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Gygax didnt think it was an accident, but obviously misunderstands why in a big way:
Gary gygax posted on a forum: "There were never many female gamers in our group. My daughter Elise was one of two original play-testers for the first draft of what became the D&D game, and both her younger sisters played...and lost interest in a few months as she did. In our campaigns group that cycled through in a couple years (74-75) something in the neighborhood of 100 or so different players, there were perhaps three females. As a biological determinist, I am positive that most females do not play RPGs because of a difference in brain function. They can play as well as males, but they do achieve the same sense of satisfaction from playing. In short here is no special game that will attract females--other then LARPing, which is more csocialization [sic] and theatrics than gaming--and it is a waste of time and effort to attempt such a thing. This calls to mind when Lionel made pastel colored train cars to appeal to females. The effort bombed, the sets were recalled and re-dine [sic] as standard models, and those pastel ones that survived are rare collectors items. So much for this topic: 🙄 Cheers, Gary "
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM