Hi, Hunter, A few quick pointers: 1) You haven't specified your timezone. I'm going to assume that you are probably somewhere in the USA, but it would be really helpful for prospective DMs (or maybe others interested in a young-person-friendly campaign) to specify which timezone you're in. 2) Simply because you're asking for a young-person-friendly campaign, and I've seen a few other similar posts, it could be helpful if you mention whether or not you'd be open to others (e.g. another family, or another teen) joining your group. There are a few families looking. 3) I'm guessing that you might have reasons for preferring a female DM. It may be better if you specify the personality traits, or attitudes, that you're looking for, rather than assuming that a) a female DM will have those attributes and b) a male DM won't have them. Or the things that you're looking for in a game? For example, I'm assuming that you wouldn't want a game that allowed NSFW content. But with a 10yo, different families and children will have different tolerances on, say, romance, alcohol consumption, blood, gore, character death, and so on. My friend's 13yo daughter is the worst murder-hobo of our whole group. 4) I am a female player, and a female DM. All of my groups have been mixed. In the 3.5 group where I get to play, and not DM, thus far all of my DMs have been male. There have been no issues. We have men playing female characters; no issues. We've had only one conflict in any of my groups, when what was supposed to be a lighthearted jokey scene went a bit far. It was ironed out by the following week, and the group is still together years later - and it happened because a female player hadn't made her boundaries clear, and actually the guys were waaaaay more upset than the girls. I know that there are reasons - including cultural ones - why some women and girls are more comfortable hanging out without men, and if that's your case, or you have a good reason for preferring a woman, that's your shout. I just want to reassure you that, in general, good DMs and good players respect each other's boundaries and sensitivities . The vast majority of DMs, and, for that matter, players, are guys, so you're severely limiting your potential responses. There are some guys out there who've run a lot of games for newbies and/or kids.
