Happy Father’s Day

So, Father’s day is not the most important day to me, but it is to some. So for all of you dads out there who read my blog, Happy Father’s Day! -B

Patches So Good, there should be a troop formed just to hand them out!!

So I mentioned a week or two ago that I was expecting a patch soon from Thaddeus Moore. Well, I’ve had it for a few days now and I find me kicking myself for not ordering another 5 or so since I can’t decide what I’d like to add it to more. With that said, […]

Teaching Strategy with Board Games

It seems since Christmas that my kids have been on an extreme board game binge. The fact that they received 10 or so new entries into our board game collection may have had some impact on this. It seems not a night goes by where at least 2 games are not played. And while I am very […]

Maze Rats Game Recap

So last week I wrote a review of Maze Rats by Ben Milton. This week I’d like to post a recap of the first game of Maze Rats that I ran for my 8, 6 and 4 year old children. Now, to preface this, the oldest two have played other RPGs before, with their favorite […]

OSR Patches

A new aquantince of mine, Thaddeus Moore, is making OSR themed patches that look out of this world. I’ll be reviewing mine as soon as it comes in but click here for the link.

Delving deep with Maze Rats

Title: Maze Rats Author: Ben Milton In an age where all of geekdom seems to be enthralled with D&D 5th edition, I find myself going back to my roots with all of the solid OSR content out there. As a GM, there is just something special about running a game where things like encounter balance and challenge rating are […]

Yikes!

Hey Everyone, So I’ve been away for quite some time now. Life kind of went crazy there for a while, but I’m back now and fully intend to post weekly on here. I’ve still been gaming though (priorities right?) and am currently running a game of Ben Milton’s Maze Rats for my 3 oldest kids as […]

Pros of Traditional Gaming

You may be wondering, “What’s so great about Traditional Gaming? Video games are just as fun!” Well I’m here to tell you that this kind of thinking is just plain wrong. Traditional games are head and shoulders above the lonely pastime of video gaming (at least how it is done today with the prevalence of […]

It Starts….

Welcome to Gaming with Kids. This blog is intended to be a place where I write about gaming with my family of 5, but more specifically gaming with my children. I hope to document the trials, frustrations and, hopefully, the triumphs of gaming with children. Now let me clarify what I mean by “gaming.” These […]