The real draw of Hero Kids is that there’s a ton of supplements and adventures to keep kids occupied for a long, long time if they get into roleplaying. The game assumes a party of roving good guy paladin types always on the lookout for evil to vanquish and villagers to help. Sort of like the Warhammer Adventures books, Hero Kids is basically the young adult version of D&D, with simpler rules to match. Its up to the kids to set things right in this tween-focused take on the fantasy roleplaying genre. The grown ups done fucked up, OK? They got kidnapped by goblins, or let Christmas get cancelled, or did something really stupid like stealing a mama dragon’s egg. There have also been some other attempts at similar cartoon-based pen and paper roleplaying games that made it to sites like DriveThruRPG though - take a look at what’s available here. It’s a scan of the last print edition though, and not a direct transfer of the files.

The major online digital retailers don’t have any of the Toon lineup, although Steve Jackson Games does sell a PDF of the core book here. Getting yourself a copy of Toon can be a bit tough these days though, and the physical edition is sadly your best bet at this point. If you run face first into a fake wall where a roadrunner has slapped on a giant painting of a tunnel, or get blown up by a martian trying to take over the Earth, you just fall down and show up again in the next scene.

You don’t need to worry about keeping a group of adventurers on track for the story, because cartoon characters don’t really need to abide by any rules.īest of all? No one dies. This is the perfect tabletop roleplaying opportunity to be silly and let the game go off the rails on purpose. Way, way, way before PJ Masks, way before Spongebob Squarepants, even before Rugrats, Toon was there to capture the feel of ’70s and ’80s cartoons. Here’s a few of the best ones, as well as a bunch of RPG-themed coloring books released for free you can easily print off at home! Toon: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game

While most pen and paper RPGs are geared towards adults, there are quite a few specifically aimed towards (or adaptable to) an audience of toddlers to teens.

Since the kids can’t go to school and need something fun to pass the time, this is a great opportunity to introduce them to tabletop roleplaying to work those math and problem solving skills while having fun with fantasy or sci-fi worlds. We’ve done art projects, baked goodies, watched a silly number of episodes of Boss Baby, and played a ton of video games, but there’s still more time to pass. As it turns out, keeping a 3-going-on-4 year old occupied when we can’t go to the park or the mall or the children’s museum (or anywhere…) is a good deal of work.

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