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Review of Penelope Half-Pint Makes a Friend

Penelope Half-Pint Makes a Friend is a children’s picture and storybook about Penelope Half-Pint, a character who you may recognize from the Heroes of the Vale D&D show and from the Idle Champions game! It’s written by Penelope’s creator and actor, Hope LeVelle, and it comes with a great message about meeting others with an open heart.

Making a Tabletop RPG for YOUR Particular Kid: A Guide for Families, Friends, and Facilitators

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The TTRPGkids ZiMo2024 project, Making a TTRPG for YOUR Particular Kid, is live!

TTRPGkids is funding a book on Making a Tabletop RPG for YOUR Particular Kid! This guide for families and writers walks you through creating a kid-specific TTRPG from the condensed knowledge of the over 350 articles from the ENnie awarded resource!

Review of Rolling With the Youth

Rolling With the Youth by Jaclyn Lewis is a fantastic guide for anyone facilitating youth-focused TTRPGs. Walking you through the steps of how to run a game while tackling the nuance of working with kids and teens, it is perfect for getting ready for after school programs, library sessions, or games with your kid’s friends.

Coming soon! Making a Tabletop RPG for YOUR Particular Kid by Steph from TTRPGkids

Launching Jan 16 for ZiMo2024: Making a Tabletop RPG for YOUR Particular Kid by Steph from TTRPGkids!

Review: Wizards, Warriors, and Wellness from The Bodhana Group

Wizards, Warriors, and Wellness by Jack Berkenstock and Baron Blakley from The Bodhana Group is a wonderful intro to therapeutic tabletop RPGs whether you’re a therapist or layperson and experienced or new to applied gaming.

Review of Kittens & Dragons a CYOA and search-and-find game for kids!

Kittens & Dragons from Van Ryder Games is a graphic novel choose-your-own-adventure (CYOA) style story that uses search-and-find mechanics instead of dice! It’s great for running solo or with your kids for a good read, a fun game, and a wonderful adventure!

Review of Let’s Roll: A Guide to Setting up Tabletop Role-Playing Games in your School or Public Library

Let’s Roll is a guide for librarians to introduce youth tabletop RPG groups in their communities and schools! This book is written by a librarian for librarians and explains everything from how to propose a program to what TTRPGs you should try with your group to how to run your first game. Check it out for tips, case study examples, and more!

Review: Teacher-Gamer Handbook, a guide for TTRPG educators

Teacher-Gamer Handbook is a guide for educators to learn the ins and outs of effectively running a tabletop RPG class! This book covers class outlines and activities, detailed explanations of the skills kids learn through TTRPGs, tips for addressing common concern points, and SO much more! As a teacher-gamer who uses TTRPG elements in the class that I teach, I loved getting to check this out, and I hope you do too!

Review of The ABCs of D&D!

The ABCs of D&D is a fun way for us tabletop gamers to start sharing our hobby with our kids and teach about the ABCs! I received this book as a gift from a good friend after kiddo (now 4yo) was born, and we’ve read it many times since. I’m happy to be sharing this review with you today, and I hope you enjoy it too!