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<blockquote data-quote="Wycen" data-source="post: 1828056" data-attributes="member: 13732">Living in the Bay Area, it has never been a real big deal, except when I was younger, and that was for my mother's sister who made sure to tell my parents, &quot;Make sure you only buy the good guy DnD figures for him&quot;.&nbsp; My mother and father have equated DnD with any other game and will sometimes ask, &quot;So who won the games?&quot;&nbsp; I find it easier to simply say, &quot;Oh, Jim did&quot; rather than explain we got lost and the fighter died but found a wand of fireballs.&nbsp; A few years ago a roommate had a difficult time wrapping her head around DnD.&nbsp; She believed that if a guy played a female character he had to be gay, and vice versa.&nbsp; And if you were talking to another player, who was of the opposite sex, you were flirting &quot;in real life&quot;.&nbsp; Her mother however seemed to grasp the concept, by equating it with something she understood, (Bridge).&nbsp; Neither associated it with evil, at least once they witnessed our group playing.But most recently I had to attend two family weddings.&nbsp; The first was for a younger cousin so many family members were present.&nbsp; When the opportunity presented itself, I mentioned my soon to be published status.&nbsp; Now there is no way to get around the fact that parts of my extended family are old fashioned and sometimes bigoted.&nbsp; So I had already considered my words.&nbsp; When my grandfather asked what I was up to I said, &quot;I'm been writing for a book, creating high tech weapons and ammunition&quot;.&nbsp; This is true, but also false by omission, as I've also created monsters, cybernetics and other gear specifically for RPGing.&nbsp; My grandfather looked at my like I was queer (and I mean the weird definition), and the subject dropped.Next day I told another cousin, but he seemed to recall that I played DnD and at least feigned interest.Next day an aunt gave me a stony faced look when I told her and then the subject dropped.&nbsp; &nbsp; At the second wedding a week later I only knew a few people.&nbsp; A cousin-in-law this time asked what I was up to and I told him &quot;I've been writing for a book, creating science fiction weapons and ammunition&quot;.&nbsp; He's computer literate and likes gadgets, so he was far more talkative and at least gave me good wishes.I could have tried to educate any number of people about the hobby, but you have to choose your battles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wycen, post: 1828056, member: 13732"] Living in the Bay Area, it has never been a real big deal, except when I was younger, and that was for my mother's sister who made sure to tell my parents, "Make sure you only buy the good guy DnD figures for him". My mother and father have equated DnD with any other game and will sometimes ask, "So who won the games?" I find it easier to simply say, "Oh, Jim did" rather than explain we got lost and the fighter died but found a wand of fireballs. A few years ago a roommate had a difficult time wrapping her head around DnD. She believed that if a guy played a female character he had to be gay, and vice versa. And if you were talking to another player, who was of the opposite sex, you were flirting "in real life". Her mother however seemed to grasp the concept, by equating it with something she understood, (Bridge). Neither associated it with evil, at least once they witnessed our group playing. But most recently I had to attend two family weddings. The first was for a younger cousin so many family members were present. When the opportunity presented itself, I mentioned my soon to be published status. Now there is no way to get around the fact that parts of my extended family are old fashioned and sometimes bigoted. So I had already considered my words. When my grandfather asked what I was up to I said, "I'm been writing for a book, creating high tech weapons and ammunition". This is true, but also false by omission, as I've also created monsters, cybernetics and other gear specifically for RPGing. My grandfather looked at my like I was queer (and I mean the weird definition), and the subject dropped. Next day I told another cousin, but he seemed to recall that I played DnD and at least feigned interest. Next day an aunt gave me a stony faced look when I told her and then the subject dropped. At the second wedding a week later I only knew a few people. A cousin-in-law this time asked what I was up to and I told him "I've been writing for a book, creating science fiction weapons and ammunition". He's computer literate and likes gadgets, so he was far more talkative and at least gave me good wishes. I could have tried to educate any number of people about the hobby, but you have to choose your battles. [/QUOTE]

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