ENWorld women

[Leareth]

Leareth aka Lisa here. I'm a native Californian. I've been table top gaming for about a decade. I've played all incarnations of D&D and play and collect several other systems. I have a BS in Genetics which I'm doing nothing with.

I am also a computer and console gamer. I have and had more hobbies then you can shake a stick at. I love stories with a passion. If you can tell a good tale in just about any medium you have my attention.

Leareth

 

[randomling]

*waves hello to Lady Mer and Leareth*

Robbert: lol! What did you think this thread was about?!

 

[FreeTheSlaves]

I'd take a guess that of the 12000 users, about 500 are female?

I guess we'll never know.

Oh yeah, no women at our table but I know 2 former gamers.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

heh, this reminds me of the "female atheist club" on .atheism... weren't a lot of us there either.

Kahuna Burger, aka carla. I just moved from cambridge to attleboro Mass, and suffering from gaming withdrawl until I can get something regular going here. I've played on and off since I was a kid...

in other news, I'm a writer, lapsed political activist, former tax clerk, cat groomer, veterinary tech, d20 publisher wannabe with a heavy background in biology and psychology. Oh, and I do a little quilting...

Kahuna Burger

 

[Joker]

I thought it was a well known fact that there aren't 12000 users but only about 24 with each around 500 accounts. Most of them don't even realize that they're talking to themselves. Take this thread for instance: Probably all the posts are by one person, except me. I know I didnt start this, I think.

Anyway, on topic, I've never played with female gamers but some of my friends have so I know they exist. Though my friends are all sex-starved freaks that should be kept out of the gene-pool, so I think they're lying.

By the way, your thread is not OT. Doesn't get anymore general than this.

Tata.

 

[Tanstaafl]

Hi, just thought I'd chime in with my opinion that female gamers are becomeing less of a minority than they used to be. My name is Wendy, I'm a stay-at-home mom in Chicago's suburban frontier. My table-top gaming group has 4 men, 2 women.

In my opionion, as more and more girls are told that it's okay for them to be interested in Math, Science, Science Fiction, Sports, et. there'll be more 'gamer girls.'

I've been a gamer for about 10 years, but have had several times in my life where I didn't have any games running. RPGs I've played include D&D, Starwars, d20:Modern, and Spycraft. I'm also a very good DM/GC. I'm modest, too.

I also read more than most people think is sane {I recently allowed myself to be sucked into a survey and was asked "Have you read at least 5 novels in the last year?" my laughing answer was that I averaged 5 novels a week - in the summertime; in the winter it's usually a novel a day}. I also like playing volleyball, hiking, working counted-cross-stitch patterns by Teresa Wentzler, cooking, PC games, and movies.

 

[randomling]

I wasn't sure if I was OT or not -- after all, the idea of the thread was more along the lines of "how many women do we have here" rather than "do a lot of women game". I posted it at 2am, though, so that may not have come across very well!

Joker: I always thought that was just a Hivemind joke! (We're all Piratecat's alt-IDs posting to each other, hence the "P-kitty's brain" gags.)

Tanstaafl: I think you're right about changing social mores making gaming (and other traditionally male hobbies, no doubt) more accessible to women. I sure hope so. It's a long time since I wasn't the only woman in our group and it's getting lonely!

 

[alsih2o]

heya ladies, my wifeunit is standing behind me asking if anyone can recommend a place similar to this for ladies who do not game. she thinks all the intelligent ladies would be fun to converse with, but gaming bores her beyond belief

 

[Silver Moon]

heya ladies, my wifeunit is standing behind me asking if anyone can recommend a place similar to this for ladies who do not game. she thinks all the intelligent ladies would be fun to converse with, but gaming bores her beyond belief

Send her over to Randlomling's House, only about half of the forums there are gaming related. My other half (kriskrafts) loves to visit there, the only downside is with both of us hitting the site regularly I can't leave it set up for automatic logon.

And I agree with Joker, this topic is not OT.

Randomling, I think you've now generated enough interest for having a ladies only forum over on your other site.

 

[KitanaVorr]

heya ladies, my wifeunit is standing behind me asking if anyone can recommend a place similar to this for ladies who do not game. she thinks all the intelligent ladies would be fun to converse with, but gaming bores her beyond belief

I'd love in on that!

I'm not much one who likes to discuss gaming all the time anyway. Hear that Randomling, you're about to start a whole new wave of female chat extravaganza!

Won't that be fun?

(I just woke up so I'm sleepy and make no sense)