OSR - Gateway Games?

Today I handed over a copy of Survive This!, For Coin & Blood and an extra copy of Savage Worlds Deluxe Edition along with a mess of spare dice to some local friends of my son. Most of the kids where we live are around 10-13 years old, and my son is only 8, but at least one of them likes reading (I handed him a bunch of comic books to help with his reading skills), likes games, and is trying hard to learn to draw....it's hard not to want to encourage this, especially in an area such as where we live (Albuquerque) where the baseline for education and the economy is so miserable.

Anyway, hopefully his mom doesn't object, but maybe it will give the whole gang something interesting to play soon! They were already hooked on Survive This! after a short time....