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On Fri, 2/6/15, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Why I hate Traveller
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Friday, February 6, 2015, 4:29 PM

 This has been my experience as well.
 It's sad, really. All of the (few) female gamers
 I've been in groups with - both as a player and as GM -
 have been excellent roleplayers and quite skilled at RL
 group dynamics, as well.

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Cynthia Higginbotham ran a Trav PBEM game for a few years & she was really, really good at it.
I could NOT distinguish the NPC's from the PC's at all.
Sadly it came to an end when TNE came out.
Not sure if there was a connection or just coincidence.
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 But then our GM of that time started hitting on her and she
 promptly vanished.
 I
 suppose it's sort of like interoffice romances, except
 without an HR Department on call to (hopefully) keep things
 in line.
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 Richard Aiken
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Way back when a female playtester (perhaps the ONLY female playtester?) whose husband worked for SPI (when they published S&T mag) wrote an article in the magazine wrt women playing wargames.
There was a special section concerning 'when the opponent is more interested in playing you than in playing the game'.
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