ilxors with kids (or actually not, necessarily): a query re story cubes, story cards etc

oblique strategies: so here's the tea (which probably belongs on another thread)

i: they are grebt and i use them ALL THE TIME trufax
ii: ("tidy up" don't tell me what to do you berlin-bonced early answer to jordan peterson)
iii: they are SURPRISINGLY SHODDILY MADE, v flimsy and come to bits too quickly
iv: the pack is HUGE (which is also good)…
v: … but makes them v hard to shuffle
vi: ("do nothing for as long as possible" better you are forgiven you loveable boffin-shaped genius)

I just pulled out a card at random from my Oblique Strategies deck: "Don't stress one thing more than another."

There, I think that settles it for you.

:D

there are hunners of oblique strategies apps out there fyi

you could also get her a copy of the i-ching in the hopes of making her the next philip k dick

'change nothing and continue with immaculate consistency'

it me

she's kind of not-quite-online yet (weirdly enough, given me)*

(so not weird, my sister is well aware of me)

Would a suitable-for-younger-players pen-and-paper role-playing game be any use? as a GM she could create characters, worlds, adventures for others to play in, etc.

https://medium.com/@rodneyorpheus/magical-tabletop-games-for-kids-1cd227cac9fe

or

https://geekandsundry.com/teach-your-kids-to-roleplay-with-these-3-ish-games/

might help

a friend suggested some kind of "oulipo for kids" project for this -- which again looking round doesn't seem actually quite to exist, so we half decided to invent it

(she hadn't heard of oblique strategies and loooooved "honour your error as a hidden intention" so that was nice)

A MIghty Girl has curated some things together. Maybe worth a look, I am sure you can order where you are from somewhere. https://www.amightygirl.com/toys/arts-crafts/writing-journaling

james: the GM thing: she (they all) only just moved to a new town and tbh her current gang of pals are the opposite of writerly -- so i'm not sure that would work this minute (but she will move to a new school in the autumn where she may well acquire some geeky as well as rough-and-tumble friends)

on the whole she buckles down to quiet projects only with adult encouragement/participation currently, which is fine -- but she's an only child and i guess what i'm looking for at the moment is things that help her self-motivate a more solitary creativity, which doesn't need adults present or a bunch of likeminded friends? but this is a good avenue for the future when she has some of those

yerac: yes, those look promising, thank you

and thanks everyone! keep em coming

Three-Card Nancy

Oh i guess Five

Once Upon A Time is a really good storytelling card game.

Gloom and Stuff & Nonsense are both decent card games that have a storytelling aspect you can play up or down.

books by keri smith definitely fit the bill :)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51t4yLlB3qL._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

i also found one by john something* which is probably a bit old for her -- text a little too small, suggested projects a little too conceptual for a not particularly cerebral (tho imaginative and artistic) 11-yr-old

*like an idiot i forgot to make a note of it in the bookshop