Good Spouses

[takyris]

Just because there's a "When your spouse hates your gaming" thread, and I figured it would be nice to start something that shows that not all wives (or husbands) are like that.

My wife is not really a gamer. She was a drama geek in high school. Played Vampire, but more just for dressing up and drinking red wine and eventually just dissolving into giggles after a half hour or so. Tried to play D&D with me a few times, didn't love it. Is fine with me going off to play with the guys on Monday nights (referred to euphemistically as "Poker Night" when talking with parents and coworkers).

She makes me tell her the stories every night when I get home. She loves the stories, loves the humor. She helps me plan monsters. She gives me ideas.

One night, I'm complaining...

Me: So the thing about Bob (not real name)... he always acts like he's roleplaying, but every idea he has is for an advantage, not a disadvantage. You know, like, getting a bonus to hit because he's really angry, or bonus against spells because he's dark and brooding. And, you see, in D&D, when people act like there's this term--

Her: Hm. So you're saying he's a munchkin?

Me: [blink] Um. Yes. Yes, I am. I love you.

-Tacky

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

My girlfriend likes D&D too. The only reason she won't actually play it in company down the pub in London is that she's a little short on self-confidence. But I'm working on it.

 

[Henry]

Keep her. Under all costs and conditions.

My wife is very similar, though the "war stories" have gotten boring to her after she's heard them week after week, so I just give her the highlights. She's completely sympathitic to my need for "poker night," and in fact talks about getting more into playing herself.

I think Eric Noah's quote about Kara sums it best: "She never once asked, 'Why?'"

 

[BiggusGeekus]

That's great Tacky!

I'm pretty lucky also. My GF doesn't game and has no interest in gaming. Yet she is more supportive of my playing than my gaming friends. Probably because we only get together about once a month, but its still nice to pick up the phone and hear, "Hey, I'm a little tired, why don't you game for awhile longer?"

Bliss. Sweet bliss.

 

[Airwolf]

Greetings,

I have a great wife!!

When we were dating she knew I played D&D but didn't want to play. I finally convinced her to come along to a session after we got married (actually she came because the DM's wife had a baby and she wanted to see the new daughter).

Anyway she watched most of the session, inbetween cooing, and thought she might like it.

I explained the classes and their rolls in the game and she decided to make a cleric. She played a few times but told me she wasn't having much fun. We talked and she said she wanted to try a different character.

Since you don't know my wife I will have to explain something here, she loves music from teh 40's, 50's and 60's (and she is still in her 20's). So I suggested maybe a bard might be something she would enjoy.

We made up a bard, she played for a session but she didn't do much. I mentioned that bards like to make up songs and just sing for the heck of it. In the sessions that followed she came up with songs about the other characters, to the tune of golden oldies.

Now all the players look forward to see who she will be singing about that session and only groan if its them.

So I think my wife has made a good transition into roll playing, in between gazing at the baby (my DM and his wife just had a second daughter a few months ago).

Regards,
Airwolf

 

[WizarDru]

Hey, don't look at me...my wife actually plays.

And a darn fine player she is, too.

 

[Psion]

Well, since my wife has been the subject of an extensive thread in the recent past, I'll trust I don't have to say much more about her amiability and openness. That said, let me just amplify that I feel very blessed to have such a considerate and fun life partner!

 

[barsoomcore]

Yeah, good spouses...

My lovely and talented wife plays in my campaign and is the party's chief note-taker and uncoverer of historical trivia. Since the campaign is massively based on history coming to light, she's become pretty central to the game. She'd never played before but had no trouble getting into as she's a huge fantasy geek and loves the whole derring-do of it all.

Now we've got Call of Cthulhu and she's reading the rules and saying "Hey, we should run a game of this together."

We already do a lot of creative work together -- writing and films and such -- so this seems like a sensible move.

Hooray.

 

[alsih2o]

my wife thinks football is stupid, and encouraged me to play on sundays just so she won't have to put up with the games (note, this does not extend to buckeye games, upon which all fate hinges). she brings me food when i am playing online, knows my characters name, asks about all of my buddies and even surprises me with gaming books occasionally.

i tried to interst her, and she gave it an effort, halfway thru statting out her first character she said "honey, ilove you, and i am so glad this brings you joy, but i am gonna cry if i get any more bored with this"

she aks about our campaign regularly, laughs at the appropriate things and mourns thew loss of p.c.'s with style...i couldn't ask for more.

altho she does refer to our group as the supernerds or uberdorks(engineer, logistician, programmer, technician and me) she does so with love.

she frequently chastisede me to work more on my setting submission, and encourages me to take time to hone my writing skills for future publication, and when a chance came up for a local gaming group that was spread geographically wide, she arranged to make her office available for us to game in.

she is the best.

 

[Savage Wombat]

My wonderful wife of six years (today!) not only plays, and is capable of mixing it up with both the roleplayers and the hack-n-slashers ...

... but is also willing to keep everyone's character sheet and spell list in the computer, and update them at need. I couldn't run without her, I swear.