Take that, Hasbro!

Long ago, when ultrason was 7 or so, I introduced him to the card game "Magic: the Gathering". We played a few games, and was pretty enthusiastic for a while, but couldn't play with anyone... his interest tanked.

Lately he's been asking about RPGs. "Are there any in the house," he asked. Thinking all was in storage, I said "no."

But there was. I'd forgotten that the Palladium book was laying about. It's been his intro to Roleplaying.

Not that I haven't encouraged him, but I've kept it pretty subdued. I won't GM him, I might play with him, and I'm certainly willing to advise him. I was going to simply deny him, but I don't think that strategy would work well.

Yesterday I gave him an old DMG I had lying around that was actually a gift to him for his 2nd birthday. Shut up.

I've told him that he needs to find others to play with, people his own age. I am, however, tempted to break out the "Top Secret/S.I." game and let him James Bond it. But I figured it would be easy for him if the name "Harry Potter" was on the game, so I make some inquiries.

Nada. They tried, and failed. The card game did poorly, too.

The next step would be to adapt, but it doesn't have the same draw, and with no one to demonstrate, it might be really hard for him to get into it.

I want to support his interests, without pushing my interests on him... ideas?