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Thank you for the kind words. The shirt came from ...

2012-01-23T11:03:47.944Z

Thank you for the kind words. The shirt came from the now sadly defunct Geek Label T-shirts ;)

I'm going to see my Hubby's plus one and g...

2012-01-23T00:59:11.419Z

I'm going to see my Hubby's plus one and give Lady Rachel plus, plus, plus, plus. That's four, my favorite number.

PS: Love the shirt.

That's the main thing, that she loves that I h...

2012-01-22T19:49:46.104Z

That's the main thing, that she loves that I have a hobby that makes me so happy and excited when I play it - and she does everything she can to support that (takes me shows, cooks food for The Tuesday Knights, buys me things she doesn't understand just because I say I can't live without them etc)

To be honest, I don't think I've ever acte...

2012-01-22T19:42:40.462Z

To be honest, I don't think I've ever acted during an RPG - or when I did I was bad at it. Like you, to me it is more like storytelling. Which is why I've always preferred PBeMs (ie. written RPGs) because I'm able to play a different character through the written word.

With all the dice, a few miniatures, rulebooks and maybe a large sheet of hexes, I would have thought a lot of non-gamers might think its more a sort of boardgame than acting.

I guess, really, it comes down to Rachel just not being that interested in playing RPGs. Which is fine - I'm not interested in a *lot* of things other people are. Does there have to be a reason?

Oh and good on Rachel for putting up with your "acting". ;-)

Thank you, gents. I'm very proud of Rachel'...

2012-01-22T18:46:41.083Z

Thank you, gents. I'm very proud of Rachel's eloquent explanation of the "non-gamer's" stance.

Even author Philip Reeve, via Twitter, has supported her view that non-gamers see our hobby as more akin to "acting" - which is something I've never thought it was.

To me, It was always storytelling.

Agreed. This is a really good post.

2012-01-22T17:33:14.602Z

Agreed. This is a really good post.

+1 to Rachel.

2012-01-22T16:23:28.008Z

+1 to Rachel.