Tabletop Roleplaying Games (D&D, Pathfinder, CoC, ETC.)

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Starscreams Cape said:
To think that anyone back in the day would have turned a girl away from the game group is laughable. Not only does it give you a different perspective, but back when it was nerdy and you had to stay in the gaming closet, having a girl or two in your group was an ace up the sleeve.

"You play D&D?‽"...

"Yea, so does (girl 1) and (girl 2), what of it?".
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Heh. One of my past groups had a 50-50 split; three guys, three girls. It definitely made the games more robust; women do see situations differently from men -- made for some interesting sessions.

We used to joke about RPG roundtables where all-guy groups would ask 'what can we do to attract female gamers' and we'd comment, 'We'll loan you some of ours if you want.' The girls also collectively rolled their eyes at the one idiot who got up and talked about how she wanted to be respected for her mind... while wearing a slinky catgirl cosplay outfit.
 
Capsaicin Addict said:
Heh. One of my past groups had a 50-50 split; three guys, three girls. It definitely made the games more robust; women do see situations differently from men -- made for some interesting sessions.

We used to joke about RPG roundtables where all-guy groups would ask 'what can we do to attract female gamers' and we'd comment, 'We'll loan you some of ours if you want.' The girls also collectively rolled their eyes at the one idiot who got up and talked about how she wanted to be respected for her mind... while wearing a slinky catgirl cosplay outfit.
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See Women in my groups largely dont

though its very dependant on the womenZ
 
Manwithn0n0men said:
See Women in my groups largely dont

though its very dependant on the womenZ
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Every group I have been in has universally accepted the RULE (not Law, rules can be broken)
Girls Break Games
Why? Because (typically) girls come into a game, not to have fun or to expand a personal strategy/develop, but to USE MEN FOR RESOURCES.
Just like your catsuit girl example. Honor my mind, pay for my latex body.

Exceptions: Bull dykes (that are not drama queens), long-term gf (who isn't a slut), and married couples (who aren't sluts).

pretty much, if you are entering a game with any intention OTHER THAN THE FUCKING GAME, I would tell them to GTFO.
 
Orange Rhymer said:
Every group I have been in has universally accepted the RULE (not Law, rules can be broken)
Girls Break Games
Why? Because (typically) girls come into a game, not to have fun or to expand a personal strategy/develop, but to USE MEN FOR RESOURCES.
Just like your catsuit girl example. Honor my mind, pay for my latex body.

Exceptions: Bull dykes (that are not drama queens), long-term gf (who isn't a slut), and married couples (who aren't sluts).

pretty much, if you are entering a game with any intention OTHER THAN THE FUCKING GAME, I would tell them to GTFO.
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I've far better luck then that
 
Orange Rhymer said:
Every group I have been in has universally accepted the RULE (not Law, rules can be broken)
Girls Break Games
Why? Because (typically) girls come into a game, not to have fun or to expand a personal strategy/develop, but to USE MEN FOR RESOURCES.
Just like your catsuit girl example. Honor my mind, pay for my latex body.

Exceptions: Bull dykes (that are not drama queens), long-term gf (who isn't a slut), and married couples (who aren't sluts).

pretty much, if you are entering a game with any intention OTHER THAN THE FUCKING GAME, I would tell them to GTFO.
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That's not really a gender rule though, that's an across the board rule. We're not here to enter your Magical Realm, we're not here to cater to your psych issues, and we're not here to give you body affirmation; we're here to play the game.

Maybe as @Manwithn0n0men commented, we've been luckier than you?
 
Capsaicin Addict said:
That's not really a gender rule though, that's an across the board rule. We're not here to enter your Magical Realm, we're not here to cater to your psych issues, and we're not here to give you body affirmation; we're here to play the game.

Maybe as @Manwithn0n0men commented, we've been luckier than you?
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Women have a certain sort of attention seeking behavior at the table during the game [thats women specific] and their are ways to appropriately cut that out
 
I was in one game where a woman came in as the girlfriend of one of the players. They broke up, she promptly started fishing in the pond for a new boyfriend among the other players. I noped right out from that, she always seemed like a shallow annoying person to me, but she was pretty so three other players fell over themselves trying to be the new boyfriend. Long story short, turns out she was a shallow annoying person, new boyfriend soon regretted it, game fell apart.
 
Capsaicin Addict said:
Heh. One of my past groups had a 50-50 split; three guys, three girls. It definitely made the games more robust; women do see situations differently from men -- made for some interesting sessions.

We used to joke about RPG roundtables where all-guy groups would ask 'what can we do to attract female gamers' and we'd comment, 'We'll loan you some of ours if you want.' The girls also collectively rolled their eyes at the one idiot who got up and talked about how she wanted to be respected for her mind... while wearing a slinky catgirl cosplay outfit.
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My first regular group was 3 women 2 men for a few years. My current one has my wife and daughter. Such a bitter shame I'm an incel for laughing at SJW'S, though.


Manwithn0n0men said:
Women have a certain sort of attention seeking behavior at the table during the game [thats women specific] and their are ways to appropriately cut that out
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Based on my experience this can be true at cons. Especially Gencon. I've sat down with a few doozies that me and my friends still laugh at today. But in my personal experience the women in my group tend to be more reserved.
 
knightlautrec said:

'LARPing as a woman for a few hours a week in an idealised world of fantasy totally makes me a real honest to god woman'

Jesus christ. This is bad as people who say that playing a girl toon in WoW makes them a woman.
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Lolwat.

An RPG does not exist to validate your mental issues. I know guys who can play girls convincingly, and girls who can play guys convincingly, in a roleplaying setting. But that's pretend, make believe fun. If you're using that as a springboard into full on 'I'm a real X', you may have some serious problems.
 
Starscreams Cape said:
Based on my experience this can be true at cons. Especially Gencon. I've sat down with a few doozies that me and my friends still laugh at today. But in my personal experience the women in my group tend to be more reserved.
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Really, really depends on the system, or at least it did when I still bothered with GenCon. There tends to be high quality players in slightly more obscure games where people might only get a chance to play at conventions. GenCon used to be amazing for Amber Diceless, for example. Player base there for it was about 50/50 men and women, too.
 
kcbbq said:
Really, really depends on the system, or at least it did when I still bothered with GenCon. There tends to be high quality players in slightly more obscure games where people might only get a chance to play at conventions. GenCon used to be amazing for Amber Diceless, for example. Player base there for it was about 50/50 men and women, too.
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Yea, probably true. I've had fantastic games of QAGS at Gencon with men and women. In one I remember a couple of maybe 14-15 year old girls doing a bang up job, more than holding their own in a group of experienced role players. To your point, a game of 5e at that same Gencon was ruined by a woman who insisted on doing an annoying "gnome voice" throughout and her creepy beta boyfriend, who was literally shadowing every choice my friend made.
 
Syaoran Li said:
Vampire 5th Edition is a textbook example of what NOT to do when you're writing a new edition of a beloved RPG.

VTM 5E is to 2018 what D&D 4E was to 2008, a grave mistake made from the hubris of the IP holders.
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It's also Modiphus' best selling line so
 
Capsaicin Addict said:
Lolwat.

An RPG does not exist to validate your mental issues. I know guys who can play girls convincingly, and girls who can play guys convincingly, in a roleplaying setting. But that's pretend, make believe fun. If you're using that as a springboard into full on 'I'm a real X', you may have some serious problems.
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When you abstract it down, it's someone trying to validate themselves via make believe.
That is a clear sign that they have a massive confidence problem as well as being unhappy with who they are.
 
I've played dudes and chicks and humans and non-humans and never once have I felt that roleplaying reflected any special inner truth about me as a person. If you think about it, "I played a girl so I'm a troon!" Is very much in the same vein as the satanic panic "Billy summoned a demon in the game so now he's going to sacrifice his sister!". Both of them impart a significance to roleplaying that just doesn't exist for a healthy person, because healthy people can manage their lives away from the gaming table.
 
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