Female Roleplaying Gamers Needed for New Book!
Written by e
January 12, 2009
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StupidRanger and Geek’s Dream Girl are joining forces to write the ultimate guidebook to female roleplaying gamers around the world.
We need YOUR input! Girls, you are the heart of this book; share your experiences with us!
Guys, you have an especially important role in the success of our book. Not only do we need your input, we also need you to get out there on Facebook, Myspace, IMs, forums, chat rooms and Friendly Local Game Stores to spread the word to every girl gamer you know!
Topics to be covered include:
- Token Girl at the Game Table
- Friendly Local Gaming Store & Gaming Conventions
- Gaming With Those You Love (Significant Others & Children)
- Sexism and Stereotypes
- Your Gaming Style, Your Games, and Your Characters
- Explaining D&D to Non-Gamers & Attracting Other Girls to Gaming
- The RPG Industry
- Calling the Shots: The Girl GM
This book will celebrate all the ways girls contribute to the gaming culture and we’d love to have you be a part of it.
Want to see your name in print as part of our book? Please take our surveys:
GIRLS:
girl-gamer-book-survey-for-girls-only/ Update: The girls surveys are closed as we comb through them! If we need more, we’ll reopen the survey later. Thank you!
GUYS:
girl-gamer-book-survey-for-guys-only/ Update: We have 185 guys and have closed the guys’ survey to new entries. Thank you!
Become a fan of “Female Roleplaying Gamers” on Facebook!
Thank you for sharing your experiences and helping build our bestseller!
- E. and SR
Help promote our surveys by posting one of the following ads in the sidebar of your blog or in your sig file for your favorite gaming forum. Set the link to http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2009/01/12/female-roleplaying-gamers-needed-for-new-book . Thank you!
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You have my full support!
Same here!
Got half-way though the questionnaire and knocked the enter-key instead of the delete key.
Apologies for the incomplete answers.
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I’m definitely going to do my part to spread the word around.
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You’ve got my total support on this project – I’ve just ran an entry about the project on the site.
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Great initiative, E and Stupid Ranger! I filled out the form yesterday (for the guys) and encouraged my wife to do the same!
Good luck!!
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Thanks for all the support, everyone! Things are going great so far!
Took the survey, and three of the follow-ups! I’ll spread the word to my friends.
Just filled out a few of the surveys. If everyone is like me, you’re not going to have much to write a book about – I’ve never experienced any of the problems in the questions. I’m one of the guys, only prettier.
@ Swordgleam – That’s the beauty of it. We’re getting TONS of information from girls all over the world. All different viewpoints and experiences. We’re not out to write a “GIRL POWER!” book and bash the guys in the RPG world – we love them, even if some of them can do some stupid things sometimes.
Look out for a very balanced book full of all the great and grimy details of being a girl gamer
Here’s a somewhat related project: http://fairgame-rpgs.com/comment.php?entry=193