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<blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5737927" data-attributes="member: 11437">As is the case with my niece, she'd heard about D&amp;D (her boyfriend and his friends were playing, but they showed no interest in teaching her).&nbsp; She wanted to learn how to play so that she could play with them.&nbsp; I think this is a far more likely way that a female player will get into D&amp;D.&nbsp; The only way that WOTC can really affect this is to create something that appeals more to female players that can eventually push them towards D&amp;D.&nbsp; This is likely to draw in females who have some interest in trying D&amp;D but may be initially put off by the overwhelming rules of standard D&amp;D and the stigma of D&amp;D being a male-dominated hobby.Unless a potential female gamer is like my niece, and finds someone to teach her D&amp;D, she is unlikely to ever pick up the game to give it a try.&nbsp; The unnamed and unspecified product I propose would be an end-around to give potential female gamers a way to get into the game without necessarily knowing male players willing to teach them to play.There are many RPGs out there that could appeal to female gamers.&nbsp; The problem is that none of them are D&amp;D (and thus have a greatly diminished brand name in the eyes of potential gamers).&nbsp; WoD is a possibility, as it appeals to socializing and intrigue (as opposed to dungeon crawls).&nbsp; Another possibility is Call of Cthulhu, with an emphasis on avoiding combat.&nbsp; Finally, games like Blue Rose (from Green Ronin) seemed to be an attempt at a romance-flavored RPG.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Insight, post: 5737927, member: 11437"] As is the case with my niece, she'd heard about D&D (her boyfriend and his friends were playing, but they showed no interest in teaching her). She wanted to learn how to play so that she could play with them. I think this is a far more likely way that a female player will get into D&D. The only way that WOTC can really affect this is to create something that appeals more to female players that can eventually push them towards D&D. This is likely to draw in females who have [i]some[/i] interest in trying D&D but may be initially put off by the overwhelming rules of standard D&D and the stigma of D&D being a male-dominated hobby. Unless a potential female gamer is like my niece, and finds someone to teach her D&D, she is unlikely to ever pick up the game to give it a try. The unnamed and unspecified product I propose would be an end-around to give potential female gamers a way to get into the game without necessarily knowing male players willing to teach them to play. There are many RPGs out there that [i]could[/i] appeal to female gamers. The problem is that none of them are D&D (and thus have a greatly diminished brand name in the eyes of potential gamers). WoD is a possibility, as it appeals to socializing and intrigue (as opposed to dungeon crawls). Another possibility is Call of Cthulhu, with an emphasis on [i]avoiding[/i] combat. Finally, games like Blue Rose (from Green Ronin) seemed to be an attempt at a romance-flavored RPG. [/QUOTE]

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