Tips & Tricks: Turning Solo Journaling Games Into Group Games for Your Family, Class, Library, or Convention Group!
Ever find a solo journaling game and REALLY want to share it with your friends and family during game night? …
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Natural Consequences to Actions in TTRPGs
This article by TTRPGkids is part of a parallel shared guest post with Thomas Wilson, a Neuro Diversity Specialist, who…
The Art of Building Bridges: Conflict Resolution, From the Perspective of a Neuro Diversity Specialist, by Thomas R Wilson
Written by: Thomas R Wilson- Owner of R&H Creative Advocacy and Storytelling LLC This article by another writer is part…
TTRPG Tips & Tricks: The Chaos Dragon, a tool for keeping attention and facilitating fun chaos
This post is going to be about a GM character who has helped me run MANY games and let me…
How TTRPGs help us with making mistakes
TTRPGs can be a fun and effective way to help young players improve confidence in both themselves and their skills by nature of what the game is. In this post, I’ll highlight some of what I have seen with my own kiddo and how TTRPGs have helped them to grow more confident in everything from school subjects to life in general.
Keys Elements of Crafting a Sensory-friendly Game Space: From the View of Point of a Sensory-Friendly Game Master
Feeling comfortable in your gaming space is highly important to being able to enjoy and learn from the games you’re playing. Check out here for a guest post discussion from Thomas Wilson, a ND Specialist, on his advice for creating sensory-friendly spaces for your players.
Tips and Tricks: DIY Creature Dice Box
Check out this craft for using spare boxes to make a creature-themed dice holder or roller! It uses minimal materials, and it’s customizable to the creature that your kid picks.
Learning to learn through TTRPGs
Today’s article talks about how TTRPGs help us practice skills and attitudes that foster a love of learning and help us to be good at it!
Tips and Tricks: DIY Area of Effect Aide for TTRPGs + Geometry Lesson for Young Kids
In this tips and tricks post, I’m going to show an easy way to help with area of effect zones in tabletop RPGs using a very simple kid-friendly craft! I also show how you can use these to teach key concepts to young kids, like counting by fives, what a radius is, and understanding diagonals while also getting into how to level this up for higher concepts (i.e. using different shapes or teaching volume/circumference).
My kid wants to play D&D – now what?
Your kid overhears your D&D game, sees it played in Stranger Things, or comes home all excited that their friend has told them about this awesome new game… and they ask you if they can play D&D too!
Now what? Whether you’re looking for a how to guide, D&D suggestions, D&D alternatives, or just some general advice on what to expect, check out here for a quick guide on where to start from the ENnie awarded TTRPGkids site and the author of “Making a Tabletop RPG for YOUR Particular Kid”!