By Thistle, on July 2nd, 2010
The second free Tabletop RPG promo featured this week is an interesting offering for kids. The Warriors Adventure Game is a short RPG based around the popular ‘warrior cats’ books by Erin Hunter. Unsurprisingly, players roleplay the adventures of the wild cats featured in the books.
The Warriors franchise adopts the Dragon [...]
By Thistle, on June 26th, 2010
Just received an email from Q-Workshop with a decent image of one of the large D20s that they’ve added to their range. We posted about the black version recently, but there’s a choice of colours on offer, (including this rather splendid blue version).
It seems there’s going to be more [...]
By Thistle, on April 16th, 2010
The Harry Potter books have to be commended and congratulated for getting so many kids interested in reading and fantasy books. However, they’re far from the only ‘Wizard School’ books suitable for kids of roughly 7-13.
The following titles offer much the same boarding school formula as Harry Potter but without serving [...]
By Thistle, on March 24th, 2010
The continued success of Sony’s massively multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG) Free Realms is linked to providing their youthful audience with a regular supply of new content. So far, the site hasn’t disappointed and those who can pay a bit extra are now enjoying access to new pets and companions. Dragons which let you [...]
By Thistle, on March 14th, 2010
Lego has helped to entertain and challenge millions of young kids between the ages of about 3 and 7. Many kids will make little use of Lego thereafter, as a vast range of quick and easy alternatives take up most of their time.
However, for some kids the large, themed Lego sets [...]
By Thistle, on February 15th, 2010
‘Serious Games’ that set out to deliver some form of training or learning have been around for years. Unfortunately, almost all of these games put the ‘learning’ before the fun, which usually involves bolting weak videogame elements on to content-heavy training materials.
There are examples of such games that are so unbelievably [...]
By Thistle, on January 11th, 2010
Our young playtesters were let loose on Sims Animals 2 (Wii), Sims 3: World Adventures (PC) and MySims: Agents (Wii). All three titles were played at length and the kids enjoyed most of what they came across.
There was, however, a clear difference between the children’s reactions to the games. Sims Animals [...]
By Thistle, on November 29th, 2009
Keeping children occupied without sending them off on their own doesn’t need to be hard work. Our suggestions for kids of 7+ can fit in the living room and be as entertaining for adults as for kids. They also present plenty of opportunities to help children get started on an activity or to [...]
By Thistle, on October 21st, 2009
We’ve a couple of quick suggestions for Halloween. Our 9-year-old Free Realms playtester has continued to enjoy Sony’s online RPG and some extra content has arrived. There’s a new football/ soccer minigame, which is good fun. There’s also a Halloween season ‘makeover’ that lets players collect ‘trick or treat’ sweets and items, which [...]
By Thistle, on September 25th, 2009
Time we returned to some straight games coverage. Zoo Tycoon 2 has been around on the PC for a while. The release of several expansion packs speaks for the popularity of the game.
Zoo Tycoon 2 is great entertainment for kids over the age of 8 or 9, especially if they get [...]
