Thanks everyone, I'm checking it all out now!
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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I know this is an old post, but I will give a +1 to Hero Kids for a few reasons:
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There's like 4 stats and all you need is a bunch of D6.
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The character sheets fit on an index card and are easy enough for a 6 year old to grasp everything on it.
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If you want to run their setting, tons of info is provided with quest seeds and pre-made adventures, and it is super easy to adapt to a different setting, or even totally different genre, because of how simple the stats are.
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It has a great monster compendium, with tons of fantasy monsters, with notes on balancing encounters.
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If you want to get creative and make totally custom monsters, the information included on balancing gives you all the tools to do that.
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The PDF bundle on DriveThruRPG is like $20 for the PDFs of most of the adventures, the core book, the monster compendium, and the gazetteer, all of which are great.
I'm running an ongoing campaign with a 6 year old, a 7.5 year old and my 16 year old sister. We had a 3 hour session last time, and the ADHD 6 year old was there for the whole thing (with a couple 5 minute breaks).
If you have any questions about it let me know. I'm not a super experienced GM. I've only run Hero Kids and Genesys, with being a GM in Hero Kids being my intro to TTRPGs.