If you’re stuck on the question of what order to watch the films (in order, original trilogy first, or the novel IV-V-II-III-VI approach) I can’t help you. Some kids might go for Star Wars more than Lord of the Rings. You love pies and you’re traveling the world to find all the different pie-makers out there and find who has the best recipe.You want to see the whole world so that you can go back home and win this year’s Hobbiton Storytelling Contest.You can’t wait to get back to your comfy bed, though. Your friends dared you to go adventuring one day and you did it just to show them.Hobbit Backgrounds: Choose one of these as a background, or make up your own: Stuff: A yummy lunch, a backup lunch, a melee weapon, an I Gotchyer Back pack, Hero Stuff, and 1 coin. Whenever you sneak past someone and use 1 Fast to stay quiet, you automatically succeed. Light Feet (costs 1 Fast): Hobbits walk really softly and they can slip past people they don’t want to fight. Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit from the Shire, is one of the most famous sneaks in the world!ĭefense: Hustle (Lowers your defend Goal by 1). They like to be comfortable but they’re also really good at being sneaky. Hobbits like eating, sleeping, hanging out with friends, eating, going on nice walks, good weather, eating, fun songs, and eating.
You want to find another elf-town to live in where you don’t sneeze so much. You used to live in Rivendell but you’re really allergic to the trees there.You are a pretty young elf, only like 100 years old, and you ran away from home to show your parents you could go on adventures.You play an instrument and want to start a band, but you need to find other musicians to play with you.Stuff: Elf clothes, an elf bow and arrows, an I Gotchyer Back pack, Hero Stuff, and 1 coin.Įlf Background: Choose one of these as a background, or make up your own. Whenever you use 1 Smart to look for someone or listen for sounds you automatically succeed. They make beautiful music and live in beautiful towns.ĭefense: Hustle (Lowers your defend Goal by 1)Įlf Senses (costs 1 Smart): Elves can see and hear really, really well. Your best friend is not a dwarf and you left your home in the mountains to have adventures with them.Įlves are beautiful and magical, what’s not to like! They live for a very long time and have taught many things to the other peoples.You love adventuring but you get angry at people when they make short jokes.Your parents were awesome metalworkers and they showed you the secrets to making amazing metal things.Stuff: Armor, an axe, an I Gotchyer Back pack, Hero Stuff, and 2 coins.ĭwarf Background: Choose oen of these as a background, or make up your own. When you want to knock a group of bad guys back or to the side, you succeed. A dwarf is usually short and grumpy a lot of the time, but they love shiny and beautiful things.ĭefense: Armor (Protects you from 1 point of damage from attacks)Ĭharge! (costs 1 Tough): You can run into the bad guys and shove them out of the way. Dwarfĭwarves live underground and like gold most of all. Their families are most important to them and they often go on journeys to see relatives or to learn no stories to bring home. I’m also not affiliated with Monte Cook Games. Tolkien and not affiliated with his estate. If your kid has loved reading through The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings (or if your kid is super-nerdy, The Silmarillion), they might want to play some of the characters in there.Īs a quick disclaimer, I’m clearly not J.R.R. These all work well but the system is pared down enough and Cypher easy to manipulate enough that I thought I’d add a few other options for other interested parents out there. The book comes with ten different nouns to start off with: astronaut, creature, fighter, kid, pirate, princess/prince, robot, spy, superhero, and wizard. After that, they can just use the Cypher System Rulebook. Eventually when they turn double-digits, they’re using the whole thing (“I’m a super-fast robot who loves ice cream!”). Little kids use just the noun (“I’m a robot!”) and when they’re six or so they add the adjective (“I’m a super-fast robot!”). The structure of the game is that you use the basic building blocks of the Cypher system (“I’m a ”) and introduce the elements one at a time. The one I’m most excited about playing with him when he’s older is No Thank You, Evil!, a Cypher-system game for children using the same engine as Numenera and The Strange. After hanging out with my son on Father’s Day last weekend, I thought I’d put some thought into games built for kids.
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