Filed under: Dungeons and Dragons | Tags: AD&D, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy, gay, play by post, roleplaying
I have been playing strategy and role playing games for 20+ years now. A more recent variant on these activities is online games and play by posts (where you post your actions by email). I have actually been doing this for 7 or 8 years now.
One of the really strange things I have noticed is that guys who play these types of games online have a real tendency to want to play female characters. What the hell is up with that? I have one player who has played dungeons and dragons with us for about six years, and he will play a chick about 85% of the time. I am also currently in an Age of Appocolypse play by post game where several of the players are playing female characters. Another D&D player who has been part of our group for about 7 ½ years also will play female about 50% of the time, and one guy who has been with my D&D group from the beginning has recently started playing female characters as well.
Are these guys are fruits? Are they “gay and don’t know it”? What is the reason behind this? I just find it curious that this occurs in this particular genre of gaming with such frequency. Can anybody explain it?
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Lol i think that DnD is a way for people to express themselves in areas they usually don’t get to. Most GUYS spend their entire life being guys (i hope) and when they get to their DND world or whatever they are given the oppertunity to be someone or SOMETHING else. I think it’s just a way of breaking out from themselves in a creative way.
Comment by Nathan September 11, 2008 @ 6:00 pm