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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ycore Rixle" data-source="post: 793441" data-attributes="member: 675">A true story that touches on both the women/dating topic and the 'no shame in roleplaying' topic:I run the computer games room at a summer camp, where we mostly play Starcraft and Unreal Tournament.  But last summer a bunch of the guys (12-16 years old) wanted to learn and play D&D (one knew from my class during the school year that I play), and so we did.  Well - a bit to my surprise, many people started asking us with genuine curiosity and respect what we were doing.  And much to the boys' delight, many of the people asking were girls.  It was a great thing for all the kids involved.  We had to start closing and locking the doors during lunch hours to get uninterrupted gaming time.  Of course, since the computer room was one of the few air-conditioned rooms at camp, that led to many people asking to join the game, since our rule was that you could only be in the room during that time if you were in the game.  So - even though it may have been thanks to that air-conditioning, at least initially - the boys found themselves being asked by many of the girls to teach them about D&D and to let the girls sit in on the games at lunch.  It was really cool, and it made me feel really successful as a teacher/counselor - not just because it was guys/girls/D&D, but because some really great friendships came out of it and the whole atmosphere was kind and supportive.</blockquote>

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