New Online Role-playing Resource added – Uncle Figgy’s Guides

While this is a new addition to my small but growing list of online role-playing resources the guides have been posted for a while.

Uncle Figgy has been gaming since 1982 and in 1998 put his first guide online, Uncle Figgy’s Guide to Good GameMastering. I’ve read it and it contains some really good thoughts and things that I believe every GM can take back to the table.

He’s since added a guide for good role-playing, one for good fantasy and one for non-gamers. The last one is important because there are still some out there who feel that role-playing games in general are not good for children or even adults so Uncle Figgy wrote a guide on that topic and does a good job of it.

I want to echo something that he mentions in his note to parents, get involved. I’m not suggesting that you sit and game with your kids (but you’re more than welcome to) but you do need to know what’s going on. Have the kids play out in the open and observe. Ask them questions about the game after they’re finished for the night and look over the books and other items they wish to purchase. Explain to your child why you are doing it and keep the communication lines open, everyone will make out better in the long run.

While I don’t have a pre-teen or teenager in my household I am the father of three children and they have grown up around this hobby and while they do not play yet I suspect they will at some point. I consider myself lucky as my regular gaming group enjoys the kids as much as the kids enjoy having them at the house – right up until bedtime.

You can read Uncle Figgy’s guides at Uncle Figgy’s Guides