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Review of the Familiar Finders books, a story and journal combo for kids!

The Familiar Finders is a set of books designed for kids to imagine a fantastic hidden world filled with creatures that have a magical form AND to journal about it!  While not a typical tabletop RPG, this book combo encourages kids to go out in nature and imagine the world of the familiars, kind of like a journaling LARP (live action roleplay) adventure!  It’s encouraged my kid to go on many walks since we’ve started playing, and I hope you enjoy it too!
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Online kid-focused tabletop RPG classes and facilitators for hire!

If your kids want to get into tabletop RPGs or have mentioned D&D a few times, but you aren’t sure what to do or they’re having trouble finding a group, there’s lots of organizations, classes, and DM’s for hire online that specialize in running games for kids! Check them out here!
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Review of Roll for Initiative, a middle grade book about friendship, self-confidence, and D&D!

Roll for Initiative by Jaime Formato is a middle grade book all about making friends and finding oneself with some help from D&D!  It follows the story of Riley as she rolls with life’s changes when her big brother (and D&D DM) moves away for college.  She grows, makes friends, and starts running her own campaign… and, especially when her brother comes back home and tries to run things his way, learns that she maybe likes taking the initiative.
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Tips and tricks for pacing tabletop RPGs for kids

I’ve gotten a few questions about how pacing tabletop RPGs for kids is different than pacing a tabletop RPG for adults, and the answer is actually a bit complicated since it depends significantly on your kid (there’s a big difference between pacing a game for a 4 year old, a 9 year old, or a 15 year old).  Despite this range and variation though, there are common techniques that can apply to any age range AND there’s some easy ways to reframe them so they can more easily apply to kids!
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Giveaway for the TTRPGkids foodie games!

This is a giveaway for a set of food-themed tabletop RPGs by TTRPGkids! Each game is food themed (either in the mechanics, the setting, or the goal) and is aimed age ranges from pre-K to all ages, depending on the specific game. I’ve written and illustrated all of the games being given away in this bundle, and I hope you enjoy them!
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Review of 16 Mice Make Soup (MouSoup), a tabletop RPG for 2-16 MouChefs!

16 Mice Make Soup (or MouSoup) is an RP heavy tabletop RPG that works for up to 16 players (!!) and revolves around everyone creating a wonderful dish together that showcases each MouChef’s special ingredient to dazzle the judge with your fantastic creations!