Area of Effect - A TTRPG Show for Parents & Educators
The Kids Table Games LLCDid you know that playing D&D can have just as many benefits for families and students as playing sports? Area of Effect is a show where we discuss how tabletop roleplaying games benefit the whole family. As former educators, Ryan and Allison interview experts like TTRPG game designers, educators, psychologists, and more as we give tips to help you bring the adventures to your own table.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 26 | Founded | a month ago |
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| Categories | GamesEducationLeisure | ||||
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Different D&D players are smart in different ways, so why not incorporate puzzles (challenges) to keep all players' brains engaged and give each individual their time to shine? In this episode, Allison and Ryan chat with Trevor of Emberglow Gaming ab... more
It's a DM's worst nightmare: your D&D players have made an unexpected choice, obliterating your plans, and you now have to DM on the fly. Those who DM for kids can find themselves in this position more often than DMs with adults, because kids can be ... more
Planning sessions, we love to hate them. But, in kids' DnD, do they actually have a distinct purpose? In this episode, Ryan & Allison chat about how planning sessions help kids develop important life skills such as executive function, verbal processi... more
D&D puts players in control of a collaborative story, but can kids handle the necessary moral choices? On this episode, Allison & Ryan chat about a moral dilemma presented to our kid heroes in Season 2 of our show, why this was an age-appropriate the... more
D&D is fun, but can it help improve player confidence? We recently shared clip on social media (on 5/2/25) showing a stark contrast between how kid player Khloe handled the pressure of mid-battle decision-making back in Season 1 compared to Season 2.... more
In a recent episode of our original kid-focused Dungeons & Dragons show (S2E06 "An Ominous Warning"), the party wakes in the night to a surprise attack! Caught at a disadvantage, our heroes are in dire straights, and the kids start to get scared. Rya... more
In the latest episode our original kid-focused Dungeons & Dragons show (S2E06 "An Ominous Warning"), mom Raenelle steps in to negotiate between new teen player Dillon and the rest of the group, thereby both modeling and including our kid players thro... more
Allison & Red Wyrm discuss how to transition kids into the D&D Dungeon Master seat on this episode of Area of Effect. Red Wyrm and his son "The Wyrmling" started playing D&D when The Wyrmling was just 2 years old, and he started DMing at the ripe age... more
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Apple Podcasts | #213 |  United Kingdom/Leisure/Games |
Apple Podcasts | #148 |  New Zealand/Leisure/Games |
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