For several years I worked as tech director at a local Seattle girls middle school where I also taught coding &, eventually, D&D.
I started off with an #RPG club of 6 girls that grew until, within 3 years, we had a third of the school in RPG clubs. I ran classes based on #DnD, we had RPG summer camps. It was a blast.
Doing some file cleanup just now and I found this audio we recorded for a podcast where some 6+7th graders intro'd their characters (level zero! because I ran it very old school).
@ethanschoonover that was really cool about 1/3 of the girls at your school playing rig's
The world needs more girls coding too. We need more people like Grace Hopper :)
Might you have thoughts on how to make D&D more accessible
Especially documentation
Also path finder
(I'll add some more of these clips to this thread later)
For now here's a shot of the crew that eventually named themselves the "OGs" (original gamers). After playing a year long campaign with me (starting as level 0 commoners who eventually find their true callings as warriors and wizards), they became the first student dungeon masters in the school, growing our endeavor from 6 students to 30 almost overnight.
(My friend & colleague whom I cajoled into playing a couple sessions on the left)
@Verso Me too, Kelly, me too. I stay in touch with several of those students and many went on to start clubs in high school as well. Nice to see those ripples spread out into the world.
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