I've got a couple of nephews that I'd like to get into something new. How old do you think that you have to be to adequately understand this game with help? Have any of you had experience teaching young kids how to play this game?

Not too old, because i'm ten years old and got seventh place in a tournament with about 40 people all at least 20 years older than me.

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From reading various other posts and battle reports it seems around 6 is when they can understand everything going on and offer up a good challenge. I think once you need 'higher quality' opponents I would guess around 12+, above post as an exception. It seems pretty simple to understand and hard to master.

There was a 12 year old at our local demo back in March who just schooled everyone in a Furball using Soontir and PtL. Seriously, the kid just got it.

My son is 7 months, and I think he's just about ready--as soon as he can grasp small objects reliably, we'll be good to go.

Not too old, because i'm ten years old and got seventh place in a tournament with about 40 people all at least 20 years older than me.

Good Lord, actually ten? Now I have to remember not to be hard on you when we disagree.

My son is 7 months, and I think he's just about ready--as soon as he can grasp small objects reliably, we'll be good to go.

Not too old, because i'm ten years old and got seventh place in a tournament with about 40 people all at least 20 years older than me.

Good Lord, actually ten? Now I have to remember not to be hard on you when we disagree.

Yeah, i'm actually ten. But you can still be hard on me. I don't mind.

I've had experience teaching kids to play 40k ( much more complex ).

It mainly matters about the kid but if you teach them young that they aren't toys as such they seem to have a little more respect for it.

One of my friends let's his 7yr old help him with 40k. He seems ok but I really think that it depends on the child.

It's true: Tiefanatic is 10. He's quite good, too. Of course, it's all due to the excellence of his sparring partner/teacher...

My son is four, and he's still a bit small. I think in a year or two, I'll start teaching him. So far, we're having fun with Little Orchard and the likes

I'm 15 and have been playing for like a year and a half. I think it really depends on the kid/person in particular. My 13 year old sister doesn't enjoy it much, and my 52 year old dad doesn't understand a lot of it. So ya it's case specific.

I've had experience teaching kids to play 40k ( much more complex ).

It mainly matters about the kid but if you teach them young that they aren't toys as such they seem to have a little more respect for it.

One of my friends let's his 7yr old help him with 40k. He seems ok but I really think that it depends on the child.

Yeah, i think it really does depend on the person too, i was 7 when i first started Warhammer, but when i tried to teach a friend who was older than me he didn't understand it.

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I feel old now

My six year old has picked it up fairly quickly. We started out slow and added aspects after a few games. A love of Star Wars adds to the desire to play and on Friday I'm unleashing him on a league night to see how he does. When teaching them, don't get discouraged that for some unknown reason their dice luck is 10 times better then yours.

My kid is five but he's not really into the rules of games right now. Maybe next year. What I have done is mount a couple of my old micro-machines on some third party stands that he can fly around while I play. Planting the seed.

I play all the time with my twelve year old nephew. The only problem with that is that he is obsessed with making Boba Fett work. Two thirds of the games I play are against Fett so it gets a little old playing against the same squad over and over. However, he is really digging the phantom so that has been fun

My son is four, and he's still a bit small. I think in a year or two, I'll start teaching him. So far, we're having fun with Little Orchard and the likes

My oldest is four as well. I'm so eager to play games with him, but he's just a wee bit too young so what I end up doing is simply redo-ing the game to simplify it. I do the same with heroclix and zombicide. I let him "Move" his pieces into attack position, then we simply roll dice back and forth, unmodified... until one of us wins. He rolls alot of good dice, so he usually wins.

Somewhere between 8 and 80.

As long as they have the mindset, go for it. I gave my nephew the core box for Christmas a month before he turned 11. A year and a half later, he holds his own, and I don't really hold back on him.

I also ran a demo last year, and some high school/college kids were baffled by it (yeah, I'm still stunned).

As long as this isn't an issue.

I do believe it all depends on the type of depends that you need to wear reading these threads ; Pew pew pew ewwwww..Oops that last one was an involuntary movement of the force lol

It really does depend on the person in question. Age seems like such a ridiculous way to judge intelligence and learning capability, if you think about it . . . but I'm probably just saying that because I'm a young player, too. I can't claim as much as tiefanatic, but, I, a 16-year-old, I came in the Top 8 at my local Regionals.

Really, it's pretty easy to get the basics down. Just about anyone can understand the rules, but becoming a properly good player requires a lot of practice. So teach your nephews the game; if they like it, they'll get better at it. The quick-start rules in the Core Game might come in handy for teaching them.

My son is four, and he's still a bit small. I think in a year or two, I'll start teaching him. So far, we're having fun with Little Orchard and the likes

My oldest is four as well. I'm so eager to play games with him, but he's just a wee bit too young so what I end up doing is simply redo-ing the game to simplify it. I do the same with heroclix and zombicide. I let him "Move" his pieces into attack position, then we simply roll dice back and forth, unmodified... until one of us wins. He rolls alot of good dice, so he usually wins.

My youngest is four and he loves the game (simplified too of course). He started off always wanting to use Wedge and the "Lemming Falcon", but now he's come to the dark side and is having fun with "Maw Miffel", a "Bouncy Hunter" and of course Darth Vader. He can identify all the ships and remembers basically all the unique pilots for each. We don't use the dials- he just chooses the template he wants to use when he moves each ship- but he's pretty good at judging the right one first up now.

My six year old has picked it up fairly quickly. We started out slow and added aspects after a few games. A love of Star Wars adds to the desire to play and on Friday I'm unleashing him on a league night to see how he does. When teaching them, don't get discouraged that for some unknown reason their dice luck is 10 times better then yours.

Yeah, i always have way better dice luck than my dad, i don't know why...

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It's because you're young. Believe me, when you get older the dice are WAY meaner to you. Remind me sometime to tell you about the time I rolled five Nat Fails in a row in D&D ...

deres no age limit son !! it begins with the birth !! and ends with the death kid !!! now its time for u to welcome them into dis awesome x wing world and dont forget to PEW PEW PEW PEEEEEEW !!!!

I think for really young children they will probably get the basics down like moving and shooting.

May take some time until they are a little older to really understand abilities.

My boy is 4 soon. I'll probably try him at 5-6. Get him to watch a little more and show him how it works.

At three years old, he still doesn't quite have the attention span to sit long enough.