Entertainment specifically tailored to young gamers ages 8 to 14.

The Kids Track is a setting where kids can game with other children. It features games and systems that appeal to a younger audience and are simple to learn and play. Players are encouraged to work cooperatively with each other and share their creativity.

At SCARAB, we not only delight in sharing our hobby with the next generation, but we believe that gaming can teach children important skills, from reading and math to social skills, cooperation, and problem solving.

Play Games! Earn Tickets! Win Prizes! for full details see our Prize Page.

The Kids Track is NOT a babysitting service, or a substitute for appropriate adult supervision. We are not responsible for supervising child attendees.

The SCARAB staff views the safety of our young guests as a top priority. Kids Track events will be located in the back of Salon A in the Medallion Center. Parents can check up on their children as much as they need to.

• SCARAB child attendees under the age of 12 are required to have a parent or guardian's contact information written on their badges so they can be reached in an emergency.

• A parent or guardian must be on site at the Medallion Center at all times.

• We ask that our Kids Track players be responsible and considerate, and if any child is behaving unsafely or preventing other players from enjoying Kids Track programming, their parent or guardian may be asked to remove them from the Kids Track space.

If you have any questions about the Kids Track, are interested in running games, or helping with other programming contact the SCARAB Kids Track Coordinator at KidsTrack @SCARABcon.com

For a full listing of Kids Events please see the Events Page and Filter By Kids Track.

Harry Potter LARP	Will be taking a year off for 2023.
Book of the Year RPG	Literacy and a love of reading is one of the best gifts we can give our kids. Every year SCARAB Kids Track selects a popular children's' fiction or young adult novel to base an RPG on.
This years selection is: Amari and the Night Brothers	Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters, can’t understand why it’s not a bigger deal. Why isn’t his story all over the news? And why do the police automatically assume he was into something illegal? Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother’s old closet. A briefcase meant for her eyes only. There was far more to Quinton, it seems, than she ever knew. He’s left her a nomination for a summer tryout at the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. Amari is certain the answer to finding out what happened to him lies somewhere inside, if only she can get her head around the idea of mermaids, dwarves, yetis and magicians all being real things, something she has to instantly confront when she is given a weredragon as a roommate. Amari must compete against some of the nation’s wealthiest kids—who’ve known about the supernatural world their whole lives and are able to easily answer questions like which two Great Beasts reside in the Atlantic Ocean and how old is Merlin? Just getting around the Bureau is a lesson alone for Amari with signs like ‘Department of Hidden Places this way, or is it?’ If that all wasn’t enough, every Bureau trainee has a talent enhanced to supernatural levels to help them do their jobs – but Amari is given an illegal ability. As if she needed something else to make her stand out. With an evil magican threatening the whole supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she is an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. But if she doesn’t pass the three tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton.

SCARAB is always on the lookout for volunteers to run games for our Kids Track! All types of games are welcome! RPGs, board/card games, miniatures or other events.

We especially want to encourage our younger players to run games for their peers. The SCARAB staff is happy to give any kid GM any support they need.

We ask that all Kids Track GMs:

• Be prepared to teach the rules of the game to players.
• Provide pre-generated characters or use a system that uses quick and simple character creation.
• Game run within a two hours time slot.
• All games should be child-appropriate. No inappropriate language, adult content, and violence kept to a minimum, with no graphic descriptions. (IE cartoonish or stylized combat like on a children's TV show.)

If you would like to host a game for the Kids track fill out the submission form at the top of the page under Host.

If you are under the age of 14 please email the Kids Track Coordinator at KidsTrack @SCARABcon.com before submitting your event through TableTop.Events.

Be prepared to include:

• Event Type: Please Select Kids Track from the drop down. This insures the correct department gets your submission

• Event Name: The name of the Game Event Submission. This is what is visible to anyone signing up for the game.

• Short Description: 300 Character Limit. There is an option to fill out a longer description that will only be visible online.

• More info URL: Your website or the official website of the game system.

• Preferred Start: The only acceptable start times are 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm. If you select any other time your submission will be returned.

• Alternate Start: See above

• Duration: Kids Track games are ONLY 2 hour duration. If any other duration is selected your submission will be returned.

• Max Tickets: Max number of players at the table, does not include the GM. The default max is 4 due to social distancing regulations.

• Age Range: Select Kids Only (14 and under). If any other range is selected your submission will be returned.

• Game System: The name of the game system.

All game event submissions are subject to approval.

For full details of the Perks of Gming for SCARAB see our Perks Page.