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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bront" data-source="post: 2169406" data-attributes="member: 19696">First of all, this is the only reply to this post I've read, so I don't know if any of this has been covered but...I'm a second generation gamer in my late 20s.  I started playing with my dad in solo stuff, or even occasionaly with my mother (who later decided she didn't want to play, though neither my dad or I know why).  I joined my first group when I was 10, joining my dad's group (I was the only one under 25), which had 2 prominant female players.  Granted, they were wives of other players, but they were just as compitent and knowledgable about the rules as anyone else.When I was 14-15, I went to GenCon as a ref, and assisted NASCRAG (We run the second largest RPG tourny at the con, I believe our 25th aniversery was last year.) in running the modules, which were often written by both men and women authors.  I also got to meet several very good female roleplayers, both in roleplaying skill and rules knowledge.As an adult, I have met several compitent women gamers, and have been in regular campaigns with quite a few.  It never realy was an issue with me, nor those in my gaming circle.  Now, generaly women gamers are rarer, but they are out there.Now, in my personal experience, several of the best roleplayers (in character players) have been women.  Often, many of the men get more hooked up into the stats and rules than actualy building a character concept.  However, that doesn't mean that they were slackers in rules knowledge.Hope that helps.</blockquote>

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