I run a gaming club at a local library where we play Boardgames an RPGs.
I bring my daughter (15) to that.

I help run another RPG club at another local library, which is dedicated to DnD 5e.  MY daughter comes to that too.

We both have a great time at these clubs and they have a very varied age range.

My son (18 ) is more into PC games, but I've been trying to draw him into RPGs.
He does play DnD with some of his friends from time to time, when they can get themselves organised enough to get sessions going.

Gaming is a family affair around here. We have two parents and their teenage daughter in one game. The kids have since gone on to college, but four of six players in on campaign were two parents and their two teen kids. Another couple I play with figures their kids are getting old enough to start learning how to play and will probably joining us in some game or another soon enough.

Chalk up another variation for play with kids, but not in public games.  We've included our kids in games, and also the kids/nieces/nephews/etc. of other players, but this is all in private games.

Frankly, public games with my kids wasn't worth the hassle.  On top of the usual cost/benefit analysis of public games in general (some pros, some cons), there is the fact that quite a few people do not want to play with kids at all (due to bad experiences, usually, though some are merely confused on the relationship between age and not being an idiot).  Others, are playing in games that are too mature for kids, and have the good sense to know that kids don't belong in those games.  So automatically, the pool of possible games has already shrunk.  

If we hadn't had the option to play as much as we wanted privately, it might have been worth navigating those hazards to find a good public game, but we did have a better option.

My group meets Thursdays at my house.  My kids (2 and express interest in "game night", but they're not ready.

In a few years though, if they're still interested....

Quote from: S'mon;1057524I'm sure this is pretty common with larger families, yup - growing your own game group is certainly optimal! :cool:

Pretty funny, but true.  My experience is whatever you expose the children to they will dig because they want to have quality time with a parent(s).  We also play board games as a family, but I hate losing at Command & Colors Ancients to my 10 year old.  Drat.