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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 4095517" data-attributes="member: 1757">Spoken truly (by you, and abovethread by Mallus).That said, IMO RPGs were a nerdy activity from their origin: sedentary, rooted in fantasy or sci-fi (which from the '60s until the late '80s were pretty much exclusively read by nerds, outside of the kiddie stuff like Prydain and the mass-appeal LotR), and involve lots of stereotypically male-oriented power fantasies (being strong, killing things, hanging around with succubi and Tlazolteotl and whatnot). The genre ties to comic books, Star Trek, and other stereotypically nerdy media pigeonholed RPGs as well. I think that label stuck pretty hard. While fantasy seems to have come into wider acceptance in popular culture (viz. anime, Harry Potter, 10,000 comic book adaptations), tabletop RPGs are now past their prime. I know plenty of women who play computer games, including D&D-based CRPGs. But tabletop retains the image it's always had, and that image is... well, that of a bunch of overweight, T-shirt-and-short-wearing dorks sitting in one guy's parents' basement eating cheetos and drinking soda. Okay, so I'm taking the polemic approach here. But the fact remains that my g/f, her friends, my friends, and practically every single woman I meet have responded to the revelation that I play D&D with raised eyebrows, jokes, or uproarious laughter. The exceptions are geek girls (and I don't know too many of those), but that just plays to my point.And yes, yes, I know. I'm sure someone who plays with four supermodels and seven beach volleyball stars will show up to prove me wrong. If that person surfaces, please be aware that I will happily attend your games and bring fine food, booze, and company, just to actually see it for real! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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