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<blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5737831" data-attributes="member: 11437">Well, I'm doing MY part <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />A few months back, my niece-in-law asked me - out of the blue - if I would teach her how to play D&amp;D.&nbsp; It turns out that her boyfriend and his friends were playing but didn't want to bother to teach her the game.&nbsp; Now, I've created a simple campaign set in the Nentir Vale (using as much published stuff as I can, to save time).&nbsp; I'm not sure that the game needs to be changed to attract female gamers.&nbsp; The fundamental question that must be answered before the initial question can be addressed is whether RPGing is something females want to do.&nbsp; In my case, I had no idea my niece wanted to learn to play and I was pleasantly surprised and willing to teach.&nbsp; But surely, that is a rarity.&nbsp; If D&amp;D is something the boys do, there will be SOME interest from the females, but I don't know that WOTC can do a whole lot to convince those uninterested in RPGing to give it a try.If WOTC does want to attract female gamers, they need to create a gateway drug.&nbsp; I know WOTC has tried this before and failed.&nbsp; They need to determine what about D&amp;D appeals to female players and then build their &quot;entry game&quot; around those concepts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Insight, post: 5737831, member: 11437"] Well, I'm doing MY part :) A few months back, my niece-in-law asked me - out of the blue - if I would teach her how to play D&D. It turns out that her boyfriend and his friends were playing but didn't want to bother to teach her the game. Now, I've created a simple campaign set in the Nentir Vale (using as much published stuff as I can, to save time). I'm not sure that the [i]game[/i] needs to be changed to attract female gamers. The fundamental question that must be answered before the initial question can be addressed is whether RPGing is something females [i]want to do[/i]. In my case, I had no idea my niece wanted to learn to play and I was pleasantly surprised and willing to teach. But surely, that is a rarity. If D&D is [i]something the boys do[/i], there will be SOME interest from the females, but I don't know that WOTC can do a whole lot to convince those uninterested in RPGing to give it a try. If WOTC does want to attract female gamers, they need to create a [i]gateway drug[/i]. I know WOTC has tried this before and failed. They need to determine what about D&D appeals to female players and then build their "entry game" around those concepts. [/QUOTE]

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