Running Cairn for My Kids

IntroductionI've started a Cairn campaign using Dogtooth Valley by Nate Treme of the Highland Paranormal Society and some house rules I have been cooking up specifically for kids. I almost didn't, and in fact I've been putting off running a game for my kids for a long time. This is, of course, despite the fact that I have run Cairn for a bunch of kids at this point. This post is a little bit of a confession about my TTRPG design tendencies, a little bit of play report, and perhaps a bit of review of Dogtooth Valley as well. If any of that sounds interesting to you, read on. My HesitationsI'll start by saying that I put off running a game for my kids for a while. Some of it was that I was busy with other TTRPG projects and the general stress of work and life, but mostly the issue was that I was hesitant to push my hobby on them for fear they wouldn't like it. However, even when my kids expressed interest, there was still the matter of deciding what to run. It shows you how deep in the…