The Greying of the Hobby

[Paul]

My son is 5 now, so I thought it was about time I let him play with “Dads dudes”. I quickly threw down a felt battlefield with a few aquarium plants that are waiting to be used on jungle terrain bases and hauled out my painted Star Wars Command figures. I played Emperor Palpatine with a bodyguard of 4 Imperial Guards and 20 or so stormtroopers vs. an assortment of (anachronistic) rebel scum. We played a simple opposed die roll for any kind of combat resolution (I used d6, the boy used d20 to give him a “slight” advantage), all figures could move the length of a ruler, and we took turns taking actions with a single figure at a time.

It was a great success, and I have been forced to play a dungeon crawl game and a co-op zombie game with him too (all with similarly simple die mechanics, fudged rolls and on the spot rule making). Great fun. Hopefully we have another wargamer in the making.

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Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!

[Rhoderic]

Careful there. A week from now he’ll be having heated online arguments about Murat’s cavalry charge at Eylau and the proper tactical use of the M26 Pershing in Korea 

[Victoria Dickson]

I hope you both made appropriate sound effects for blasters and light sabres when rolling the dice.  

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[Anonymous]

He doesn’t seem to have any gray hairs…

[Deleted User]

Anyone who can put a smile like that on their kid’s face is a great father.

 

Well done, sir.

 

donald

[Paul]

Rhoderic: I dread the day. He is already a stubborn little thing.
Victoria: I left all the sound effects to him. Best ones were in the zombie game. He does a great zombie groan and “braaaaaaiinss.”
Glenn: No grey hairs on him, but hes giving me plenty.
Ochoin: Thanks

Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!

[The Gorb]

I played with both my daughter and my son for many years.

Daughter stayed in until  she was 15.  Something about never rolling dice against a little girl kept her going.  She is 23 now.

Son lasted until he was 13.  Went off to play football and never came back.  He is 21 now.

With luck, I will  live long enough to corrupt my grandchildren.

Regards, The Gorb

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