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What I'm cooking on: Kid Nimble first look (and more)
🕑 Added 2025-03-04 16:53:38 +0000 UTC
I announced last year that I may be working with an illustrator on a kid's version of Nimble aimed at teaching TTRPGs to middle school aged kids, for afterschool programs, libraries or parents with young kids. Working title: Kid Nimble, but I'm leaning toward something a bit cooler like Nimble: Adventure Club.
For as much as Nimble streamlines TTRPGs, the goal here would be to go much further. It must keep attention, remove as much waiting as possible, you should be able to teach it instantly, and over all be a silly, fun time.
Starting with the Nimble base, we're streamlining it even further. Here's some of what I'm thinking:
Instant to teach & reduced analysis paralysis. 2 actions instead of 3. No assess, No monster armor, etc. etc. Super streamlined mechanics and combat while retaining the core fun, role-playing and tactical, monster-fighting, adventure bits.
No character creation. Character selection instead. We'll have a set of premade heroes to choose from (currently we have The BRUTE, MAGE, SNEAK, HOTSHOT, and GUARDIAN), kids can flip through the cards (perhaps laminated for durability and can use dry erase markers?) one side of the card will have art for a boy hero the other side girls.
When you level up, grab the next card. everything you need to know will be listed on the card and you can jump right in to the next adventure.
That said, I'm not sure this project will ever become a thing. Nimble did well with crowdfunding, I'm not sure this would do the same. Distribution with schools/libraries likely requires a publisher of some sort. Who knows?
What's going on with the other projects?
I like to work on multiple things simultaneously, so I'm working on them still! While the Witch alpha is percolating in the back of my head, I'm thinking up mechanics for the Psion and Artificer, as well as new monsters, how a nature/earth spell school would function and other cool mechanics!
This week I expect to get the wet proof of the cloth map and next week the wet proofs of the entire boxed set! Will make sure I show them off ASAP.
Patreon Update
I'm also going to reduce the cost for the Patreon this week. I'd rather let more people join in and contribute to development than expect a lot from a smaller group of people. Plus it's a bit less pressure on me to ensure super high value if the cost is lowered. Lower pressure all around.
Thank you all for your support. 💪
Comments
Andrew Thomas
This is a neat concept. I recently purchased Little Game Masters at Gen Con and it has been fun for my 6 year old to play some D&D. I like the idea of the cards, I think any kind of structure or board gamifying it helps for kids.
Joseph Le May
This looks incredible! I definitely would lean toward a more evocative name like Nimble Adventure Club than a more literal one like Nimbler or Kid Nimble.
Isaac Irvin
"Nimbler" :) I really like this idea and would probably buy it for introducing to younger players or those new to ttrpgs
