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Hey Lloyd,

Been playing RPG's on and off for 25 years, not done much over the last few years as most of our RPG group split up and moved away. However with the kids starting to show an interest and an old friend moving back into the area we have decided to get back into the RPG scene.
I was given a copy of the WWE RPG has anyone used this system??

I don't know that one.

How old are the kids? Toon is a good one for the youngest, because of the simplicity of the system and the appropriateness of the subject matter. You play cartoon characters. You don't get killed; you get "knocked down" and you get back up in a couple of minutes.

Kids are 8 and 11 but we have believe it or not found some of our old D & D stuff so will go with that. Wrestling I've read through it but just seems a little complicated for them, mind you some of it had me scartching my head..lol

Learning any RPG by reading the rules is difficult--but nothing compared to learning a CCG that way.

You might want to try to hook up with a group through your local game store or book store, at least long enough to learn the rules.

Kids that age can handle enough of the rules to grasp some advanced games. Another one to look into is True20, the rules system behind the Blue Rose RPG. Blue Rose is a romance type RPG, but True20 is very simple and very versatile. It'll easily handle your average fantasy monster-bashing.

I started gaming in 1980. I have all the old D&D stuff--back to before it was D&D, with Outdoor Survival and Chainmail. If you have technical questions on that old stuff, let me know.

For kids, keep the adventures short; you know their attention spans better than I do. You might want to look at the old 1E Dungeonland and Beyond the Magic Mirror, both based on Alice in Wonderland and written by Gary Gygax.

Oh I don't think we will have any problem with the D&D systems and getting the kids to understand them with about 40-50years experience between myself and my mate.

We have enough of the books to get by and normally generate our own adventures and campaigns anyway. We will start with the monster bashing and work on the WWE system as we go to try and suss it, or adapt it to how we think it should be run. How many people actually use every rule? Most games normally generate a set of house rules to my knowledge anyway..

hi im jack and iwas wondering if i could play in your campaign?

Hello thar.

I'm Annie and, as you can prolly tell from my un, I'm kind of a nerd. "Kind of" being the understatement of the year.

Nice to internet-meet y'all :>