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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #15 on: November 26, 2005, 03:59:34 AM »
I was in a group with a slightly different problem. Two gamers were boyfriend and girlfriend, and somehow, through many different campaigns, their characters always ended up in the same tent. A minor issue, but still a little weird.
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2005, 04:11:52 AM »
As my GM's fiance ;D I always try to get him to tell me what's going to happen, give me cool stuff, etc. After all, if you're not cheating you're not trying hard enough, right? Unfortunately he doesn't go for it... In retaliation I once went and screwed up his entire campaign by siding with the bad guy and trying to kill of the other PCs (I was one die short! One! It's still painful to think about.).

Anyways, that girl at Dragon's Keep mentioned in the article wouldn't happen to have been tall, blond, and fairly skinny, would she?
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2005, 09:12:25 AM »
I think that, in time, the entire population of Utah will start posting on these boards >_>
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2005, 09:15:41 AM »
I would not be suprised in the slightest if that happened (So far we're going strong), though it would make even the registered users a little (understatement of the century) anynomous.
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2005, 12:35:50 PM »
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Also, now our GM is a girl.  And she's married to a player.  And she definitely has fun picking on Mr. M, though no more than the rest of us, I don't think.


I've been in this position.  That was a great campaign, too.

I've been trying to get Ari to join in a RPG for some time, but she's really not keen for it.  *sigh*  Can anyone else help convince her that RPing is fun?
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2005, 01:45:50 PM »
MsFish can!
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2005, 06:09:56 PM »
MsFish, go get Ari to understand RP is fun!
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2005, 02:58:29 PM »
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After much discussion of wardrobe choice, ("I don't want to look too cute!" says Chimera. "Weird guys might look at me!") I finally convinced her to accompany me to downtown Provo to the nerdiest game shop around: Dragon's Keep.

We managed to make it all the way downtown and park on the street outside the store before the fear became too much for Chimera.

"I'm not going in," she said. "There's going to be scary people. I'm not going."  In any given situation, there is a quota of freaking-out beyond which everyone else just needs to be calm. At that moment, Chimera was eating up the whole quota all on her own. I had to be the brave one.

I deny everything.

Okay, maybe I did say that. But, honestly, it wouldn't be "freaking out" if I came up with rational fears.

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Game shops are not as scary as they seem, and if they are, you can always follow Chimera's example and follow it up with a trip to Old Navy. It seems trendy clothes banish the gaming taint. Or so she tells me.


And I did insist that we go to Old Navy and TJ Maxx afterwards. Shopping is great therapy and nerd-combatant combined.

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I think she's in denial, but don't tell her I said that. I'll bring her to the nerd side yet. Just wait and see.

Bring it on, MsFish. I dare you to try!  ;D ;)
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2005, 10:27:31 AM »
ok, things I have to mention:

Victoria's Secret: it's much easier to go in if one of the retail workers is a cute girl you know likes you. And if you're brave enough to joke about people trying it on for you so you can see how it looks.

wife/gf gaming: Most wives, (whether you guys like it or not) are actually the ones who initiate the co-op between their husband and themselves. My main experience with this is strategy gaming, actually. We have a couple over and play Risk/Settlers/Whatever. Other wife thinks it's not nice to attack her husband. He reciprocates because if she feels that way, he'll end up on the couch if he acts otherwise. Other wife also thinks there's some kind of female solidarity thing going on. MEaning she won't attack my wife. Who does that leave? ME. My wife, on the other hand, has no such compunctions about assaulting her husband. Thus, every game of Risk I've played on a couples' night out has turned into me against three other players.

Good thing that, at least while living in Wymount, most of the other players sucked.
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2005, 02:33:55 PM »
Vaj--The girl was sitting down, so I don't remember if she was tall or skinny, but she was blond and had her hair in a ponytail.  This was probably a Thursday night a couple weeks ago.  

JadeKnight--Umm, I'll see what I can do.  Have her read my next column.   ;D

Chimera--I accept your challenge.  You are warned.  
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2005, 04:47:40 PM »
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See, I've never had this "GM's girlfriend" problem, because my GMs have all been married to players, so it was more a GM's wife thing,  and if anything they went harder on their spouses than on the rest of us.


What, me? Hard on my wife's character? Never... ;)
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2005, 05:15:30 PM »
Ari would have no qualms about thrashing me, to be sure.

In fact, we played Settlers with another couple the other night, and Ari was particularly mean to me.  =þ

And MsFish, I'll try.
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #27 on: November 28, 2005, 08:51:57 PM »
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Vaj--The girl was sitting down, so I don't remember if she was tall or skinny, but she was blond and had her hair in a ponytail.  This was probably a Thursday night a couple weeks ago.  


So very likely me since the other girl that frequents the keep has darker hair. That's hilarious.  ;D
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #28 on: November 28, 2005, 09:13:50 PM »
That IS hilarious.  Next time maybe I'll go over and say hello.  Do you remember what you guys were playing?
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Re: Geek Girls Survival Guide #2
« Reply #29 on: December 01, 2005, 02:16:12 AM »
A couple options, depending on when exactly you were there: D&D with me just watching and harassing the guys playing since I'm not in their D&D group, Warhammar with me "helping" my fiance ;) ,  a Riddle of Steel demo, or Munchkin - although this is unlikely since we haven't played Muchkin there in forever.
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