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<blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 7762567" data-attributes="member: 6688277"><p>True.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is their teasing that sometimes makes them miss important information. I'm not saying it happens for every encounter but misunderstandings can and do occur.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>We recently had boardgamer join our table, who is quite enthusiastic about roleplaying having discovered it late in life. He has purchased a handful of books all at once, signed up on Enworld, backed a RPG kickstarter, devoured Critical Role and some other online podcasts - all within 6-8 months. He very much prefers the battle grid given his background which is understandable and so constantly asks for this, gaining support from some of the other players at the table, who rally behind him, but know better <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>His fiance has also joined the group, but what I have noticed is as the guys are quick to tease one another and jibber-jabber, invariably various bits of narration/description are missed, the fiance actually pays attention to all that I say and very much scolds them when misunderstandings occur either in or outside of combat.</p><p>I have three female players all in all, each in different groups and what I have noticed is that they are more attentive than their male counterparts. Is this a thing, I don't know. It is just my observation from my table.</p><p></p><p>So I'm comfortable with the word <em>pandering</em>, given the proven attentiveness of the female roleplayers where misunderstandings are less likely to occur.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: If I had to list, I'd say the 3 biggest desires from my players would be (a) play more often (b) battle-grid and (c) magical goodies. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sadras, post: 7762567, member: 6688277"] True. It is their teasing that sometimes makes them miss important information. I'm not saying it happens for every encounter but misunderstandings can and do occur. We recently had boardgamer join our table, who is quite enthusiastic about roleplaying having discovered it late in life. He has purchased a handful of books all at once, signed up on Enworld, backed a RPG kickstarter, devoured Critical Role and some other online podcasts - all within 6-8 months. He very much prefers the battle grid given his background which is understandable and so constantly asks for this, gaining support from some of the other players at the table, who rally behind him, but know better :) His fiance has also joined the group, but what I have noticed is as the guys are quick to tease one another and jibber-jabber, invariably various bits of narration/description are missed, the fiance actually pays attention to all that I say and very much scolds them when misunderstandings occur either in or outside of combat. I have three female players all in all, each in different groups and what I have noticed is that they are more attentive than their male counterparts. Is this a thing, I don't know. It is just my observation from my table. So I'm comfortable with the word [I]pandering[/I], given the proven attentiveness of the female roleplayers where misunderstandings are less likely to occur. EDIT: If I had to list, I'd say the 3 biggest desires from my players would be (a) play more often (b) battle-grid and (c) magical goodies. ;) [/QUOTE]
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