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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 3562997" data-attributes="member: 177">Well, to handle the last first... yeah, that's me.&nbsp; Maybe you missed my run on Joss Wheadon's popular TV series Angel....... okay, no.&nbsp; That's not me.&nbsp; The icon was given to me by one of the other board moderators.I met my wife through gaming.&nbsp; I moved to Boston, and started a game.&nbsp; She was a friend of a friend, and came to play.&nbsp; We were friends and fellow gamers for years before we started dating, and eventually married.&nbsp; We both still play.Back in 1999, WotC did some market research on tabletop RPGs.&nbsp; Some of the <a href="http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/gaming/WotCMarketResearchSummary.html" target="_blank">data is seen here</a> and <a href="http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/gaming/BreakdownOfRPGPlayers.html" target="_blank">some basic analysis here</a>.&nbsp; This was some years ago - before the release of 3rd Edition D&amp;D and it's resurgence in the community, and I don't believe anyone has done as comprehensive surveying since.&nbsp; If they have, they've not published their results that I know of.So, those results have to be taken with a grain of sale.&nbsp; But it is my impression (anecdotal as it is) that women are not a full half of the overall tabletop RPG community.&nbsp; I don't have Stormborn's experience, but I most certainly have played with highly religious folks.&nbsp; While I know some highly religious folks who are not comfortable with the game's depictions of spiritual and mystical material, I think most of the conflict is based more in history and misunderstanding, rather than anything inherent in either religion or the game.If you look at our forums, you'll see a section called &quot;Gaming Action&quot;.&nbsp; Some folks play the game by message-board posts there.&nbsp; Others play in chatrooms - there's a chat server allied with EN World where online games are played.But, honestly, those forms are what I'd call optimal.&nbsp; RPGs are, in part, a social activity, and playing online does not represent that social aspect as well as doing so face to face.&nbsp; We have a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forumdisplay.php?f=49" target="_blank">Gamers Seeking Gamers</a> forum, where you might go to look.&nbsp; You may also find your Friendly Local Gaming Store and probably find a bulletin board with folks looking for gamers.&nbsp; Unfortunately, most of the gamers I know are up here in Boston, and we aren't of much use to you unless you like road trips.Welll, you'll note I mentioned &quot;tabletop RPGs&quot; above.&nbsp; That is to differentiate it from &quot;Live action&quot; play, which is a somewhat different beast.&nbsp; My wife and I play several live-action games each year.&nbsp; These days, I don't play a whole lot of video-games, or even board games.&nbsp; I don't dislike them, but I don't have the free time to devote to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 3562997, member: 177"] Well, to handle the last first... yeah, that's me. Maybe you missed my run on Joss Wheadon's popular TV series [i]Angel[/i].... ... okay, no. That's not me. The icon was given to me by one of the other board moderators. I met my wife through gaming. I moved to Boston, and started a game. She was a friend of a friend, and came to play. We were friends and fellow gamers for years before we started dating, and eventually married. We both still play. Back in 1999, WotC did some market research on tabletop RPGs. Some of the [url=http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/gaming/WotCMarketResearchSummary.html]data is seen here[/url] and [url=http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/gaming/BreakdownOfRPGPlayers.html]some basic analysis here[/url]. This was some years ago - before the release of 3rd Edition D&D and it's resurgence in the community, and I don't believe anyone has done as comprehensive surveying since. If they have, they've not published their results that I know of. So, those results have to be taken with a grain of sale. But it is my impression (anecdotal as it is) that women are not a full half of the overall tabletop RPG community. I don't have Stormborn's experience, but I most certainly have played with highly religious folks. While I know some highly religious folks who are not comfortable with the game's depictions of spiritual and mystical material, I think most of the conflict is based more in history and misunderstanding, rather than anything inherent in either religion or the game. If you look at our forums, you'll see a section called "Gaming Action". Some folks play the game by message-board posts there. Others play in chatrooms - there's a chat server allied with EN World where online games are played. But, honestly, those forms are what I'd call optimal. RPGs are, in part, a social activity, and playing online does not represent that social aspect as well as doing so face to face. We have a [url=http://www.enworld.org/forumdisplay.php?f=49]Gamers Seeking Gamers[/url] forum, where you might go to look. You may also find your Friendly Local Gaming Store and probably find a bulletin board with folks looking for gamers. Unfortunately, most of the gamers I know are up here in Boston, and we aren't of much use to you unless you like road trips. Welll, you'll note I mentioned "tabletop RPGs" above. That is to differentiate it from "Live action" play, which is a somewhat different beast. My wife and I play several live-action games each year. These days, I don't play a whole lot of video-games, or even board games. I don't dislike them, but I don't have the free time to devote to them. [/QUOTE]

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