From:	Stephanos Piperoglou <sneakabout@**********.HOL.GR>
Subject:	Re: Female Gamers
Date:	Sun, 18 Jun 1995 19:31:49 +0200

On Sun, 18 Jun 1995, Peter Bailey wrote:

> 2. the guys are a little less inhibited in the role playing environment. I
> mean, how many of your players would happily geek someone for example?

This has nothing to do with the post, but I'd like to mention it:
In a run, my team dropped in at a corp sec dorm where 5 sec guards were
sleeping, and made short work of them. The look on my players faces (esp.
since they'd used pretty heavy firearms) was "Yeah, we got them good". So
I start describing the gory scene and watch the grins on their faces grow
wider until I tell them about the blood-splattered picture frame that
used to hold a photo of one of the guys wife and kids.

That gave 'em something to think about.

> > >It's just sooo hard convincing girls that gaming is fun and not just some
> > >activity for antisocial geeks. At least here in Sweden.
>
> I have two ladies who play in my games. The tend to chase the boy
> characters worse than the boy characters chase them. Think yourself lucky.

Well, I haven't even considered asking a girl to participate, though I
know of a couple that would be interested. Probably not in Shadowrun (at
least not the stereotypical way of playing it). Maybe Storyteller.

The biggest problem is that firstly, no offence meant, and besides I
don't stray as much from the category, the majority of roleplayers in the
community I game in *are* antisocial geeks. And after all, you have to
admit, girls *do* have different interests in gaming. I'm sure most girls
would get less of a satisfaction in geeking someone with a HAR than most
of the guys in my group.

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