Imagine playing Dungeons & Dragons as an elementary schooler, then a middle schooler, then a high schooler. Imagine how different the experience would be at each stage, and imagine how the game would change along with you. For the girls of Dungeons & Dragons & Daughters, they don't have to imagine it--they've lived it! In this episode, Allison speaks with Sam & Bertie, two of the sixteen-year-olds on Dungeons & Dragons & Daughters, and their father the DM Curt, about what it's been like to play the game since they first started their podcast seven years ago, and how their experience of the game has changed over the years.

You can find Dungeons & Dragons & Daughters on YouTube @dungeonsdragonsdaughtersyo955, on PodBean at https://dungeonsdragonsdaughters.podbean.com/ and wherever else you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Area of Effect, a podcast from the creators of The Kids Table, where we discuss how tabletop RPGs benefit kids and answer your questions about playing TTRPGs with the kids at your table!

Welcome to Area of Effect, a podcast from the creators of The Kids Table, where we discuss how tabletop RPGs benefit kids and answer your questions about playing TTRPGs with the kids at your table!  

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer an original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show, advice for playing D&D with kids, and our own campaigns to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

#dungeonmaster #dmtips #howtoplaydnd

A new band of adventurers answers a call for help, delving deep into an amusement park called The Pits of Peril in search of a lost goblin. But will they find who they're looking for in time, or will the peril in these pits crush them before they've even begun?

Welcome to The Kids Table Presents, our way of showcasing in our our unique, kid-focused way some of the fantastic content out there written by our partners and friends! Our collaboration with DnD Adventure Club features their adventure "The Pits of Peril," a trilogy of books about an adventurers' amusement park filled with troglodytes, skeletons, and the occasional trap or two.

You can purchase "The Pits of Peril" and other Kids' D&D Adventures at DnD Adventure Club (10% off: KIDSTABLE10)

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer this original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show along with tip videos and our own D&D campaigns for kids to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

Featuring background music from Monument Studios! 

Strengthening your mental wellness can be hard, so why not make it fun with D&D? In this episode, our guest Rachel Gilmore of Ready for Anything Counseling chats with Allison about her work as a licensed therapist who incorporates Dungeons & Dragons into her therapy work with college students & other adults. The mental health benefits of D&D--both in and out of the therapy setting - have only recently been studied, and include developing emotional intelligence, social skills, resilience, coping habits, & more. When you bring kids to the table, their mental wellness gets a boost!

If you or a loved one is facing a mental health crisis, we urge you to seek professional support. Therapy is widely available online (ex: www.betterhelp.com), in your local area, and, for those in the US, via the 988 national suicide & crisis hotline. Help is available. You are valuable. You are not alone.

Welcome to Area of Effect, a podcast from the creators of The Kids Table, where we discuss how tabletop RPGs benefit kids and answer your questions about playing TTRPGs with the kids at your table!  

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer an original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show, advice for playing D&D with kids, and our own campaigns to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

#dungeonmaster #dmtips #howtoplaydnd

The first season of The Kids Table is complete! Filmed back in 2022, this amateur actual-play campaign premiered in short episode form in December 2023, publishing kid-friendly episodes every other week until the finale this month--and we've been overwhelmed by the support from the community. In this special episode of Area of Effect, the cast answers fan questions and reflects on the filming process, what it's been like for now-nine year olds Beckett and Khloe to watch their six year old selves play, and what they're excited about for the upcoming season two.

Welcome to Area of Effect, a podcast from the creators of The Kids Table, where we discuss how tabletop RPGs benefit kids and answer your questions about playing TTRPGs with the kids at your table!  

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer an original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show, advice for playing D&D with kids, and our own campaigns to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

#dungeonmaster #dmtips #howtoplaydnd

On the exciting season finale of The Kids Table, our kid Dungeons & Dragons heroes battle for their lives and the fate of Crane's Rest against Ballianto, Agent of the God of Power! Will they fall? Or will they discover in time the secret of transformation?

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer this original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show along with tip videos and our own D&D campaigns for kids to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

#dndactualplay #family #dungeonsanddragons #thekidstablednd #dndwithkids #actualplay #ttrpg #familyshow #familygames #kids #adventure #fantasy#drama #storytelling #roleplaying

Featuring background music from Monument Studios! Check out their music at  @monumentsounds 

What is it like to watch your kids grow up while they're playing D&D? And how does the game morph along with them? In this episode, Ryan and Allison are joined by Raenelle, veteran educator who plays "Sophia" on The Kids Table alongside her real-life daughter, to talk about  the long-term joys and challenges of being a parent at the table.

Welcome to Area of Effect, a podcast from the creators of The Kids Table, where we discuss how tabletop RPGs benefit kids and answer your questions about playing TTRPGs with the kids at your table!  

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer an original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show, advice for playing D&D with kids, and our own campaigns to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

#dungeonmaster #dmtips #howtoplaydnd

Follow along for another exciting piece of our kid Dungeons & Dragons heroes' story! In this episode, Ballianto's played his trump card: the great green dragon! As the final battle for Crane's Rest continues, can our heroes find a way to neutralize this threat? Or will one of their own turn on them at the last second?

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer this original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show along with tip videos and our own D&D campaigns for kids to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

#dndactualplay #family #dungeonsanddragons #thekidstablednd #dndwithkids #actualplay #ttrpg #familyshow #familygames #kids #adventure #fantasy#drama #storytelling #roleplaying

Featuring background music from Monument Studios! Check out their music at  @monumentsounds 

When it comes to collaborative storytelling, it doesn't matter how many people are around the table--it can be a whole friend group, or it can be just you and your kid. In this episode, Allison and Ryan interview The Dad and The Daughter from the actual-play podcast Dadventerous (@dadventurous) about what it's like to play one-on-one and how it enhances the relationship between parent and child. You can find Dadventerous on most podcasting services as well as here: https://dadventurous.podbean.com

Welcome to Area of Effect, a podcast from the creators of The Kids Table, where we discuss how tabletop RPGs benefit kids and answer your questions about playing TTRPGs with the kids at your table! To watch our actual play campaign featuring kids, teens, and adults: https://bit.ly/TKTSeason1

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing Dungeons & Dragons (and other Tabletop Role-Playing Games) with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - not to mention the connections you'll build around the table. That's why we produce this original, kid-inclusive show along, share tip videos, and write adventure modules to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com

To Support Our Work: www.patreon.com/TheKidsTableDnD

Follow @TheKidsTableDnD on Instagram, TikTok & Facebook

#dndactualplay #family #dungeonsanddragons #thekidstablednd #dndwithkids #ttrpg #familyshow #familygames #kids 

This is it: the final battle for Crane's Rest! Facing the agent of the God of Power from the very beginning, and with Six-tails' father under his control, will our heroes be able to win the day? Or will they too fall to the forces of uncontrolled Power?

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer this original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show along with tip videos and our own D&D campaigns for kids to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

#dndactualplay #family #dungeonsanddragons #thekidstablednd #dndwithkids #actualplay #ttrpg #familyshow #familygames #kids #adventure #fantasy#drama #storytelling #roleplaying

Featuring background music from Monument Studios! Check out their music at  @monumentsounds  

Fred Rogers once said, "Play gives children a chance to practice what they're learning." And in tabletop RPGs, we have an incredible resource to help kids learn while they play. In this episode, Steph, founder of TTRPGkids.com, walks Allison and Ryan through the "beautiful chaos" of adding STEM educational elements to TTRPG games and why any parent--even those with no STEM background!--can do it.

Welcome to Area of Effect, a podcast from the creators of The Kids Table, where we discuss how tabletop RPGs benefit kids and answer your questions about playing TTRPGs with the kids at your table!  

About us: When kids are at the table, everyone wins! Playing TTRPGs with kids helps develop critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, & confidence - while building connections around the table. That's why we offer an original, kid-inclusive Dungeons & Dragons show, advice for playing D&D with kids, and our own campaigns to help you play TTRPGs with the kids at your own table!

For Our Kids' Adventures & More: www.thekidstablednd.com To Support Our Work: Patreon Follow Us: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook

#dungeonmaster #dmtips #howtoplaydnd