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Message no. 1
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject: Re: Female Players
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 15:05:05 -0600
Chaos451 wrote:
|
[snip: player relationship soap opera]
|
| I dunno chummer, most of the chix in my area are not even interested in or
| even know what rpg's are.. But i am betting that the same situation would
| come up if there was any chicks interested.

I've gamed a couple times were there was only one woman. In both
cases things went smoothly.

I also know of one group where there are three women and four men.
Of course two of the women are married to two of the men so that
tones down any male/female tension. But it works.

| You also have to remeber i live in the buckle of the bible belt and most
| people confuse RPG's with the occult.. Like i'm going to initiate people who
| play shadowrun into my cult, sheesh....

<grin> That does put a damper on the posibility of getting a female
player. On the other hand limits can breed people who want to break
those limits, so don't give up hope.

-David
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1068/homepage.htm
--
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing
which ones to keep."
Message no. 2
From: David Mezerette <mezeretted@*****.U-NANCY.FR>
Subject: Re: Female Players
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:29:20 +0100
At 15:05 14/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Chaos451 wrote:
>|
>[snip: player relationship soap opera]
>|
>| I dunno chummer, most of the chix in my area are not even interested in or
>| even know what rpg's are.. But i am betting that the same situation would
>| come up if there was any chicks interested.
>
>I've gamed a couple times were there was only one woman. In both
>cases things went smoothly.
>
>I also know of one group where there are three women and four men.
>Of course two of the women are married to two of the men so that
>tones down any male/female tension. But it works.
>
it works?... well, it depends what u wanna do...even if their characters
ain't in love, tis pretty hard to rise one against the other (they think it
would ruin their couple, but it limits the possibilities of the other
players...)and, apart from rpg, never play diplomacy w/ a couple...anyway,
never play diplomacy w/ friends...never play diplomacy

'enough tequila for today' ChYlD
mezeretted@*****.u-nancy.fr

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