My son came up to me and said, I'd like to play D&D. I've played a little bit when I was younger, but wasn't really involved much. I bought the starter pack for Christmas, and I'm forcing my wife to play too. I figure even if it's something he doesn't like it now. Its something where the family can spend time together. I hope he really loves this.
Good on ya. You’ll need to adjust encounter sizes for just two people or they’re gunna die real quick. My (teenage) kids have roped friends in to play (I’m the DM) - we still get family time but the gameplays better. The starter kit is a great introduction though.
My fondest memories growing up were receiving the 2nd edition players handbook from my uncle on my 10th birthday (it was like a rite of passage) and then getting to join the adults at the gaming table on the weekends and then over the summer.
That's so cool, my first interaction was when my brother invited me to a game. He was just starting out as a DM, and he was just so angry cus i didn't understand the rules or anything. I was 6 at the time. I promise myself that my son will have a better first time then i did.
The starter set is a great way to begin. I recommend having the players use the pre-generated characters, but you as DM need to read the backgrounds of any of the pregens they choose. The DM's booklet in the set does not point that out, but it is very important, especially with one of the pregens. Have fun!
What I did is I had my wife and sister roll characters and I sent a pre-gen with them as an NPC. I roped another friend in too. You generally want to keep the party around 4, that way they can have a little of everything for whatever they come across. Whatever they don't have in the party have them meet that person as an NPC in their first stop.
My group had two for about 3 years , I just got a 3rd player in October. I have a pc with them that I control but sucks at combat but know the most about the world. All I do is lower the bad guys hit points and scale back on their spells and it balances out. D&D is a perfect family game as it gives you that time, they have to talk and plan things and if you do it right the players will go behind your back to plan ways to screw up your bad guys plan. My god kids are off school for two weeks and want me to teach them so that should be fun.
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My son came up to me and said, I'd like to play D&D. I've played a little bit when I was younger, but wasn't really involved much. I bought the starter pack for Christmas, and I'm forcing my wife to play too. I figure even if it's something he doesn't like it now. Its something where the family can spend time together. I hope he really loves this.
Good on ya. You’ll need to adjust encounter sizes for just two people or they’re gunna die real quick. My (teenage) kids have roped friends in to play (I’m the DM) - we still get family time but the gameplays better. The starter kit is a great introduction though.
I figure my son's gonna rope his fiends in on this too.
My fondest memories growing up were receiving the 2nd edition players handbook from my uncle on my 10th birthday (it was like a rite of passage) and then getting to join the adults at the gaming table on the weekends and then over the summer.
That's so cool, my first interaction was when my brother invited me to a game. He was just starting out as a DM, and he was just so angry cus i didn't understand the rules or anything. I was 6 at the time. I promise myself that my son will have a better first time then i did.
The starter set is a great way to begin. I recommend having the players use the pre-generated characters, but you as DM need to read the backgrounds of any of the pregens they choose. The DM's booklet in the set does not point that out, but it is very important, especially with one of the pregens. Have fun!
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What I did is I had my wife and sister roll characters and I sent a pre-gen with them as an NPC. I roped another friend in too. You generally want to keep the party around 4, that way they can have a little of everything for whatever they come across. Whatever they don't have in the party have them meet that person as an NPC in their first stop.
My group had two for about 3 years , I just got a 3rd player in October. I have a pc with them that I control but sucks at combat but know the most about the world. All I do is lower the bad guys hit points and scale back on their spells and it balances out. D&D is a perfect family game as it gives you that time, they have to talk and plan things and if you do it right the players will go behind your back to plan ways to screw up your bad guys plan. My god kids are off school for two weeks and want me to teach them so that should be fun.