Essential linkage: Dungeons and Dragons isn't all about the boys... the girls like a bit of roleplaying too!
Amongst the people I roleplay with, women are at least on parity with the men - if not outnumbering them! But for the most part, the humble female tabletop gamer is a rare specimen, and if you do manage to find one, they're probably being hassled by a bunch of sex-starved guy-gamers!
But they do exist, and sometimes they have some fascinating stories to tell.
Gaming site Robot Viking has an exclusive interview up with a true pin-up of gaming - Liana K. She's pretty much done it all, including having a comic book character created in her honor! But, as the intro says, she's still gamer at heart:
RV: D&D fans' third-favorite pasttime is clearly arguing over which edition is best. So, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th? LK: Oh wow, I have to cop out on this one and say that it's not a question of better. It's a question of different. 1st edition was the grand-daddy of them all, and deserves love because it set the stage for everything else. 2nd edition expanded on 1st edition in amazing ways, and still has the best selection of campaign settings. I'm a huge Planescape fan, and I'm intrigued by Ravenloft.3rd edition blew the roof off everything with what you could do, but became extremely complicated and bloated. By the end of 3.5's run, it had nearly collapsed under its own weight, but some of the supplemental manuals were just wonderful. 4th freaked me out at first, but I discovered that it's much easier to teach new people how to play, and it's much quicker and easier to create campaigns. I know 2nd and 3rd editions best, so I'm most comfortable in them, but I can see the upside of 4th as well, even though it caps out really quickly and I've never ever liked talent trees.
RV: D&D fans' third-favorite pasttime is clearly arguing over which edition is best. So, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th?
LK: Oh wow, I have to cop out on this one and say that it's not a question of better. It's a question of different. 1st edition was the grand-daddy of them all, and deserves love because it set the stage for everything else. 2nd edition expanded on 1st edition in amazing ways, and still has the best selection of campaign settings. I'm a huge Planescape fan, and I'm intrigued by Ravenloft.3rd edition blew the roof off everything with what you could do, but became extremely complicated and bloated. By the end of 3.5's run, it had nearly collapsed under its own weight, but some of the supplemental manuals were just wonderful. 4th freaked me out at first, but I discovered that it's much easier to teach new people how to play, and it's much quicker and easier to create campaigns. I know 2nd and 3rd editions best, so I'm most comfortable in them, but I can see the upside of 4th as well, even though it caps out really quickly and I've never ever liked talent trees.
Now that's some awesomeness right there. Check out the full interview with more shots of this gorgeous gaming redhead, here.
Issue: 133 | February, 2012