Category Archives: RPGDad
Role Models
RPGChild’s has never wanted to be an animated character before, but now she has taken to calling herself Dashi, from “Octonauts.” I am inordinately proud that her role model is an IT engineer …
Imaginary Friends and Perfect Spelling
RPGToddler recently turned three. She has been coming up with great names for her imaginary friends (they are “Made of pretend”) for well over a year. Yesterday she told me, “Daddy, this is Sassy.” “Sassy?” I asked. “No, Sanse.” And then she spelled it for me “S A N S E” I have no idea […]
Binary Baby
In the frenzy of Kickstarting Noble Armada: Lost Worlds, I have gotten behind on chronicling the epic adventures of RPGBaby. In fact, since I last wrote she leveled up to RPGToddler! Now two years and nine months, old, she regularly astounds me with insights far better than my own. Here are two that, for reasons […]
Teaching Archaic Skills
We have been developing a list of skills we want RPGBaby to learn, but we are quite aware many of them will be of little use when she grows up. For instance, RPGMom wants to teach her short hand so she will have a secret language. I want to teach her to dial a phone, […]
Daddy-Daughter Moments
We have had a lot of teaching moments, with the education going back and forth. Today, she taught me a new song – “The Bear Science of the Day” song. I taught her how to spit.