Monte Cook Games No Thank You Evil

I bought this to introduce my niece and nephew to role playing games. My niece has basically been doing them on her own as she would play with people and make up stories about their characters and adventures, so having it be a thing was very validating to her. Having it codified to some degree with the sheets and tokens is great. They love the coins and using them to buy new gear.My niece just turned 6 and my nephew just turned 9. They both love it and we've bought the expansions as well. They love the dance party breaks, and we've often run adventures moving from room to room in our house which added a little something extra.The stories are built in such a way as to give you a lot of leeway as to how in depth with the rules you want to go, which is handy for younger kids.The only negatives are that it's a little pricey and you only get 4 pre-built adventures and not really enough tokens for more than maybe 3 players (coins especially). If you get it, make copies of the play sheets before you use them, you'll run out otherwise.Despite the price and limited tokens and playsheets, I highly recommend this.

My son and I are having a blast with this. He has an amazing imagination. We had been playing Amazing Tales and still enjoy that game but NTYE comes with a lot more substance (i.e. Visuals I don't need to draw, premade adventures, great character sheets for different levels of players) that makes it super easy for me to just pull out the box and get to playing with less than 5 minutes of prep time. I really enjoy playing as the guide for my son. Amazing Tales is AWESOME but I found myself continually exhausted after sessions trying to keep up with the mind and enthusiasm of my son's amazing imagination--especially after a long day of work. NTYE provides me with a bit less mental gymnastics with the premade adventures and is incredibly easy to create new adventures using the available materials!This is literally everything I was hoping for when I ordered it.I've played Amazing Tales and NTYE with my son. I've also created mini Starfinder adventures (that are age appropriate and focus on solving problems without violence) that use a hybrid FATE CORE system ruleset/FATE dice. I own Little Wizards but found that to be too advanced for a 4 year old--will panky need to wait a year or two to try out that system.All that to say I've tried a lot with my son and if you're on the fence about any of the above options NTYE has been what's worked best for him and I.Highly recommend!

Sacred Bovine. This is fantastic!!!!I've been playing Numenera using the Cypher System from Monte Cook Games for 2 or more years. I very-much enjoy the game play system. I have 3 kids - 12, 9, 6. Each at a different level of game playability, so Dungeons & Dragons hasn't really been a good fit.I've waited for a whole year to get No Thank You, Evil!!!!!!!!I am NOT disappointed. Monte Cook Games packed a lot of awesome into this box set, including a 3-part campaign/story to get you started if you're not sure where to begin!There are 3 types of character sheets - Beginner, Intermediate and Master! Fine... not Master, but the types are as follows:Beginner: My character is a Noun.Intermediate: My character is an Adjective Noun.More skilled: My character is an Adjective Noun who Verbs.So.... I'm doing a My Little Pony adventure. Starting w/ the 3 core stories and then branching off from there.One of the characters is a Scientist Pony (Pegasus) who Mixes Chemicals.Each player gets a Companion. In this instance, a floating tiny turtle. The game rules show you some core companion types and you can use them, or make your own, and use similar stats.I'm so excited to begin play. The rule book is a very easy to understand version of the Cypher System. I am completely sure a 4 year old could learn this game, while playing with a 12 year old.Thanks!

2 adults, 2 seven year olds played. Allowed kids to make up their characters and accessories and determined what skills they could use in the game. Great use of imagination.

Great game, kids love it. Good for young players.

Just played this for the first time with kids ages 5/4/2.5. It was good for two solid hours of entertainment between character creation and playing the intro adventure. I was not a fan of the cost ($50) but it is absolutely going to be worth it... Even my youngest pretended she was "Boss Baby" for the whole adventure and made a general amount of mischief in the game instead of real life for a pleasant change. Seems like it will encourage cooperation and creativity for everyone in the family!

I can't keep up with my kids need for another game. Great way to get together and spark their imaginations.

Awesome game if you are already familiar with RPGs. My kids are loving it.