Good Online RPG for an 8-year old
August 19, 2013 12:46 PM Subscribe
Looking for an online RPG that's age appropriate for an 8-year old. Fantasy worlds, dungeon crawling, D&D style would seem a good fit. Does such a thing exist?
He already plays on kid-friendly Minecraft servers like Intercraften, and he really enjoys that. Are there any similar concepts in the online RPG world? (i.e. monitored or filtered chat, moderators keeping an eye on things etc.)
He already plays on kid-friendly Minecraft servers like Intercraften, and he really enjoys that. Are there any similar concepts in the online RPG world? (i.e. monitored or filtered chat, moderators keeping an eye on things etc.)
Another vote for Wizard 101 - my kids have played that and liked it a lot.
If you're willing to go the non-D&D route, Club Penguin is pretty fantastic. Poptropica is also great, and seemingly endless. All very safe, with monitored chat as well as ultimate "locked down" chat (the kids can chat but only using words from pre-approved lists, no typing).
posted by jbickers at 1:00 PM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
If you're willing to go the non-D&D route, Club Penguin is pretty fantastic. Poptropica is also great, and seemingly endless. All very safe, with monitored chat as well as ultimate "locked down" chat (the kids can chat but only using words from pre-approved lists, no typing).
posted by jbickers at 1:00 PM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
Can your 8-year-old appreciate retro vintage goodness? Because there are few D&D style dungeon crawling RPGs more fun for the whole family than Angband. Can't beat the price either.
posted by telegraph at 1:10 PM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by telegraph at 1:10 PM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
Free Realms is basically in the same bucket as Wizard 101.
posted by inkyz at 1:57 PM on August 19, 2013
posted by inkyz at 1:57 PM on August 19, 2013
Full disclosure- I work for this company, but Roblox has a lot of RPGs, most of them user-created. Dungeon Delver, for example, is a game created by a user on our site. And our site is moderated, COPPA compliant, and mostly aimed at 8-13 year olds.
posted by thewumpusisdead at 2:20 PM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by thewumpusisdead at 2:20 PM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
Runescape. Last I checked that was about the right age range. Maybe a little more World of Warcraft-lite, running in a web browser.
posted by jeffhoward at 5:41 PM on August 19, 2013
posted by jeffhoward at 5:41 PM on August 19, 2013
Response by poster: Thank you for the responses everyone. We will check these out.
posted by Otis at 6:51 AM on August 20, 2013
posted by Otis at 6:51 AM on August 20, 2013
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posted by restless_nomad at 12:52 PM on August 19, 2013 [1 favorite]