One-shot for an 11 year old’s birthday party 

It was fun! And you know, the kids fell right into roleplaying much easier than adults. That was a pleasant surprise, and made a lot of things easier as the session went on.

The key is first, having an adult around and second, knowing when to stand your ground. I run a game for friends from the neighborhood, I myself will turn 20 next year whilst they are between the ages of 12-17. Since we only have about 20-30 sessions behind us and we're all pretty inexperienced, I'm not surprised most of them do not understand how much work goes into being a DM and that out right mocking me for random stuff in game to seem cooler doesn't work. Patience and gritting ones teeth and enduring is the key. One day, they'll give it some thought and realise the DM isn't an enemy, rather the opposite. I want to make everyone's characters seem cool, but when the players are intentionally keeping secrets, even going as far as keeping their *backstories* secret from me, it's hard. But not impossible, it's a challenge I will undertake to be a better DM. And you are probably a great one as well, stranger.

@@OrangeDragon04 What?? They can’t keep their *backstory* secret from you. They don’t just need to learn that you are not the enemy of the game… They need to learn that you ARE the game. If you don’t know something, it isn’t real. I hope you are able to get there, because I love kids, but that sounds… not fun for you 😅

Wow, that's amazing. I bet they are!

@@ryanimeldm one of them invented a version of dnd within the game called "adventures for a while" (low-key my favourite dnd ripoff name ever), during combat on his turn he narrates the next part of his campaign that he's playing with the NPC companions

May i ask in what bizarre place such job even exists? Once i kinda had a random thought that disabled kids might benefit a lot from escape and inspiration that ttrpg provide. And that it would be so cool to DM such games as a sort of volunteer job but never new how to actually bring that idea to life.

@@Ana_Yeva look up 'minds at play' Australia for more information. Sorry if your not in Australia. But also it's not volunteer, is my actual paid job, pretty cool aye.

It's awesome that you're running for them! D&D clubs at school are such a great idea.

@@ryanimeldm Yeah! D&D clubs are super fun!

You got it!

I’ll have to check out Hero Kids, thanks for the heads up.

My kids are too young too. Hopefully in a year or two, though. I really look forward to playing with them!

​@@ryanimeldmfor the youngest, check out Amazing Tails. I picked up Kids on Bikes and Mausritter but haven't run campaigns yet. Mausritter core rulebook is free or practically free and there are several one shots and several complete campaign settings with a dozen or so adventures in the setting.

Playing DnD RAW with no simplifying probably won’t go well until at least 10-11 years old…13-15 is probably better but by then they won’t want to play with their parents..cuz teens lol

That sounds really interesting! It's probably a real challenge to run those sorts of environments and make them really feel as big as they are.

sorry, didn't see the source at the end ! Thank you for your time

Glad you found it! It should also be listed in the video description.

Thanks for asking! Not... yet. But that is the plan. I'll update here when it's available!

5th edition has its issues, no question. But one thing it did accomplish was giving a lot of really creative people a canvas for game design and innovation. The growth around 5e has been enormous. That said, all the growth and new ideas will probably leave 5e behind for something better eventually. But I think 5e deserves at least some of the credit.

Managed to run the full first chapter of the D&D Introductory adventure, The Lost Mine of Phandelver for six 11-13 year-olds recently, for my daughter's birthday. With no assistance from other parents (they all hid in the other room). It was nuts. I had to meet them on their level a lot, abandoning much of the intended tone of the setting, but good DMing is really about yes-anding with your players. Fun is more important than by-the-book correctness. I had to raise my voice a fair amount, and get strict when dice got thrown around the room. But they all got a chance to shine, and they all wanted another go. I told the parents that I'd do it monthly if someone else arranged the event. 😊