Re: [Epic] Female Wargamers

From: Waiming Poo-Cheong <waiming.poo-cheong_at_...>
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 20:06:28 +0100 (BST)

your wife paints for you?!? incredible!!! i always thought our hobby was
something you had to explain away as a "boy" thing to the ladies.
evidently i haven't met the right girl yet.

waiming

On Thu, 15 May 1997, J. Michael Looney wrote:

> I must be in an odd place in the universe. My gaming group (AD&D) has
> more female members than males. (3:2). Some one else noted a
> tendency for females to "play pansies", which does seem to be the case,
> at least in RPG terms, but as a counter example, my wife preferes to
> paint "monsters" over "heros". When she does Epic figures for me she
> wants to "paint ones that look cool", which means I have some VERY nice
> squigoths and squig catapults. (sigh) She thinks all the marine figures
> are "boring" and that the Eldar stuff is, well, odd. She likes 'nids
> however so she is planing on doing a very BRIGHTLY painted swarm for
> me. Based on what the one Hive Tyrant she has finished looks like, this
> is going to be Hive Fleet Leary....
>
Received on Thu May 15 1997 - 19:06:28 UTC