Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Count Zero · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:08 pm Post subject:

I hear a LOT from guys claiming that their wives barely tolerate their hobby. I don't get it but I guess thats for a marriage counselor to figure out. Wink

I have the best of both worlds. My wife games when a setting appeals to her or its CoC Wink

. So she understands and enjoys the hobby and encourages it but doesn't play in all the games. Thats one of the reasons we're married I guess.

Marguerite - I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than stomping ogres with the one you love. Very Happy

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palehorse · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:19 pm Post subject:

I got my wife hooked back in college and she never looked back... she's my #1 playtester when it comes to reviewing products, too.
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Marc Hameleers · Veteran Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 750 Location: Amsterdam

Yeah, i got my wife hooked as well. And it's perfect, she doesn't play in all my games, sowe have some seperate time as well.

She now even plays deadlands, though i;mnot sure yet wether she likes it as much as fantasy. We'll see!

marc
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Shadetree · Novice Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 40 Location: Memphis, TN

Well my wife doesn't play rpg's. Sometimes I wish she did othertimes I'm glad she doesn't. Regardless, as long as we have money, she has no problem with me buying gaming stuff. In fact on saturdays she'll usually say "I'm cleaning the house and then watching law-n-order, either help or go to {flgs}. " Before I can even answer she usually says "Your gears allready in the car, have fun."
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MarshalEric · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:36 am Post subject:

Balance · Seasoned Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 438 Location: Maryland

Well, a pacifist character can potentially be a lot of fun if the Marshall can cope with it. As long as unneeded 'preachiness' is avoided, there's a lot of potential room for a character who avoids fight scenes, or spends combata ctions trying to accomplish goals besides filling the bad guys full of lead.
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Marguerite · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:38 pm Post subject:

MarshalEric · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 8:35 am Post subject:

Marguerite · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:32 pm Post subject:

DannyboyO1 · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 7:27 pm Post subject:

marshal kt · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:18 am Post subject:

my wife is sorta like marshal eric's wife. she has a limited imagination, but likes sci fi; trek, b5 and some others. she knew i was a gamer b4 we got married. she doesn't want to try it. she has, but can't get into a character. she had the same problem in the SCA, where we me. as far as violence, the only sport she likes is hockey. though she has been know to watch a prize fight or 2. like i said, we met in the SCA and she was always around us stick jocks and on the field, instead of with the women.

wulfgyr · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:10 am Post subject:

My wife actually gamed with my group for about a year, until our son was born. Now she sits out and watches him while we game.

She was kind of the opposite. She didn't get into the role-playing aspect so much, but she always made a character who was a complete bad-axe. She was our second best fighter when we ran an L5R game, a Lion Samurai-ko with a two handed sword, only our Crab Berserker with his tetsubo was nastier in combat.

Of course at the time our gaming group was half female, so I think she felt more comfortable joining in. Right now we're down to just one woman in our group who has to occassionally roll her eyes at the boys behaving badly. #evil

Steve

Marguerite · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:52 pm Post subject: