This Month in Children's RPGs: Back to School! Now available on Youtube

This month in children’s RPGs with Family Fantasy RPG and TTRPGkids – Back to School!

In this episode of “This Month in Children’s RPGs”, we chat about some cool projects that we’re seeing pop up on the radar AND get into some ideas for back-to-school TTRPGs while discussing how TTRPGs can be great educational tools (both in the classroom and out)!
Interview with Austin Baker, TTRPG prof

Interview with Austin Baker, TTRPG prof

Today’s chat is with Austin Baker, creator of “Lieberstein Living Museum”, and educational TTRPG/LARP that has been used with college students!  I was really excited to meet another TTRPG college professor, and he’s got a great game to share with everyone along with some wonderful experiences and insights about TTRPGs and EDU.
Review of Penelope Half-Pint Makes a Friend

Review of Penelope Half-Pint Makes a Friend

Penelope Half-Pint Makes a Friend is a children’s picture and storybook about Penelope Half-Pint, a character who you may recognize from the Heroes of the Vale D&D show and from the Idle Champions game! It’s written by Penelope’s creator and actor, Hope LeVelle, and it comes with a great message about meeting others with an open heart.
DIY AoE Aide + Geometry Lesson

Tips and Tricks: DIY Area of Effect Aide for TTRPGs + Geometry Lesson for Young Kids

In this tips and tricks post, I’m going to show an easy way to help with area of effect zones in tabletop RPGs using a very simple kid-friendly craft! I also show how you can use these to teach key concepts to young kids, like counting by fives, what a radius is, and understanding diagonals while also getting into how to level this up for higher concepts (i.e. using different shapes or teaching volume/circumference).
TTRPGkids episode 15 on Ludology podcast

TTRPGkids on Ludology Podcast, Episode 15: Breakdown of Inspirisles as an EDU TTRPG

TTRPGkids has a regular spot on Ludology Podcast, and in this part of the series, I’ll be talking about educational TTRPGs! Episdoe 15 breaks down how Inspirisles provides an EDU focused game with its mechanics and format to showcase elements that make an EDU TTRPG just that.
TTRPG classroom: In-game chemistry experiments for elementary school

Tabletop RPG Classroom: In-Game Chemistry Experiments for Elementary School Kids

Kicking off a new type of TTRPGkids article, check out below for tips on how to structure a tabletop RPG around chemistry class experiments to get kids, either at home or in school, engaged with some awesome science lessons!  This first article will cover how to structure a classroom game with an example experiment set and story for kids in elementary school.  Future articles will include examples for middle school and high school, so stay tuned too!