I’m in my mid 30’s, I have 2 kids, and the oldest one is about to turn 7.
So I think he is coming to the age where I want to teach him, or begin to talk to him about fantasy role playing, how it works and the basic western canonical lore (elf, dwarfs, magic and so on).
He has already seen me play some RPGs on my PC, and he was rather curious about it.
Yesterday I bought him/me* a Magic (the card game) beginners pack, and he thought the cards were rather cool. I was about the same age when I got my first Magic cards (in 1994-95).
*I realised that my collection of Magic
cards, that I discarded/passed on, one way or another about 10 years ago, was/are actually worth a good penny nowadays .
My next idea is to start reading “The Hobbit” to him, as a bedtime story.
My parents didn’t actively try to push the fantasy/RPG phenomenon upon me, so I was about 13 when I finally started reading “The Hobbit” on my own.
At the same time Diablo 2 came out.
D2, is the game that almost single-handedly is responsible for me learning English, as a second language.
I was only allowed to play an hour, or two, every day, but there were no restrictions on reading the rather comprehensive manual that you received with the game, over and over again.
Even today I think that localising video games, hampers the huge potential for video games in helping people to learn English.
So in the end what I think is useful about telling kids about RPGs and made up lore, is that it is a helpful tool for learning how to view existence in different ways, and sort of be better to understand how people goes through their lives.
TL;DR
What are people’s experience with teaching children (theirs) about fantasy and role playing in general?
So I think he is coming to the age where I want to teach him, or begin to talk to him about fantasy role playing, how it works and the basic western canonical lore (elf, dwarfs, magic and so on).
He has already seen me play some RPGs on my PC, and he was rather curious about it.
Yesterday I bought him/me* a Magic (the card game) beginners pack, and he thought the cards were rather cool. I was about the same age when I got my first Magic cards (in 1994-95).
*I realised that my collection of Magic
cards, that I discarded/passed on, one way or another about 10 years ago, was/are actually worth a good penny nowadays .
My next idea is to start reading “The Hobbit” to him, as a bedtime story.
My parents didn’t actively try to push the fantasy/RPG phenomenon upon me, so I was about 13 when I finally started reading “The Hobbit” on my own.
At the same time Diablo 2 came out.
D2, is the game that almost single-handedly is responsible for me learning English, as a second language.
I was only allowed to play an hour, or two, every day, but there were no restrictions on reading the rather comprehensive manual that you received with the game, over and over again.
Even today I think that localising video games, hampers the huge potential for video games in helping people to learn English.
So in the end what I think is useful about telling kids about RPGs and made up lore, is that it is a helpful tool for learning how to view existence in different ways, and sort of be better to understand how people goes through their lives.
TL;DR
What are people’s experience with teaching children (theirs) about fantasy and role playing in general?
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