Comments on: Family Game

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:30:00 +0000

I would heartily recommend the Ghostbusters RPG, if you can track down a copy, as lets face it everyone knows that milieu, and if they han’t you can just pop in the film (and are they in for a treat!). That game had it all. Alternatively how about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – don’t laugh, my friends and I had great fun creating characters out of our fave animals at school…And remember, the next time someone asks if you’re a god, you say YES…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:24:00 +0000

The Buffy RPG?

By: OlmanFeelyus

OlmanFeelyus — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:56:00 +0000

Maybe ask your wife and daughter what setting/genre they are particularly interested in or want to play in and then pick the game/system. Savage Worlds has a lot of material out there, all ready for you that may fit the bill (great stuff like, say, The Pirate’s Guide to Freeport ;)) but maybe there is some other game that will better fit the kind of world they want to play in.

By: Normorgwae

Normorgwae — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:42:00 +0000

I've never played Marvel Saga but if you know the system and they are interested it sounds like a winner.

Though, I gotta ask, why Marvel Saga instead of Mutants and Masterminds? It's not like finding a build for any even marginally popular character takes long on the M&M; boards.

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Dude.
Bunnies and Burrows. Extra credit if you can dig up the original FGU edition.

or else Nobilis.

;-)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Try Primetime Adventures. It’s a simple card-driven system that can emulate just about anything. Character generation is a snap and its designed to be played within a couple of hours.

By: rick

rick — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:37:00 +0000

Marvel Comics already has the answer you’re looking for: X-23!

“A top-secret program is tasked to replicate the original Weapon X experiment that produced the feral mutant Wolverine. The project is taken in a new direction: Doctor Martin Sutter recruits renowned mutant geneticist Doctor Sarah Kinney to develop a clone of Wolverine.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-23

By: Court Dimon

Court Dimon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:55:00 +0000

What – no WFRP or A Song of Ice and Fire RPG? Do let us know how it goes – all of us with children out here are interested!

By: Robin Lea

Robin Lea — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:28:00 +0000

I always wanted to try that Marvel Saga game, but could never get more than one person in my group interested.

Do you remember a game that WotC put out back in the 90’s – I think it was even before they bought TSR – called Everway? That might be a good one to try. I just found out about it last year and picked up a copy on eBay. It has a neat card-based resolution system with its own version of the tarot, and a strong storytelling (as opposed to hacking) focus. And it’s purty.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:54:00 +0000

I'd be interested in hearing more about this. I've got two kids, currently 2.5 and 4 months, and I'm sure they'll be interested in at least giving it all a go at some point.

Isn't that game A Faery Tale designed as a starter game? Maybe not the subject matter?