getting to like you, getting to hope you like me

[muladhara]

My brother brought my nephew to visit. I showed him some of my dice, since one of the words we taught him to say when he was learning to talk was "dodecahedron" and, well, that's what a d12 is. He likes my glittery dice, and I think the d20 is his favourite. He wanted to play a dice game with me, but I didn't know any, so then he sulked, till I said I'd get my cards and we could play Snap. He was more interested in seeing that some of the cards had the same suit and numbers than he was matching pairs, but he is only four, so I can't really blame him.

I STG when he's older I'm going to play tabletop RPGs with him. Obviously I won't if he isn't interested, but if he is, I will. But I think four is way too young for any of that right now.

So I'm going to learn a couple of dice games instead, and see what he thinks of those instead.

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Some links you may find helpful:

A whole bunch of useful links that dingsi has compiled.

Patron Saint Bluebell by ursulav, which is not a short story, but just a post that you might like to read.

Also, I have retweeted, and will continue to retweet useful links and stuff on my twitter rootsandbones, so if you scroll down my timeline, you'll find them. There are also some nice/cute animal pictures, and some comics by people I like/know.

Comments

[thenicochan]

Yessss. Bring the child into the fold of the nerd. Insert your own Jareth from Labyrinth joke here.

[muladhara]

I fully intend to! My brother will not be amused, but I don't care!

[helvetica]

That's really sweet that yuo're going to learn some dice games for your nephew! He'll be so excited

[muladhara]

I think he will! I've got to do something with my growing pile of dice ;)

[halley]

Oh, that's so cute! I remember being young and fascinated with dice. It is sweet of you to learn some dice games for him :D

[muladhara]

I like stuff like dice games, so I really don't mind :)