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reetings to you, eager adventurers, explorers, investigators,
inventors, and pioneers, all! Welcome to the official
site of the Young Person's Adventure League!
This
internet page device is devoted to the subject
of playing tabletop role-playing games with young people.
Tabletop, or pen-and-paper RPGs, are the kind played
with dice and books, not the type that require a computer
or game console. It's the old-fashioned way of getting
into a grand adventure, and many of us older folks feel
that it's still the best way. |
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 UPDATE
- 9 October, 2008A.D.:
Game designer F. Douglas Wall
is looking for people to playtest his upcoming
RPG based on L. Frank Baum's Oz. Since
this is a roleplaying game that would be of particular
interest to many young people, I have agreed to
help him find suitable playtesters. If you would
like to participate, you can contact him at konradthebarbarian
/at/ yahoo /dot/ com.
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- 2 July, 2008A.D.:
It is with great pleasure that
I announce the success of all of the
adventures that were set upon at the 2008
Origins Ludic Amusement Convocation!
A fine group of adventurepersons volunteered for
each, all of them ready to strike out into unknown
(and occasionally very silly) territory.
I
will eventually have reports on all of the adventures
on the Origins
2008 Adventure Report page, so please keep
checking back. I also plan to have all of the
adventures, complete with characters, in a PDF,
ready-to-run format, so that you can download
them and enjoy some adventure at home! Watch this
space for the status of both of these.
Already,
I am plotting new courses for adventure in 2009!
I have a few ideas for future adventures, including
- and I may live to regret this - a LARP, or Live
Action RolePlaying game. If you have any suggestions
of things that you would like to see at the next
Young Person's Adventure League program, please
feel free to contact me at  !
If
you enjoyed the events at Origins, or would like
to let the good people at Origins know how much
you appreciate role-playing programs for young
people, please consider contacting them to let
them know how you feel. You may contact Trey Reilly
via electronic post at programs@gama.org.
Be sure to mention my (real) name (W.J. Walton)
and The Escapist/Young Person's Adventure
League when you do so! |
| UPDATE
- 20 May, 2008A.D.:
Your friend and Adventure League
chairman, Dr. Awkward, will be hosting a series
of excursions at the Origins
Ludic Amusement Convocation in Columbus,
Ohio during the last week of June.
Or,
in layman's terms - I will be hosting a series
of adventure games for young people at the Origins
Game Fair this summer. If you are planning
to attend, please look for me!
For
more information on the games I'll be hosting,
visit the Origins
2008 Excursion Agenda page.
The
events can fill quickly, so please register as
early as possible - and if you don't get a chance
to play in the game that you wanted to, stop by
just to say "Hello" - I may even be
able to arrange some off-the cuff adventures while
I'm there.
See
you in Ohio! |
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UPDATE
- 13 July, 2007A.D.:
The RPGs for Kids events
that I organized for the Origins
Game Fair were a resounding success! Both
events sold out completely, and all attendants
were sturdy, stalwart folk, ready for adventure.
A grand time was had by all!
For
the curious who were unable to attend - I ran
one adventure each of TOON
and Faery's
Tale. Both games were attended by young
people and seasoned adventurers (moms and dads)
alike. To see a full report on the adventures,
click here.
Due
to the success of these expeditions, I feel the
only proper course of action would be to organize
even more of them next year at Origins
2008, in order to give more young people the opportunity
to participate. I am plotting more courses even
now for expeditions to Meddling
Kids, The Zantabulous
Zorceror of Zo, The
Prince's Kingdom, and TOON
and Faery's
Tale, of course!
If
you happen to be one of the players who participated,
I thank you for making my events something special,
and I hope to see you next summer! |
UPDATE - 30 May, 2007A.D.:
John H. Kim, captain of the excellent
RPGs
for Kids page, has recently posted a report,
complete with photographs, of a recent adventure
he helmed for a young lady (and several of her
friends) at her 11th birthday party. Visit Capt.
Kim's on-line paperless journal to find out
more! |
Other
Fine Resources
Be
sure to visit these other fine internet resources on
young people and gaming:
The
Kids-RPG
Yahoo group is a long-running online
discussion group devoted to kids and RPGs. To read
or post to the group, you must have a Yahoo account,
which is free of charge.
Dragonkin
is a kids-and-RPGs podcast hosted by Sam Chupp,
founder of the Kids-RPG Yahoo group and author
of numerous role-playing games and supplements,
including Changeling: The Dreaming. Give
a listen to Sam as he talks about gaming with
kids, conducts interviews with young gamers,
and more!
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Dice 'n'
Diapers features articles, editorials,
reviews, and a forum, all on the topic of being a
gamer parent - "Because gamers do breed..."
Firefly
Games is a game publishing company based
in northern California that designs and publishes
quality child- and family-friendly games - such as
Monster Island and Faery's Tale -
for all ages. Their site also contains a forum
where you can often find great discussions on gaming
with young people.
RPGs for Kids - a list compiled by Sophie
Lagacé. Her list includes tabletop wargames
such as Fuzzy Heroes, as well as many of
the same games found here in the Adventurer's
Atlas page, plus a few others not found here.
Youth
for Creative Adventure Storytelling is
an organization that develops roleplaying programs
for kids during summer breaks and in afterschool sessions
during the school year, to help them use the knowledge
they have gained in school and exercise their problem
solving and teamwork skills.
Remember
to check back here regularly to this new-fangled
internet-scape page site for future updates, articles,
reviews, and adventures. Good luck, fare well, and keep
your dice dry!
Dr. Otto Awkward
Commander-in-Chief, Young Person's Adventure League
Anna, the Time Traveling Palindromedary
Camel-in-Chief, Young Camel's Adventure League
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