Quote from: Krimson;1039419Indeed. They are a menace.

Quote from: Steven Mitchell;1039434We had somewhat around a 50/50 ratio in college and later, contrasted to very rare participation by females in middle school and high school, and the answer was simple:  Our venues at the earlier age were mostly limited to peoples' houses, playing all night.  No way the parents involved were going to allow a mixed group in that environment, at that time.  When we did have a public venue, female participation did hit close to 50%.  There were no equivalent all-female groups in our area not because of lack of interest in players, but the lack of a female GM.

If you market a game to the 10-18 crowd, and you have a sizable chunk of that market with limited options in play spaces, of course it is going to affect your demographics.

Quote from: kosmos1214;1039494Why whats wrong with them???(never read the books or knowingly met them but it seems like A fine series)

Quote from: kosmos1214;1039494Why whats wrong with them???(never read the books or knowingly met them but it seems like A fine series)

Which I find interesting BC in my small town people seem to have no issue with there highschool mixed group friends going out and having fun.
Then again I have overheard these kids planing there orgys and this town is pretty antigeek so that might not be the best example.

Quote from: Steven Mitchell;1039502You might not have noticed the part about being a house and "playing all night."  We had all kinds of co-ed events.  Just not ones that had the mixed group in a converted garage with no adult supervision after the parents went to bed.