RE: [DL] Too old to game?

["Christopher Merrill" <Fuzzyand9feet@earthlink.net>]

My brother-in-law and I are big proponents of "Role-playing for Education"
and he runs a game for his 9 year-old daughter. Role-playing promotes
imagination, but reading and comprehension as well as social interaction are
a must. Mathematics and problem solving are also a gaming staple. If you
really want to hit some more educational points running an historically
accurate game may do it but a fantasy setting keeps her interest more. And
the first game we played a year ago she played a fairy in a Shrek-style
world. YCAST is organization in the Bay Area of California promoting
"Role-playing for Education" that pays GMs to run game for them and has
after-school programs for kids. There web site is www.youth4cast.org and
I've meet with these guys on a couple of occasions (mostly local cons) and
love the program (They don't reach far enough south for me to be able to
help out, Yet!).

Christopher Merrill
A W.H.A.T.T. Member

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net] On
Behalf Of carl smith
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:53 PM
To: deadlands@gamerz.net
Subject: Re: [DL] Too old to game?

No problems with it here.? My little girl made up her first character as a
"Deadlands Princess".? Daddy was more than a little surprised however when
creating the character she pulled all 4 aces and both jokers.? To boot there
was not a d4 in the bunch and d6's all were in the 4's.? A character anyone
would be proud of... with the exception of having to be a princess that is.
?
Carl Smith