I got my kids playing the game on a very basic rule-set (characteristics, skill checks, and purple dice only). It's not that they couldn't learn it any other way, but I wanted to minimize mechanics and maximize story. I ran them through a kid-friendly version of False Pretenses. Even my 5 year old paid attention!

PDF of a basic character sheet: gallery.rptools.net/v/contrib/emirikol7/human.pdf.html

Strange Eon's version of the basic character sheet: gallery.rptools.net/v/contrib/emirikol7/KID+1_eon.html (you'll need the LF7 extension from the Liber Fanatica website for the DEMO mock-up character sheet pre-gens we did for that issue).

From the "comments" tab of the Strange Eon's card:

KID CARDS USE THE BASIC GAME ONLY:
* Characteristic (BLUE) - pick two to be 4's
* Skills (training = extra blue):
-- 5 skills trained if not weapon skill trained
-- 4 skills if weapon trained
* Weapon + Total Damage (no criticals)
* Armor + Soak (no defense)
* Difficulty: purple dice
* Basic actions: Skill checks only (no cards)
* Maneuvers: Movement only or extra skill check if non-combat
* Banes/boons/chaos star - story-drivers only
* First aid: successes heal, once per encounter.
* Career sheet on the table to see picture (in protector!)

DO NOT USE THE FOLLOWING:
* talents, specializations, or advanced skills
* career ability (skills only unless you need some kind of roleplaying description otherwise)
* other dice: white/black/yellow/red/green dice
* fatigue or stress
* criticals
* defenses (list in armor if needed)
* fortune pts
* spellcasters

THIS SHEET:
* Cross out: Stance meter, fatigue, stress

Looks like a good paring down.

You may consider adding stance back in, but having it fixed. Some characters always replace a die (or two) with a reckless or conservative.

Cool! Thought about adjusting it for my 3 and 5 year old, also. Played A Fairy's Tale before. I will try your approach now.

Roleplaying with kids is so rewarding as a gm. They really get into the character and story (at least my kids do).

We were using the Talisman rule set, but this is even easier. Simple skill checks are the way to go. The stance mechanic isn't needed because we don't have anything relevant to stance (i.e. no action cards).

jh

Now, THIS is how you do an intro set!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KPv80QsBfI

I see pathfinder is going with the cardboard stand-ups as well!

jh

Link's not working?

Doc: it does, but you need to copy/paste the actual link in a browser yourself it seems;

****. Tried it but there was some problems with my connections I suppose. Now it works with copy/paste.

try it now. its the pf boxed set. The standups are not nearly the quality of wfrp3, but they are on the right track in all regards.

jh