Just taught my wife D&D!

[Orryn Emrys]

My wife started gaming several years before we got together... she was, of course, dating another gamer at the time. Unfortunately, the style of play she was inundated with over the years doesn't always mesh well with my regular group. We're a little "too serious" about roleplaying and character development. All of the individual personalities and agendas "slow down" the game enough to seriously bug her.

Oh well... nobody's perfect.

Another thought... running games for a group which includes both your wife and your mother isn't always a recipe for goodwill and harmony....

 

[Marcolino]

I would love to get my wife into gaming. Every time I mention her trying it out with my group, she always gives me a flat-out No. I always get the feeling that she's a little interested in it, but I think she feels a little intimidated with the role-playing in front of my friends, as well as the volumes of rules. I keep thinking about running a solo with her, which might work. I briefly explained to her Another Fine Mess one day, and she seemed intrigued. I bought it, now I just have to find the time (difficult), and convince her to run through it (much more difficult). Here's hoping...

 

[Airwolf]

I would love to get my wife into gaming. Every time I mention her trying it out with my group, she always gives me a flat-out No. I always get the feeling that she's a little interested in it, but I think she feels a little intimidated with the role-playing in front of my friends, as well as the volumes of rules. I keep thinking about running a solo with her, which might work. I briefly explained to her Another Fine Mess one day, and she seemed intrigued. I bought it, now I just have to find the time (difficult), and convince her to run through it (much more difficult). Here's hoping...

Marcolino, do you DM?
If you do, try and get your wife to help you set up the session. Bounce ideas off her and so on. I did this with my wife and she had plenty of fun helping me come up with new situations for the players. Since she plays now I can't use her as much but I do for some things. Good Luck.

 

[Marcolino]

Marcolino, do you DM?
If you do, try and get your wife to help you set up the session. Bounce ideas off her and so on. I did this with my wife and she had plenty of fun helping me come up with new situations for the players. Since she plays now I can't use her as much but I do for some things. Good Luck.

I haven't DM'ed in, what, twelve years now. Been playing pretty steadily in that time, however, with a couple years' dry spells. I want to start DM'ing again, but there are a few things that eat up my time:

1. My 2.5 year-old and 10-month old daughters.
2. 1 Hour commute each way to work.
3. My 2.5 year-old and 10-month old daughters.
4. Upkeep/repairs of the house.
5. My 2.5 year-old and 10-month old daughters.
6. Other hobbies, such as reading, computers, etc.
7. And, finally, there are my 2.5 year-old and 10-month old daughters.

One day, I'm going to just take the plunge and do it, probably just for a one-shot adventure to start. Still, I love your suggestion, Airwolf. I'll definitely have to try that. Thanks.

 

[kengar]

The first time I played with one of my girlfriends, I was amaxed at how easily she role-played. She got into the role much easier (and portrayed it better) than the people I usually play with, who had years of experience. I've always wondered if this was the same with most women.

I know that when my wife started playing (when 3e first came out) she had never RPG'd before and she is probably the best RP-er I have in the group. She still gets a little intimidated by the rules, even though I have told her she knows them quite well. Her interest is in the character, so she never thinks too much about the "optimal" way to run the stats, etc. As a result, some of the power-gamers tell her -with good intentions- what she *should* have done.

 

[G.A. Donis]

An old friend of mine just moved down here (New Orleans) from Chicago and i spent all day Sat. teaching him how to play D&D. <SNIP>

Hello Shapermc, A fellow 'Nawlinian here. My wife taught me how to play many moons ago. She first ran myself and a friend through some stuff. She hasn't run anything for awhile since she's too busy with work and going to school to prepare anything. Now we have a two groups and we play Wednesday night (group 1), Friday night (group 2), Saturday night (group 1 again), and RPGA stuff on Sundays (I've haven't played RPGA stuff recently).

I like playing with my wife (sorry couldn't resist) and have never had a problem, we both seem to help bring the best out of each other when we are playing. Sometimes our characters get along, sometimes they don't.

Kinda funny, my wife just took a short story writting class this year and slightly modified one of her characters for one of the stories. The teacher said no fantasy, so she just took out the more "out there" fantasy elements. Now he wants her to expand on it in a class he wants her to take next semester. I guess D&D is a good jumping off point for fiction writing

 

[Harlock]

I love it when these threads pop up on ocassion. My wife started playing the same year we were married. Her sister nkew I played most of my life and began asking me questions about it, so I invited her to game with me and my wife expressed an interest then as well. I found running games for 2 players was perfectly all right for us. I had to run some NPCs to fill in the gaps, and they were helpful at first for providing insight, but after a while I killed them (the NPCs, not my players) off and they did everything on their own just hiring what they needed to fill in gaps etc. I really rathe miss those times on occasion as we have now expended our group, but it is still a blast and i am so very happy your wife has joined the games.

 

[drakhe]

My WFRP GM is also blessed with a wife that plays RPG's. When they are bored they'll call arround to try and get a game going (any game) and if they can't locate anybody, they'll very happily start creating characters together just for the fun of it.

(you probably should know that character creation in WFRP is different from DnD because instead of levels you have carreers and the fun is not just slapping carreers together for the sake of stats but to realy create a life's story for that character. My GM has also created a set of tables to generate early history like birth and youth. Following his system it might take 2 to 3 hours to create a character, but you end up with a fully fleshed out character for which you can explain exactly why this or that skill or feat was taken...)