that reminder re the accent. I forget that most people who read this site are from the US. Hoping your accent goes down ok in Costa Rica! Oh and by the way, if i could tap into the wiggle empire id wear a skivvy and jump shake my fingers around any day!

Bek – thanks for the tip re White Wolf’s Changeling, im going to track that down now… good luck with your toddlers initiation btw.

I haven’t heard of Faery’s Tale but it sounds like fun. If she’s into fae and the like I highly recommend White Wolf’s Changeling, it can be as happy lala or as gothic as you want to make it, and if she finds the character sheet too heavy you could probably water it down a bit (it’s about four A4 pages long from memory).

That and I have very fond memories of my slightly psychopathic kleptomanic dragon pooka

Hm and thank you for reminding me, might be time to introduce my toddlers to the dark side…

Well, actually, I laughed at first because I managed to forget where you come from, and after the music and the first sounds of the voice, I IM’d Arp with an, “Oh my gosh! I think he’s a Wiggle!” But then I quickly adjusted and loved loved loved it!!

Trish

We now as a family (our kids are 19 and12) play games like Everquest and World of Warcraft.

But before daughter was old enough for those, she and I often played our very own make-believe (really, isn’t that what an rpg is anyway?) versions with costumes and treasure (anything can be treasure when you’re playing with a 5 year old). Sometimes Hubby would tear himself away from his computer and play Riddle Troll blocking our entrance to the Cave of Wonders and making us answer his silly riddles.

We’d make up skills and powers and our four cats served very nicely as dragons that needed slaying (or chased into the basement).

And though I agree the “Faery Tales” game does sound interesting, I’m sure it’s not nearly as much fun as making your own adventures up together.

cheers
Kelli

http://www.xkcd.com/393/

Now that she’s 14, she’s about to go to a sleepover birthday (this weekend) where they plan to play marathon D&D. I’m hoping for a less stressful result. (VBG)