Games Logs

So your kid came home talking about goblins, twenty-sided dice, and someone named "the DM" — and now you're wondering what exactly you're in for. Welcome, Traveler! You're in the right place. Consider this your parent-friendly field guide to Dungeons & Dragons for the 9–13 crowd: what it is, why it's genuinely good for growing brains, and how to get your young adventurer to their first game.

The best learning may happen when you don't realize you are doing it!

How RPGs Naturally Support Cognitive Development by Dee Cárdenas, MAT The Backstory Neurodiversity acknowledges that both thinking and...

These children are learning about relationships, the world, and their place in it. This is imaginative play, an early childhood form of role playing game (RPG), which is an interactive form of storytelling. This type of play allows children to explore many things: feeling more powerful or knowledgeable, seeing the world from other viewpoints, making choices, cooperating in play. This collaboration requires children to listen to one another, take turns, compromise, follow di