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Fairies of the Mistglade - The Cursed Garden
by Jereme [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/17/2024 13:23:22

I'm relatively new to DnD 5e, having played for the better part of a year. I have two boys, 12 and 7, who have seemed interested in playing, but both have the attention span of a pickle, so I knew that full fledged 5e rules would simply be too much. After doing a search, I stumbled on Fairies of the Mistglade and decided to give it a try.

As someone who has never DM'd before, I wasn't really sure how well I would do, but the story is simple enough to grasp with only two NPC's, so I felt like I could manage. I actually decided to use PowerPoint to help me organize everything, and converted an old display into a digital map that I could utilize for encounters.

The tiered system worked out really well for the kids. We tried out the tier II rule set. While I think my older son was a little disappointed that he wouldn't roll any dice, he was still able to enjoy himself. I also ended up adding a couple of extra encounters, because I knew the kids wanted to do some battles. Neither character had a healing ability, but my older son's character was a mage who had access to "nature magic", so I allowed him to use his imagination to create and act out a ritual spell that used nature to heal the party after their first encounter. So, in that regard, I feel like the rules are flexible enough to encourage imaginative problem solving.

All that said, both boys had a lot of fun with this. The campaign is chopped up into chapters, most of which are pretty short. So they can be combined in a way that you can split the whole campaign up into multiple sessions, depending on the kid's attention span. We ended up doing three sessions total.

I definitely recommend this for anyone who wants to get their kids into some TTRPG. It is straight forward enough that you can run the campaign as is, but also flexible enough that you can be creative with it. I went ahead and purchased the other FotM content and look forward to getting playing them as well!

To the author, I hope you decide to relaunch your kickstarter! I would definitely support!



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Thanks for sharing! I love hearing these stories. I have been getting things in order to make another run on kickstarter, hopefully something this year!
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Fairies of the Mistglade - The Cursed Garden
by Justin T. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 12/02/2023 12:42:40

I've been working for years to develop a D&D-adjacent game that I can play with all of my kids. There's going to be a point where they can all read, do math, and play any game with me, but right now they are 7, 4, and 2, and even if there's a game that I can play with the youngest, it rarely scales to be fun for the older two. That's why I love Fairies of the Mistglade, with its three tier system that allows any child to play. I've added a Tier 0 for my 2yo daughter---that's the coloring-only tier. Most games boast that you can play an adventure in one sitting, but they grossly overestimate a young child's attention span. Not Fairies of the Mistglade. We would have easily finished in one sitting if I hadn’t under-prepared for the first session (because I never imagined a game could hold their attention so well!) Following the first session, my 4yo kept telling me he was worried about Marigold's garden, so I knew I had to prep the rest. When we finished, they wanted more. Luckily, there are other released modules we can move onto next. I couldn't give a higher recommendation. My kids will be trying a higher tier next time. Wish us luck!



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Fairies of the Mistglade - The Cursed Garden
by Stephanie C. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/26/2021 06:19:10

I played the tier 1 version of this game with my 2.5 year old, and we really enjoyed it! Playing these games, he's been growing in the RP aspects and getting more into doing the puzzles. I had a lot of fun playing this with him too (funny voices during RP, helping with puzzles, etc); its been a really good bonding experience.



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So glad to hear! Thanks for sharing.
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Fairies of the Mistglade - The Bothersome Boggle
by Stephanie C. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/13/2021 14:59:38

I played the tier 1 version of this game with my 2.5 year old, and we really enjoyed it! He was able to follow and stay with the story due to the activity breaks provided (drawing and coloring the map, the connect the dots, coloring his character, etc). This was probably the easiest time we've had doing a TTRPG game with him, and I highly recommend!



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Thank you for sharing!
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The Devil Dealer
by Phil D. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/27/2021 09:05:41

I really liked the writing style of this NPC journal. it came with some nice illustrations aswell. Hope to see more from you guys in the future! ;)



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Fairies of the Mistglade - The Bothersome Boggle
by Cayla A. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 10/22/2020 10:51:01

We had a lot of fun with this adventure and I would have liked it to be a bit longer! Despite my three-year-old telling me between sessions that he was going to fight the boggle, we were able to avoid combat and help the boggle instead. I am glad he chose a peaceful resolution since we are trying to teach our son to be kind to others. The thing I love most about this series is seeing my son's whole face light up when he makes a good suggestion and we praise him/modify the rest of the adventure to utilize it! The toddler learns so much from these adventures and I am thrilled to be able to introduce him to D&D at such a young age! We have to play at his pace that often does not align with what we want to do so it is a lesson in patience for us as well. As long as he's having fun, we are having fun! I hope the next adventure is a little longer like the first! We cannot wait to play again!



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Fairies of the Mistglade - The Cursed Garden
by Steven W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 08/17/2020 03:15:03

i appreciate that this is a multiple age tier product to introduce and teach children the basic dymamics of roleplaying adventures. This provides an engaging and simple to follow approach and allows for creative thinking to blossum. This is an excellent product for a low price.



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Fairies of the Mistglade - The Cursed Garden
by Cayla A. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 07/12/2020 12:25:55

There is so much included in this PDF for ony $5! My child is only three and I have been struggling trying to find an uncomplicated way to introduce him to RPGs. I also love that you can play this system with kids of multiple ages so cannot wait until the neices and nephews visit so we can try out a single campaign with all of them! I also like the boomarked PDF format because it makes it easy for me to refer back to portions I have already read if I have any questions. Even though the description says that the art will change in the final version of this product, my son and I both still think the characters used here are adorable and fun to play with.



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