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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 2087833" data-attributes="member: 3649">1. How many female roleplayers do you have presently in your campaign(s)?One 2. Percentagewise, with how many females did you share your hobby in your own gaming history so far in comparison to the males?About 2.3% 3. How do female roleplayers change the style of play in your groups?Not a great deal. 4. Do you think that female roleplayers are more drawn in to the storytelling aspect of the game? If so, why?The majority of the ones I've played with are more interested in the interaction aspect than they combat aspect, but with such a small sample I can't say that it would be a definate proof of anything. I've also known female RPG'ers to love combat. The female in my current group loves playing 'the brick' or figuring out her most efficient spell allotment for the day as much as she likes getting into character. 5. Do you think that female roleplayers are more or less immune to powergaming/maximizing? If so, why?Heck, no.  6. Do you think that female roleplayers are generally ignorant about the rules, concentrating more on the stories and the roleplaying itself?Not at all. I've known some that prefer someone else handle all the rules. I know one whose favorite system was Rolemaster, and she knew it backwards and forwards. And not your wimpy modern Rolemaster, either. She desiogns GURPS vehicles, for God's sake. I've also known one that, after four years of playing the same character, never knew what her Perception roll was. 7. Where do you see advantages/disadvantages of a group that features some/majority/none female roleplayers?In general, the more enjoyable groups I've been a part of have had at least one female gamer. Never been a part of a group where they were the majority. I see no disadvantage. I see, in general, that a group with a female player will be somewhat more inclined to stay on track and roleplay more, but that could be just that female seem more attracted to quality RPG groups than the other way around. They tend not to play if there is only bad play to be had, whereas most (but of course not all) males will sometimes just say 'heck with it' and game with a sub-par group. 8. Why do you think that male roleplayers are the vast majority in the hobby?I wish I knew the answer to that question.  9. Do you think that socalled "Storytelling Games" like e.g. "Vampire" draw more female roleplayers to their genre than traditional roleplaying games like D&D? If so, why?Yes. I have no idea why, unless it's because in some ways more 'storytelling' games go out of their way to attact female gamers..  10. Are there systems/settings out there in your estimation that are completely devoid of female roleplayers? If so, why?I would highly doubt that. There is as much variation among women as among men, so I'm sure that every system out there has female participants. Except perhaps FATAL, which just proves that they are the smarter sex, after all. 11. Do you know female gamers, that, even after some years of play, have only miniscule/no knowledge of even the simplest rules? If so, why?Only one. I have no idea why. She originally came with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend didn't last but about ten weeks. She stayed on for four years. But she never learned more than the most basic rules. As in, she knew how many dice she had for an attack, and how to do 'to hit' but that was about it. 12. Did you ever play in groups that only featured female gamers? Did you (if so, how often percentagewise) play in a group that only featured male gamers?How do those groups differ in style?No, I've never been in an all female group. I have very frequently been in a group of all males. Perhaps 99% of the groups I've been in have been all-male. 13. Do you think a lot of female gamers are drawn into the hobby because their boyfriends are already playing it, or they want to get to know a boy better in the group, rather than out of personal interest?I've only known one woman that joined because her boyfriend played. He stopped, but she continued, so obviously it her interest in gaming had nothing to do with him. He just happened to introduce her to it. 14. Have you ever seen relationships break in a group, maybe even while playing? If so, why?No.  15. Do you think that female gamers are more prone to draw private problems/conflicts into the actual roleplaying than males? If so, why?No.  16. Is there generally more quarreling in a group that features some female gamers? If so, why? Could this be also to the benefit of the gaming, e.g. problemes are being dicussed rather that ignored?There is usually less quarreling in general. 17. Do you think that the general approach of a female gamer is different from a male gamer? If so, how?Somewhat, but I haven't known that many female gamers. With such a small sample it's difficult to really make any conclusions. I think they approach gaming differently, but then women approach many problems differently than men, in general. If I knew the hows and whys of that difference, I'd be writing bestsellers.</blockquote>

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