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Well, the first thing to do is decide what kind of setting people want, and what kind of tone. For example, if people wanted fantasy, what kind of fantasy? High medieval fantasy, with sweeping important events and high stakes? Something more like Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastards, where the magic is more mundane and the stakes are high, but the world isn't going to end? Urban fantasy? And then there's tone. If it was a highschool setting, you don't want seventeen players who think it's about romantic hyjinks, twelve players who think it's meant to be all about child abuse and eating disorders, and five players who want to secretly be assassins but nobody knows. ...Maybe somebody needs to start a new thread about this?

If a roleplaying game did get off the ground, you'll probably want a sub-forum for it. Make a character profile thread where people post the profile for their character - maybe have a basic profile written for people to fill out - then people create threads for RPing in. So you have a thread somebody's started set in the bar, and everyone interested joins in. Or something like that? That way not everyone has to be doing the same plot or in the same conversation. Of course, you'd probably want a GM (Game Master) to run things. They could introduce plots for people to play in. Like, if it was set in a fantasy city, the GM might say 'the kingdom's longtime enemy has launched an attack on the city and [insert details here]', then everyone plays out that plot. Where the players take it is up to them, so there's no set plot to follow, but it gives people a starting point to jump off of. Otherwise you run the risk of everyone being too polite and worrying about dominating the RP, so nobody starts any big plots. ...Sorry, I have put way too much thought into this. (And then you want basic rules for whether one character is allowed to injure another without the players getting permission from each other, etc.)

I absolutely consider them to be video games! A lot of innovation is coming from them, along with a lot of indie development. The whole 'real' games vs. 'casual' games is mostly a way for insecure gamers to pet their egos, in my opinion. I don't distinguish all that much between an app game and, say, Terraria or Towns or DEFCON.

...My excuse for not knowing that is that I'm flat broke, so I almost always buy my games a few years after release.

You'll have to sort through a hell of a lot of dross, but try here: http://www.fictionpress.com/search.php It's a amateur site for all types of fiction, but if you throw the right searchwords in you'll find a lot of lesbian fiction and a lot of it will be by women/girls. Try these: femslash femmeslash "f/f" lesbian "girl/girl" yuri They'll all get you different results, so it's worth your time going through them. There's also options for requesting stories only over (or under) certain lengths, sorting by genre or rating, that kind of thing. (Can't attest to the quality of any of it though, sorry, as all amateur sites run the gamut from great to truly terrible. But it's a big site and you'll be able to find something you like. Lots of plain old romance, lots of fantasy stuff, lots of first-love-and-only-just-realised-I'm-queer, etc.)

If your computer can handle it, the simplest way would be to buy it on Steam. No stock limit on digital content! But if you're not a PC gamer, yeah, you're kinda boned. Good luck, dude.

It's because there's a strong difference between gender identification and gender-assigned behaviours. Somewhat like how the only difference between a straight dude and a gay dude is who they want to bone. It's actually a pretty huge difference, but it still has no bearing on their personalities - and no number of social or cultural pressures will turn one of them into the other.

To my mind, a vision is made up of details. Building a fantastic house is nice, but you need floors, foundations and load-bearing walls to go with it. I don't really think either way is superior, as I think that both elements are completely essential to the finished story. When it comes to writing, pick whichever is easiest for you as the first draft, then add in the other during the second (and third and fourth and...).

Seems so, yes. It's a little baffling.

The term transgender is a blanket term that often includes people who identify as transexual. 'Transexual' is also not used to exclusively refer to post-op or pre-op individuals. Non-op trans folk are not omitted from it. Neither the article nor the video within it makes any reference to reassignment surgery, so no-one here can say what her plans are.

Generally, when I have writers block I stop trying to write any one thing in particular. Instead I just write completely random scenes, whether or not they're connected to anything else I've been writing. A fight scene here, a purely dialogue piece there... It takes the pressure off and makes it easier to keep writing. There's no panicky feeling of 'oh god, I haven't written anything in a month, I have failed at life '.

Wait, trans issues belong in the soapbox? Who are we, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival?

42% vs. 58% is not a large divide by any means. Not to mention, 42% of players are female players despite the industry (and gaming culture) often being downright hostile to women. If anything, that should indicate that there is massive untapped market - after all, those players are just the ones who are willing to wade through poor treatment.

I admit, I'm not really seeing the difficulty in answering. As I don't have any useful information and, for one reason of another, distrust the originator of the rumour, I would keep a careful eye on my friend while they were around children. I would also keep in mind that being likable doesn't mean they can't have committed atrocities, and that my fondness for them doesn't actually make them a good person. I would not alert the authorities on this shaky a level of knowledge, though.

That's funny, because doing so has confirmed that not only does Vito Russo use it to refer to a specific archetype, but so does Richard Barrios in Screened Out. In fact, I do believe that it's a term widely used in queer analysis of early cinema. Who'd have thought it? I don't know if it's your area of interest enough for this to be any use to you, but Richard Barrios' Screened Out is a fantastic book on the subject. I remember Andrea Weiss' Vampires and Violets as being very good as well (and specifically focused on lesbians).

It's been a while since I picked up the book (or watched the documentary), but that really doesn't sound like what I remember. The sissy was a fairly specific stock character, not a term used for any portrayal of a gay man.

I think this is a little bit of a romanticised way of looking at it. In my experience - occasionally personal experience - it pretty much just consists of one person make an exception for another, and is based more on personalities and circumstances than anything else.

To be honest, I've always got the vibe that GA isn't really welcoming to concrit, which is awkward as that feeling puts me off reviewing full stop - even if I enjoy something.

Oh, fine. Rub it in.

Oh! Oh, golly. Yes. I see your point.

And this is where well-negotiated, consensual polyamory comes into play.

You're right. For one thing, they have a very strange idea of what constitutes practical vehicle design. Look at that thing - one sharp left and the situation'll go tits up for everybody.

Dude, I totally know this guy you would get on with beautifully. You could spend hours reminiscing about Ye Good Olde Days. Only if we're not counting Soulstorm as canon. Out of curiousity, what is it about their playing style that works for you? For me, n of the reasons was how mobile they are. Hey, don't underestimate the sexy androgynous elves! They are guerilla warfare BAMFS.

What armies do you play? What armies do you wish you played? Are there any armies you wish didn't exist? What is it you like the universe and setting? Got any godawful gaming experiences you want to rant about? Tell 'em here! All other GW players - be it Fantasy, Bloodbowl, Necromunda, Lord of the Rings or anything else - feel free to chime in too! EDIT - I hate my keyboard, as it failed to notice me pressing 0 FIVE times. Rest assured, clumber has mocked me soundly for this error.

That is a ridiculously cute anecdote and you should feel ridiculously cute. The real challenge would be making a decent story out of this mess.