I just make funny faces at the screen.

I introduced an ex to this game(and site) when we were together. I think she quit playing since we broke up.

Ah the break up...the stab of stabs.

Everytime a woman is on this game, there has to be some ridiculous thread declaring it to the whole world. Women are not aliens.

lol. i try (and sometimes fail) not to apply the lessons i learn in diplomacy to relationships and women. it's a dark art.

In diplomacy, Putin, they represent a significant uptick in diversity each time a woman joins. I daresay they are the most underrepresented (proportionally speaking) group of people in the entire game, let alone on webdip.

Why not celebrate the attempt to spread the game beyond its male-dominated parameters? Do you also make similar scoffs when women are elected to legislatures? I digress. Tru Ninja I think was just excited that he got his wife to play - I would get excited if I got my wife to do anything I liked with me.

Wouldn't you like your wife to play webdip Putin? Or maybe she does I don't know. If not, join her. Just maybe consider dissuading her from usernames like "Putinswife" because that might result in harassment.

I think these threads discourage women from joining, because every time one does they get undue and probably unwanted attention. My wife wouldn't be caught dead with something as patriarchal as Putinswife as a handle. She kept her own last name. Identifying herself via a man is not her cup of tea.

I was joking.

My goodness alive.

My lady live has yet to play diplomacy. We do play other board games together though.

Why would this discourage a women from joining? This is obviously in good nature fun and excited over playing with a persons partner.

I hope one day to prove wrong the assertion that men are biologically more predisposed to like strategy games.

Maybe when I'm 88 and still going to f2f tournaments with other almost-dead people, there will be about as many old women as old men. I hope.

(I also hope this game will continue to be played long into the future - I expect it will, at least for 50 years or so)

@Putin: surely you have to agree that when one spouse has a hobby they are dedicated to, especially hobby gaming, which has a very small following compared to other things, it's pretty significant when someone can share that joy with their spouse, especially when this type of game tends to be male-heavy.

I'm excited for everyone that can have this same joy. Maybe one day you can have a similar experience.

@Thucy I think men are more predisposed only because men are raised with them while not all women are.

I'm going to teach my daughter to play this game when she's ready. So, 15-18 years from now, there'll will be reckoning!!!

Good for you Zultar and congrats.

My wife and I hobby game all the time. Most of the people at CABS, the local gaming club which administrates the Board Room at Origins, are couples.

My girlfriend recently got hooked to the game. I had explained to her one of my plots in the full disclosure game and that got her interested in it.

My wife has little interest in playing the game, however we do play strategy games... (Alhambra, Carcassonne, Settlers & Zombies... oh and also RoboRally) I think she just dislikes the idea of Diplomacy.

" I think men are more predisposed only because men are raised with them while not all women are."

Agreed.

@Manas now you got me interested in your plot as well. I'm curious which country you're playing.

My wife plays other games but this is the only game deemed a "war game" that she has tried. Never played Settlers and Zombies, she thought Carcassonne was boring. She does like Checkers, Rail Baron, Iron Dragon and most family/party games.

my belief is that women shouldnt be allowed to play the same games as men.
i belong to a club and i oppose female membership not due to the belief that they are less intelligent or less humourless (of course thats all true) but i dont want shopping and handbags discussed at the table. That has happened many times in other environments. It disturbs the peace and gives me a right headache.

>mfw last post
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the fuc

I can't tell if Hannibal is being serious or trolling..

At some point, it doesn't matter. Asshole either way lol

Very true

That should result is some interesting sex- Support Sex, Stalemate Sex, Backstab Sex, Face-to-Face Sex.

stalemate sex is exhausting.

i think you all know what i mean.

oh sorry this isnt the sex thread the sex thread is the obi-bash thread now.

gotta stay on point. i'm gettin old