tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post1789879545120723237..comments2024-03-09T19:23:22.482-03:00Comments on The RPGPundit: The OSR and WomenRPGPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-57349431297624102562015-03-16T17:14:27.487-03:002015-03-16T17:14:27.487-03:00I think you are dead on Matt. I think it would ju...I think you are dead on Matt. I think it would just be exposure to older games and what their friends play. If everyone does Pathfinder and thats what you are introduced to , then thats where your loyalties will lie. I was the little girl hovering on the edge of my brother's game. When they let me in that's the game I grew to love. <br /><br />To get an original edition old game it's a bit harder than running down to your local store. Most stores really only carry Pathfinder or 4e and 5e. So I would say most women (and men) really have to search out old style games like Dungeon Crawl and Castles and Crusades. Unless you have a group that is already playing OSR, you're not just going to stumble into it.<br /><br />And I have always kind of wondered what's the point of playing a retro OSR game when you can actually do a real one. There are some quirks to the rules, but that is true with all games. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847067802303445571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-75837737162916419322015-03-01T21:34:20.932-03:002015-03-01T21:34:20.932-03:00Yeah. An immense amount of this has to do with The...Yeah. An immense amount of this has to do with The (English-Speaking) Internet Hobby; and most of the rest with U.S. High School Culture. RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-70666670506179683572015-03-01T12:46:47.529-03:002015-03-01T12:46:47.529-03:00"among women" is kinda b.s. 99.9% of wom..."among women" is kinda b.s. 99.9% of women have never heard of OSR and could not be bothered with it even if they had.<br /><br />And I don't know anyone who thinks the OSR has a "bad reputation" vis-a-vis women so much as it has an image of a bunch of fat bearded losers living in their mothers' basements obsessing about elves and dwarves and funny-looking dice.Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-52274539294620761492015-03-01T07:51:26.895-03:002015-03-01T07:51:26.895-03:00I can second Pundit's comment. My experiences ...I can second Pundit's comment. My experiences here in Germany with Labyrinth Lord and Newt Newport's Crypts & Things* are just the same. <br />Athairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712487007746911491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-13923066127519048962015-03-01T05:42:06.980-03:002015-03-01T05:42:06.980-03:00That hasn't been my experience of it. The OSR ...That hasn't been my experience of it. The OSR are very welcoming of anyone who wants to play old-school games. Unlike the Storygames movement which has litmus tests of jargon and pretentiousness that one has to embrace/overcome to participate.RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-36951669923208925092015-02-28T16:43:02.267-03:002015-02-28T16:43:02.267-03:00I would say, based on my observations, that the OS...I would say, based on my observations, that the OSR has a bad reputation among female gamers, because it is largely made up of self entitled, self appointed guardians of all things geeky, who feel that anyone other then members of their close knit cabal are "fake geeks", or are "playing the game wrong".remialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577791288500432068noreply@blogger.com