Tuesday, February 26, 2008
My son the Dungeon Master
This is the totally true story that motivated me to finally start a blog.
Sunday afternoons at Chez Manke are for D&D. My current campaign is centered in the small fishing village of Squidbush Flats. We play with miniatures on a vinyl battlemat, drawing in the scene with overhead pens. My son Jacob (who's almost 5) and our friends' daughter Angel (who's little over 5) usually go play elsewhere, but this week they stayed to watch and asked if they could play with us.
Since ours is a grown-up game, Mel set them up to play on their own. They got a smaller battlemat, some pens, and a plastic mini for each of them. They had a blast, taking turns drawing adventures for their minis!
Since then, this has become Jacob's favorite thing to do in the evenings. I'll sit down with him after dinner, and I'll draw a rough outline of rooms, and he'll fill in the contents. For example, I'll draw a kitchen, and then he'll draw a fridge, stove, and anything else he can think of. Our minis move around and find treasure and avoid traps. Then we'll switch and he'll draw the whole map!
We've also started to integrate LEGO bricks into the adventures. It's bound to get even more fun!
Sunday afternoons at Chez Manke are for D&D. My current campaign is centered in the small fishing village of Squidbush Flats. We play with miniatures on a vinyl battlemat, drawing in the scene with overhead pens. My son Jacob (who's almost 5) and our friends' daughter Angel (who's little over 5) usually go play elsewhere, but this week they stayed to watch and asked if they could play with us.
Since ours is a grown-up game, Mel set them up to play on their own. They got a smaller battlemat, some pens, and a plastic mini for each of them. They had a blast, taking turns drawing adventures for their minis!
Since then, this has become Jacob's favorite thing to do in the evenings. I'll sit down with him after dinner, and I'll draw a rough outline of rooms, and he'll fill in the contents. For example, I'll draw a kitchen, and then he'll draw a fridge, stove, and anything else he can think of. Our minis move around and find treasure and avoid traps. Then we'll switch and he'll draw the whole map!
We've also started to integrate LEGO bricks into the adventures. It's bound to get even more fun!
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