Frostgrave and Children

[Genialjim]

Hi,

Has any one experience of playing Frostgrave with children? My son has been interested an fantasy games for a while and this seems a cheapish entry in to fantasy gaming without both the cost and numbers of figures required by other games?


Regards

Jim

[snitcythedog]

Has any one experience of playing Frostgrave with children? My son has been interested an fantasy games for a while and this seems a cheapish entry in to fantasy gaming without both the cost and numbers of figures required by other games?

Not per say.  I can tell you that the mechanics are almost as simple as space hulk and twice as much fun.  My daughter loves to play space hulk and we (read dad) are currently painting some frost grave  models up so she can get into the fun. 
Snitchy sends.

[Rob_bresnen]

Or you could look at Songs of Blades and heroes- that is a very easy system for fantasy and has the advantage that you can use any fantasy figures you want.

[jp1885]

An exta vote for Song of Blades and Heroes (awesome though Frostgrave is). I've played a few games with my eldest (7) and we both had a blast.

[Genialjim]

Cheers felows i'll look at the suggested

[krieghund]

Battle blade from Echidna games might be worth a look.

[Roberticus]

I play Frostgrave with my son all the time! (of course, he's 27, so maybe that's not what you meant...)

[Aerendar Valandil]

+1 for SOBH. It's a great system that can be kept very simple during learning: start with some hth combat characters without leaders, adding missiles, specials and leaders later on. However, if your son isn't too young, understanding FG won't be a problem either, I think.   

[Darkson71]

I'll have to add a -1 to SoBH - awful system.

[horridperson]

Helpful thread; I'm considering playing Frostgrave with my nieces (8 & 10) so I'm looking for something, "young friendly" (cinematic moments and minimal numbercrunching for short attention spans; For me too ) so I was interested in what other people thought.

@Darkson71

The +1's said why they liked it.  What didn't you like about it?

[tyrionhalfman]

My Daughter 7 and I play Frostgrave all the time, and have played it with her 6 year old cousin too. They really enjoy it, though I have to be Game Master as well as playing to keep things moving and help them negotiate the rules especially helping them choose the most suitable spell(s) each turn. I have no experience of SOBH so can't compare

[Dreadknot69]

I originally bought FG to play with my sons, 12 and 9.  We've been making terrain for it but then we found out about the Dark Alchemy expansion book which adds co-op! 

Perfect for us as they prefer to play on the same team. We have not tried it yet but we're going to this weekend.  I'm sure it'll be good, given the great reviews I've been hearing about Dark Alchemy.

[The Gray Ghost]

another vote for SOBH, it's cheaper to start up and if he enjoys it you can then move into FG

[Darkson71]

@Darkson71

The +1's said why they liked it.  What didn't you like about it?

1. To random IMO (even moreso than people have found the D20 in FG). At least 3 times in the two games I played I lost my complete turn, while my opponent had his complete turn. I know it happened a couple of times to others, but I wasn't watching those games.
2. It felt very slow
3. Just didn't click with me.

[horridperson]

@Darkson71

Thanks.  I'd probably leave that one alone then.  I find the "swing" in FG a bit much as it is and have considered looking at d10s rather than d20s.  The long curve doesn't agree with me because it doesn't validate warband composition choices IMO.  Mechanically this is the consequence but the "flavour" as a result feels flat.