Tag Archives: rpg dad

Video Games to Play with Your Kids

I get asked this from time to time. While Minecraft and Animal Crossing are obvious answers, there are plenty of other options. This list from Game Rant is pretty good: https://gamerant.com/best-coop-games-parents-kids/

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, […]

Exercise for Life

Children need little encouragement to exercise. RPGBaby runs hither, thither, yon and then hither again whenever possible. When she is not running, she is dancing. I, on the other hand, have been very bad about exercising for the past 2.5 years. I finally made it back into the gym this week, where I encountered a […]

Sneak Attack!

Sneak Attack is a Rogue’s best feature, and every dad has a bit of the rogue in him. I use sneak attack very rarely, but it has been very effective every time I did. Both times I instigated a sneak attack against RPGBaby, it was well planned and perfectly timed. The first time, shortly after […]

Update: Counting to D10 … er, D12

Before I posted that RPGBaby’s focus on D6s had both helped and maxed out her counting ability. Two weeks ago, however, she broke through that barrier and began counting reliably and clearly to 10. She also reliably recognizes the numbers even when they are out of order. She happily counts to 10, and gets elated […]