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<blockquote data-quote="Fralex" data-source="post: 7684782" data-attributes="member: 6785902"><p>This is still a relatively small sample size, but my experiences seem to be similar. If I'm playing with friends, around half the players I end up with are women. Actually, I think we might've had a game once where MORE players were female than male, but I can't remember. And this is all in spite of being on a college campus with a <em>terrible </em>gender ratio.</p><p></p><p>But if I play a game at, say, an Adventurer's League bookstore, there tends to be no more than a couple women, spread across the entirety of tables. So yes, if this is any indication, many women do prefer the game to stay among familiar people. Again, small sample size, but so far nothing's contradicted you.</p><p></p><p>The rules thing, too, seems consistent with my experiences. I can't remember a time when a female player got on my nerves because they kept bringing up rules objections. There must be some exceptions, but it does feel like the urge to correct other people over minor details is more often found in guys. Again, this varies. I myself tend to play D&D more for the "make characters, be with friends, make and laugh at stupid jokes" side of things, as well as having a strong distaste for getting the most <em>precise</em> RAW interpretation and the arguments thereof.</p><p></p><p>It might not be a bad idea to provide a way to filter threads so you can easily separate the rules discussions from more laid-back threads for sharing entertaining campaign stories and player experiences, etc. It's a little discouraging when you're just hoping for some fun D&D-related discussion and a lot of the threads are tedious arguments about rules. If that's an opinion shared by many women gamers, too, it could certainly help even things out a little.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fralex, post: 7684782, member: 6785902"] This is still a relatively small sample size, but my experiences seem to be similar. If I'm playing with friends, around half the players I end up with are women. Actually, I think we might've had a game once where MORE players were female than male, but I can't remember. And this is all in spite of being on a college campus with a [I]terrible [/I]gender ratio. But if I play a game at, say, an Adventurer's League bookstore, there tends to be no more than a couple women, spread across the entirety of tables. So yes, if this is any indication, many women do prefer the game to stay among familiar people. Again, small sample size, but so far nothing's contradicted you. The rules thing, too, seems consistent with my experiences. I can't remember a time when a female player got on my nerves because they kept bringing up rules objections. There must be some exceptions, but it does feel like the urge to correct other people over minor details is more often found in guys. Again, this varies. I myself tend to play D&D more for the "make characters, be with friends, make and laugh at stupid jokes" side of things, as well as having a strong distaste for getting the most [I]precise[/I] RAW interpretation and the arguments thereof. It might not be a bad idea to provide a way to filter threads so you can easily separate the rules discussions from more laid-back threads for sharing entertaining campaign stories and player experiences, etc. It's a little discouraging when you're just hoping for some fun D&D-related discussion and a lot of the threads are tedious arguments about rules. If that's an opinion shared by many women gamers, too, it could certainly help even things out a little. [/QUOTE]
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