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Adapt/ simplify MTG rules for kids (diegocarrasco.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Adapt/ simplify MTG rules for Kids

Hi! I wrote an article on my blog about adapting MTG rules for kids and I thought it would be interesting for some parents with small kids who have yet to learn how to read.

To get in context, I have a 6-years-old daughter who wanted to play with me. I tried to teach her some rules but, given that she can’t read yet, was a little hard to explain everything. Then I also realized that she didn’t like some concepts (like graveyard), so I adapted the rules in a way that, I hope, will be easier for her to understand the real rules when she grows up (and that it will be easier for me to explain).

The result is that we have played many times since and we have had fun :)

If you have improvements to the article, such as other rules, I would be happy to read them.

Cheers, and happy game :)

FYI: I also posted this on Reddit

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for sharing this! My daughter is 3 and she likes to look through my cards with me and comes up with her own rules how to play (with some less-optimal ideas sometimes, such as playing Memory with commander decks)

Btw I had success when playing with her a pen&paper-like adventure and using cards drawn randomly from draft chaff as inspiration and for illustrations. It helps us craft some nice little stories!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hi. Thank you for your feedback!

In the case of 3-years-old I would also recommend removing the creatures with strong graphics. In my case, with my 6-years-old, I remove all the black cards, as they mostly have graphics with death, corruption and destruction.

I didn’t thought of playing memory with MTG. It’s actually interesting 🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I realized that quickly as well. No more black cards, hard to explain some of those scenes to small children. 😅