On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Oh lonely nerds...reminds me of high school.
::rolls a 10 sided to help close the gap::
-Sarah
Back in the day, I was the Wise Old Man (early 20s) who dungeonmastered for a bunch of high-school boys in the Nashville Science Fiction club. I was careful to put several traps into my dungeon which switched genders on their player characters, and used the results to do some consciousness-raising on issues ranging from menstruation to rape.
I take no real credit for the fact that one of those kids is now a multiple Hugo-winner (8 nominations, 3 wins, I think) who handles women characters pretty well.