Midnight_v wrote:So the answer is basically to make the hobby as accessible as possible and just let time take its slow course.
Seriously, just this. Thats the real answer right there.
I applaud you.
Not really, because this means catering to one group or another, rather than trying to make a game.
There doesn't need to be a game designed for women per say, and the hobby
IS and has always been accessible to everyone. Like anything else in life, you just have to find the right group to share the hobby with.
You can't design D&D to be accessible for women, nor can you design any game for women, unless you are making a women's game.
The hobby is what it is, it jsut includes games. Either men and/or women choose to play the games and participate in the hobby or they dont.
The problem was never the hobby, but the people some chose to play with didnt welcome them, being women or whatever. Welcome to life. Some people jsut don't want to paly with other people be they women, blacks, jews, asshole DMs, asshole players, etc. No game can fix this, and it really isnt a problem.
The biggest problem is think everyone shoudl want to play with you, wherein you should find the people that do instead of trying to force everyone to get along.
If a group consists of guys sitting around telling jokes about women, then if you dont like that, male or female players, then don't play with them.
The hobby doesnt need to change, just the people playing it or joining it need to accept what it is...small groups of people participating in a shared activity. Like any other small group you just find the one that works for you no matter who you are.
People always trying to needlessly change something only hinders any change form occurring. So understand the hobby always was accessible to all, just the players didnt want some playing with them, so find the group of people that wants you in the hobby, or accepts you into the hobby without also trying to change YOU.
So don't try to change each other, just find people who already are of similar interests to play with.
Looking at gaming in general there has been no shortage ever, from mother's playing monopoly, rook, spades, bridge, sorry, chutes and ladders, candyland, etc with their kids, to girlfriends playing or trying something to be closers to their boyfriends and such.
The hobby hasnt changed, just people finally learning how to fit in with it and where they belong in it. a group of guys objectifying women and seeing them as sex toys, isnt a group to try to join or change if you are a women...just find another group.
The 11 year old girl who created the AD&D spell Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter didnt seem to have a problem in the 80's to find a group to play with or a problem with the game or hobby. Like her, everyone needs to just find the right group rather than expect a company to make a product or series of product to "revolutionize the hobby".
CCG tournament are held at nights at comic book stores so the comic book buyers dont often have to deal with the loud and obnoxious CCG players, likewise comic books vs RPG, RPGs vs CCG players.... just some groups dont mix well. It is part of the overall gaming hobby, that you play with the people you enjoy playing with. This isnt PE in school where you have to play with people you dont get along with or something, you get to choose who you play with.
Why is it so often today people blame things, or say things in a manner that looks like placing blame on things, that are not at fault, where the blame most often lies with the people laying the blame for not taking responsibility for their own actions?
"This hobby isnt accessible to person Y."
Yes it was, just the group of people you tried to join didnt want you in it or you didnt fit well with them or enjoy their company.