Quote from: Diavilo;317404Something wholesome yeah - start 'em on Vampire: Requiem.

LOL! Now that I've love to see. It's certainly be less "Twilight" and more "True Blood". At least that's the way I remember most of my WW gaming experience, with WoD.

My niece liked Tunnels and Trolls (She got to play a fairy and all was good.) She also enjoys Hearts & Souls, because she likes to rescue people.

I also think that later childhood and early adolescence might like this game I picked up at a con: Witch Girls Adventures. It seems suitable in tone and theme for someone her age.

Silver,

Just wondering if your niece (or even if you yourself) considered exposing them Blue Rose RPG. I only ask because I as I stated previously, that was my experience in terms of what drew in a lot of my female friends to gaming.

Quote from: Nightfall;317412Silver,

Just wondering if your niece (or even if you yourself) considered exposing them Blue Rose RPG. I only ask because I as I stated previously, that was my experience in terms of what drew in a lot of my female friends to gaming.

I gave a copy to her mother, but I'm not sure if they've ever used it.

I think the game itself is less an issue than the focus of the game in play. I tend to have high adventure games with social aspects. Often complex social aspects that they have to deal with. (Bullies for example can't just be beat up..)


She's often very creative. When she was 7-ish I ran a superhero game her and her brother and she was the one who ran of to ask her science teacher for help against a giant tar monster. (Her brother punched it ad got stuck..)  Both are very smart kids and like to game. (Helps that their mother, my younger sister, games as well.)

Silver,

Thanks for that insight. I'm always curious to see how the younger generations get into gaming, especially in this day and age of MMORPGs, blogs and whatever else that tends to bring on...well not always gaming but stuff.

(I should also like to clarify that the romantic fantasy genre is what I noticed drawing in many of my friends as we developed/played much of D&D and other games. Hence my question about Blue Rose RPG.)

The systems my 9yo daughter has played: Cyclopedia D&D, Arrowflight, Mouse Guard, Mongoose Traveller, Warhammer FRP1E.

It should be noted that she's listed in the playtest credits for Mongoose Traveller... most of her play was purely CGen; she did a single session of RPing. But when a 7yo can follow the CGen in a system as convoluted as Traveller...

Quote from: GameDaddy;317340Been done already. It's called Bella Sara.

http://www.bellasara.com

This is one of Peter Adkison's ventures, and the team he supports for this is first rate. It's mainstream, and everything WOTC aspires for their target demographic.

But how much of an RP aspect, if any, does it actually have? Or is this more of an intro to CCGs?

RPGPundit

Quote from: GeekEclectic;317235The cover should sparkle.

Forget realism. Better equipment should just make you look fancier or better-looking or more archetypal or something. If Japanese schoolgirl uniform > plate mail, you're on the right track. If yo-yo > broadsword, even better!

This sounds more like a game for frustrated otaku boys!

Of course, I'd play it

Quote from: Jeffrey Straszheim;317436This sounds more like a game for frustrated otaku boys!

Of course, I'd play it

I've always liked stuff like Xena, Buffy, and many shoujo mangas . . . so yeah, it was a big list of ideas I got from those(especially the latter). Girl power, not so much focus on realism(Buffy never wore armor), and the end product should look fancy!

Quote from: RPGPundit;317421But how much of an RP aspect, if any, does it actually have? Or is this more of an intro to CCGs?

It's the new hybrid. Definitely strong on the CCG's, however the website contains many more RPG oriented type online games, quests, activities, and adventures. The fact that it's online and already the subscriber base is 6x that of WOTC's DDI should tell you something. It's free to subscribe, and even kids (mostly girls I would imagine, it's about horses, after all), without CCG cards can play. Having cards provides one-time bonus rewards (which you can get just by playing/farming online) and unlocks more areas and opportunities within the website though.

My 8 Y.O. daughter likes it well enough and visits there regularly plays online, and plays with her cards, and enters art competitions there as well. She happens to like Webkins as well. Both are working on the new model of what RPG's are, with free content and activities mixed with contests and opportunities to buy.

This appears to be the profitable WoW/Everquest/Sims/Second Life/Runequest/Gaia model ported and for kids.

It sounds more like Neopets to me.

Could be worse. They could try to make a Pokemon RPG and we'd have to deal with horrid dubs.

Quote from: Age of Fable;317225My 36-year old man's guess would be something that is to Twilight as Fighting Fantasy or HeroQuest was to the Conan movie.

I'm kind of surprised White Wolf isn't on to this actually.

Even they have too much self-respect.  

Quote from: GeekEclectic;317235The cover should sparkle.

Forget realism. Better equipment should just make you look fancier or better-looking or more archetypal or something. If Japanese schoolgirl uniform > plate mail, you're on the right track. If yo-yo > broadsword, even better!

It should be able to handle both Buffy and Sailor Moon with similar ease. Yes, Revolutionary Girl Utena also, if you insist. Fine, fine, Fruits Basket, too! Gilmore Girls? Are you serious? . . . well, ok, maybe.

Um . . . no talking animals. They're creepy.

Zombies. Girls dig zombies.

Misunderstood good guy bad boys. If Twilight proves anything, it's that girls are a sucker for this character type. The more the better!

Horses. Unicorns and Pegasuses are even better.

And that's about all I got.

If your point in this post was to provide an ironic example of what Pundit meant by this:

QuoteI think that one of the main mistakes made by designers of these games was to try to change the fundamental ideas of what RPGs featured, and to appeal not to girls but to the stereotypes of "girly" things.

 . . . then you've succeeded admirably.  

I think you mean ironic example J. But *shrugs* I could be wrong.

Quote from: Nightfall;317713Could be worse. They could try to make a Pokemon RPG and we'd have to deal with horrid dubs.

I wonder if the emphasis on animal companions & familiars in D&D is a response to Pokemon and similar franchises. MMORPGs tend to give a big role to 'pets' as well don't they?