I've also always had at least one woman play in my groups. Whether they, or anyone else played as a character of their own gender was pretty random (like, 50% chance).

Quote from: Orphan81;902320No, I just prefer having players.

Do you prefer them with or without tentacle ?

I want engaged players who are there to have a good time and can do so without being disruptive to the table as a whole. I welcome any player who fits that description.

I only care how you game and treat others at the table.  I totally don't care how you pee.

Quote from: Krimson;902121I'd love to have the luxury of picking and choose players based on criteria other than "wants to game and is willing to show up".

That's always the first criterion:).
Invite more people, and you might get to have another, too;).

Quote from: S'mon;902187Diversity - I get a fair number of east-Asian and south-Asian players (one of my current campaigns was initially 50% east-Asian, until a player left) but I've never given any thought to balancing a group by race - or by age, social class, sexual orientation* etc. I wonder if anyone has; it seems like something SJWs might talk about in the abstract maybe.

*Playing in London, I have had all sorts, including groups consisting mostly of cute bisexual girls... And yes they play D&D exactly like everyone else... It was fun going to see Gloryhammer & Blind Guardian with one on each side of me.

Yeah, if your place is diverse in general, "whoever wants to game" probably means you're going to end up with a diverse group...as long as you're one of those old-school people that actually think that everyone has equal right to play. If you're living in a monoethnic country, different races of people are much less likely, but different sexualities are likely still going to be well-represented.

Quote from: S'mon;902211I GM at a Meetup, generally I don't initially know the other players. The other day I was on my way in to the Sunday game (players 3m 3f) when I got a PM from a person with a gender-neutral name who said they'd just arrived in UK, asking if they could sit in & observe my game. I assume typical D&D nerd, from the PM well-spoken & not obnoxious. I said I'd try to squeeze them in - preferably as a player for the session. So I arrive, and sitting at the table with my regulars is the most incredibly beautiful woman I've ever seen! Yeah I was a bit intimidated - mostly in a good way.  Didn't help that we're playing through Shattered Star #2 - the Sinful Dungeon of Lust...

That's always a nice surprise.

Quote from: Crüesader;902241Many folks would be shocked at how many attractive women play these games, or are at least willing to look into them.

Indeed.

QuoteOh, and she Cosplays.  And despite how hot she is, she does a lot of superhero girls for sick childrens' events.

Tell your friend that what she's doing is really cool. If necessary, you can add I don't mean the working in a game store thing:).

Quote from: S'mon;902316That particular foxy woman may or may not be joining one of my groups, but yeah that was a catalyst. For some reason that particular campaign is a babe magnet, I already had two good looking female players in the group but they're more cute nerd girls, rather than Hollywood movie star looks.

Unsurprising, IME.

QuoteIdeally I think I'd be both dating & playing Tabletop RPGs with the same beautiful women, though like I said as GM it can make focusing difficult, on a date it'd mean we always had something to talk about. Been dating again recently after separation, and 'let me tell you about my character' type talk doesn't go down so well with girls who've never heard of D&D...

OTOH, it becomes way easier to focus on the sessions once you start dating seriously:p!

Quote from: Warboss Squee;902364I only care how you game and treat others at the table.  I totally don't care how you pee.

Remembering a "creepy gamers" thread on TBP...I feel it's better to add "as long as it's not on the table"!

Quote from: yabaziou;902154Actually, Tristam, according to my personal experience, the average woman player is far more apt to play a woman PC than the average man player.

The male player I've gamed with have generally played male or female characters but they may be the exceptions. The stigma attached to cross gender play has gone way down since I started gaming though.

Don't much care about gender mix.  As long as everybody gets along, c'mon and play.

That is my preferred player group ratio. My GURPS Traveller group in 2004 to 2008 was 3 women, and 1 to 2 guys.

- Ed C

Quote from: yabaziou;902300Are you as talented as the average RPG guy playing a woman PC ? ^_^

And I am somehow convinced that S'mon only initiated this thread to boast about the foxy woman he happens play RPG with ^_^ (for the record, I do prefer dating beautiful women over playing Tabletop RPG with them ! ^_^).

if that a lesbian striper ninja joke \yes yes i do i honestly never had a pc who tryed to use her body to her advantage
on the other had i did have a swash buckler in3.5 who was a bit of a perv and in the middle of a fight with like 7 succubus thew down his sword and try grappling instead

Quote from: Orphan81;902320No, I just prefer having players.

yah that kinda where i am right now

Quote from: AsenRG;902373That's always the first criterion:).
Invite more people, and you might get to have another, too;).

I think the highest ratio of girls to guys while playing a game was 3:2 in one of my old groups. I did run a game of Star Wars RCR for the local Fan Force years ago, and I'm sure most of the players were women though I wasn't counting. I was more impressed at GMing for a group dressed as Jedi.

You can't pick your friends.

Quote from: Gnashtooth;902449You can't pick your friends.

You really can.

Generally speaking, the more the merrier. I don't find that the playstyle varies as much between men and women as some people presume. That said, there is one particular pair of women that I used to play with that I liked playing with one or the other just fine, but having both of them in the same game was a recipe for off-topic table discussion, so that's a data point that might color my preferences a hair.

Quote from: Caesar Slaad;902466I don't find that the playstyle varies as much between men and women.

That is certainly true. I have seen different sorts of play styles but nothing I could call specific to gender.

I prefer sausagefests for home campaigns.

I've not been lucky with mixed groups in home campaigns, far too much relationship drama spills over into the game. Which is a shame because a couple times the girlfriends/wives were better gamers than their husbands/boyfriends. I don't need that stress during my fun time.

For me, mixed groups have worked far better for LARPS and certainly for convention events. Perhaps being in a public environment / gaming with strangers makes people less likely to dump their drama on the table.