Anyone ever play with a female DM?

[ssampier]

We named the DOG, Indiana....

Written like a true Indiana Jones Geek. I applaud you.

 

[howandwhy99]

Yes
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but I have played with girls before.

 

[Roadkill101]

Can't say as I've ever had a female GM. In 26 years of gaming I'm personally aware of only one female who ran any kind of game. An ex-wife of a buddy of mine, I missed the experience due to a heavy workload at the time, but I hate her guts, so it's probably a good thing I missed 'cause I'd have been an extremely disruptive player. Of my other friends who did experience her game, I've never heard any comments except from the one who was married to her (and his comments were biased, IMO).

 

[Scotley]

I voted 'yes' but I've only been in a handful of face to face sessions over the years with female DM's. I don't think my wife, who is not a gamer would be thrilled with the idea. "I'm going over to a woman's house to play some games Friday night dear. Um, its okay she's a Dungeon Master..."

There are some female DM's who run good play by post games here at ENWorld as well. At least I think they are female. As in Thanee's case you can't judge by the avatar.

 

[Halivar]

Played with girls frequently. DM'ing? Never.

The closest I've come is when we were running a game at our FLGS, and the table next to us (they're regulars, too) invited a girl in to start a campaign. I don't think we even got anything done in our game, as we were too engrossed in the hormonal spectacle occurring at the other table.

"If you didn't say you were buying rations, then you didn't buy rations and now you're starving!"

"What? If you don't have your material components listed, then you can't cast spells!"

"If you ever question my authority again, I am going home!"

We never saw her again.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

My wife has DMed in the past. She prefers to play these days though, which is fine because I've been on a DM-only kick for the past few years.

Past game groups have included several married couples, but only one of the wives besides mine ever tried to run anything (Werewolf: The Apocalypse)...and that didn't go so well.

 

[Stormborn]

Pretty much if I am not running a game then I am playing with female DM.

Played with girls frequently. DM'ing? Never.

The closest I've come is when we were running a game at our FLGS, and the table next to us (they're regulars, too) invited a girl in to start a campaign. I don't think we even got anything done in our game, as we were too engrossed in the hormonal spectacle occurring at the other table.

Not trying to pick a fight here, but I have seen and heard of pleanty of male DMs who do the exact same thing. It has nothing to do with hormones, gender, or phases of the moon and everything to do with poor social skills and misplaced values. All it means is that a woman can be just as bad a DM as any man.

Or just as good.

Or better.

 

[Bloosquig]

Yeah I can't see as how there would be a difference between females and males DM'ing or playing. There are good and bad players of both sexes. Just different plumbing is all.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Yeah. Why is this a topic for discussion? My old gaming group had more female DMs than male DMs. The point was good gaming, not the sex of the person behind the screen.

 

[Bloosquig]

I didn't want this to become a battle of the sexes. I was just curious if anyone else's experiences were different then my own. That is that I had played with many girls but never seen one interested in DM'ing and thought it unusual since they were all great players. No offense to anyone was meant by anything.