The Roleplay of Dylan

Dungeon and Dragons – Kids Rpg style

Tonight was a great night for gaming with Ean, my 5 year old. He has been asking to play Dungemon and Dragons pretty much since the last time we played newbiedm’s kidsrpg that I modified for Star Wars. Dinner was finished, dishes in the washer, and the table was clear. Time to play. I did stay true to newbiedm’s rules with a small exception – to extend the game I put in two red poker chips that were medicine potions that could be picked up.

Tonight I went for the classic fantasy Dungeons and Dragon, including a Green Dragon as well as a small dungeon. As I laid out the tiles, I thought of the quick plot in my head, but then Ean threw in the wrinkle. He wanted to be the Dragon and the bad guys. So, after some quick thought, we were ready. The basic plot was simple, the Green dragon was bored of playing with his current two friends. He flew out one night and kidnapped a young girl to be his friend to play with him and his other friends. The other two bad friends didn’t like that the Dragon brought a girl into their hideout so they closed the gate on the Dragon’s room keeping him and the kidnapped girl in there.

The heroes come in as they were friends of the young girl that was taken and they wanted to rescue her. As the dice would play out, such things wouldn’t come to happen.

Below is the recap and photos of how the events went.

The Heroes enter the dungeon.

The Green Dragon trapped in his room.

Ean’s character sheet and level switch for the gate

Reviewing the character sheet for the first combat.

Heroes enter – Magma man attempts to stop them, while the Tin man heads to gate switch.

Archer takes out Magma man.

The Dragon is free and mad about his friend.

Dwarf gets behind the Dragon, enough to irritate him.

Magma man healed by Tin Man, and the Heroes start going down.

Going for the final blow, the only bad roll. Dwarf is free to move around.

Dwarf ended up using potion on Swordsman, but alas, it was too little too late and the Heroes party ended up being wiped out. The bad guys cheered for joy as they have a new friend to play with and they stopped the heroes from invading their hideout.

The action was fast paced and Ean even roleplayed Magma Man and Tin man apologizing to the Dragon for putting him in the caged room.

And as always, as soon as I said “The End” – he was asking when we were going to play again. Makes a geek dad proud.

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