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Tips and tricks: all-ages friendly TTRPG festival challenges

This article is to help give some ideas for all-ages-friendly festival challenges to include in your TTRPGs! Festivals are great plot devices for having a special holiday game, adding to the culture of your fantasy world, or just because, and there’s a ton of options for creating festivals that are exciting, engaging, and fun for any age and player.

Featured Project: Brambletrek, a multiplayer OR solo journaling tabletop RPG for all ages!

I’ve been very excited for Brambletrek to launch and am happy to share more info with you in this featured project article! The Backerkit campaign is already fully funded and is adventuring through stretch goals – check it out here to get more details and see where to try out Brambletrek!

TTRPGkids holiday gift guide submissions

Every year, TTRPGkids features creators, charities, and games for the holidays so families and friends can find cool TTRPG gifts…

Review for Cozy Companion vol 3: All Things Nautical

Cozy Companion is a magazine from Snowbright Studio that includes TTRPG adventures, project features, and activities for all ages (kids and adults can both enjoy) that all revolve around a particular theme for each issue! This review is for Cozy Companion volume 3: All Things Nautical!

Featured Project: Our Family Plays Games

Our Family Plays Games is a wonderful family who is sharing their love of gaming with the community and could use your help with their mission! Check out here for info on all of the work they’ve been doing and see how you can support!

Tips and Tricks: Non-violent TTRPG environmental challenge ideas

This article has a whole bunch of ideas and examples for creating environmental challenges to try out in your games! I receive a lot of questions or comments about how to give more action-packed but non-violent encounters for young players, and environmental challenges are one of my favorite go-tos.

Review of Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy: A Guide for the Clinician Game Master

Tabletop Role-Playing Therapy by Dr. Megan Connell is a guide for clinicians looking to use TTRPGs with their clients. As a layperson, this was also an amazing exploration into why our regular, non-guided sessions and campaigns can feel therapeutic, and it has deepened my perspective on what TTRPGs can be – I hope you find it as engaging as I have!

Helpful tools for tabletop RPGs and D&D for kids

TTRPGkids itself is a tool for supporting kid-friendly TTRPGs, but there’s A LOT more out there to check out too!…

Featured Project: A Million Lightyears Away

A Million Lightyears Away is a space themed TTRPG for ages 8-12 that features kid characters, Year Zero mechanics adjusted for younger players, and tips on creating a streamlined campaign for children! Check it out here!

Using TTRPGs to teach resilience in life and in school

Resilience is a critical skill that affects how we handle life’s twists and turns, and, while it is important for adults to learn too, it is imperative that kids have the opportunity to pick up resilience skills to help them later in life, in handling their current school load, and more… And TTRPGs are an excellent way to practice handling failure and dealing with life’s nat 1’s.