educational – TTRPGkids

Featured Project: Epilogue, a spooky spelling TTRPG about your adventure’s end

Check out Epilogue for a fun twist on creating adventures in retrospect AND some awesome story-driving spelling mechanics that are great for both adults to play with vocab and for kids to practice reading skills!

How TTRPGs engage learners

In this article, we’ll take a look at a few of the ways tabletop role-playing games can engage learners, be used for intentional educational elements, and help kids see learning as fun instead of as a chore.

Whither and Whence A Measurement Game for Getting to Granny's

Review of Whither and Whence, a TTRPG that teaches kids measuring!

Whither and Whence is a measuring-based story game for kids! It teaches key math and logic skills alongside collaborative storytelling and is great for young players.

Educational tabletop RPGs for kids and teens

Check out this list of tabletop RPGs that have education as their core focus! From math and writing to science and SEL, these games cover a variety of skills that you can use in your classes or at home!

Featured Project, GOOD NATURE: The Complete Facilitator’s Guide – An Educational TTRPG by Marco A. Torres

In 2022, I played and reviewed a copy of GOOD NATURE (you can find the review here) and it was…

Adventure Workbooks: The Word Wizard

TTRPGkids is coming out with Adventure Workbooks! These are playable stories that teach different milestone curriculum skills, like reading sight words, writing, and math, in a fun and engaging way!

The God Corpse D&D 5e adventure cover art of a floating god over mountains

Review of The God Corpse, a D&D adventure for teaching biology!

The God Corpse is a D&D 5e adventure made to teach students about biology! Explore the body of a 6 mile tall humanoid and learn about how different parts of the body function in a fun and memorable way!

Featured project: STARSWORN, Teaching Literacy Through Games!

I am excited to share with you info on the Starsworn kickstarter!! I’ve played Starsworn with my kid several times and LOVED it – am I happy to see it kickstarting for a physical copy… and doing so well! Find out more info here and check out the kickstarter while you can!!

Good Nature tabletop RPG - cover, sheet, and dice

Review of Good Nature – a collaborative journaling tabletop RPG!

Good Nature is a tabletop RPG for kids that focuses on collaboration and education. There’s elements of rules-lite gaming and journaling fused into one game that revolves around a positive core set of stats and specific Common Core Anchor Standards educational skills. Good Nature is a great system for creating fun educational RPG scenarios for kids and comes with its own awesome premade adventure too!

TTRPGkids interview: Scriv the Bard talks about tabletop games for kids and Bard RPG!

I had the pleasure to chat with Scriv the Bard about her experiences, how she’s blended her background in psychology with a love of gaming, and her current kickstarter, Bard RPG. Scriv has run tabletop RPG’s with kids for a while and has designed Bard RPG based on the insights gained from gaming with kids!