u/Cursedbythedicegods

A bit of background: I've played RPG's with various gaming groups for decades, and most of the time I end up as the GM. I do a lot of improvisation and character voices in my games, and I can usually come up with a simple story and just let the players provide the input to fill in the gaps.

Fast forward to this weekend. I'm cleaning up some stuff and my daughter finds a pair of D20's and asks how they work. After showing her a few rolls, she wanted to "play" with them by each rolling and seeing whose was higher. I laughed and told her there were better ways to play with them.

So, after I finished tidying up, I grabbed the two dice and told her to follow me downstairs,. I said we're going to play a game where we make up a story and when it comes time for a choice, we'd roll the dice, and whoever got the higher roll would get their option.

My daughter absolutely loves The Smurfs, so I had decided to base the story in that setting: What villain was going to encounter the Smurf Village, which Smurfs would go on the adventure to solve the problem, and how they would deal with the villain were all determined by our dice rolls. I used my GM skills in improv to tell the story and I used as many voices as I could for each of the characters. In the end, the Smurfs ended up rescuing some of their friends from Gargamel's castle by luring the Ogre Big Mouth there with a blueberry pie. They then escaped using a magic catapult which flung them back to the Smurf Village after trapping Gargamel's cat Azreal in a broom closet.

Let me tell you, I have never had so much fun playing a game with my daughter as what we did today. She laughed at the funny outcomes, cheered at the results of the dice rolls, and we both had a blast. This was roleplay as I have always enjoyed it, and we're definitely going to try it again soon! Just figured I'd share, but I think this was a great first step in showing her some of the games I like to play!

Who do you think got Chattermax for the Heeler kids? We know how much Chili and Bandit secretly dislike it, so it's highly unlikely they were the ones who bought it. I got to thinking about it, so there's a couple of theories I've come up with:

1. Uncle Rad bought it for them. As a bachelor without kids he wouldn't realize how annoying it is, and just saw it as a neat electronic toy for them and didn't put much else thought into it.

2. Grandma Chris, for the same reasons, but she seems a bit more thoughtful and doesn't seem to be one to chase trends.

3. Stripe is a likely candidate, as he DOES seem to chase trends and is really impressed by higher-tech toys (Muffin's car, anyone?). HOWEVER, Muffin doesn't seem to have one, so a possible re-gift?

Anyone else have ideas?