Re: [semi OT] Women wargamers -longish

 ---- somebody wrote: 
> >She (meaning women) is much more
> >likely to choose (to use an example we ALL know) an Eldar over a
Space
> >marine force simply because the mini's are more "elegant and
graceful" in
> >appearance.	Same thing with ships, she is more likely to go with a
Vorlon
> >ship than an Earth Force destroyer.

and beth replied:

>	I'd tend to agree here. I've often been asked why more women
don't get
> into wargaming and based on personal opinion it comes down to: 
> 
> a) The look of the thing.
> I know this sounds absurd, but it has to feel right. the closest I can
get
> to explaining this is that it shouldn't look like a rhino, it should
look
> like a panther (if you're going to catch the average woman's eye)

from a ds2 point of view, how about having an airborne force? due to the
laws of physics, aerospace and fast VTOL craft tend to be pretty
streamlined (i have some of the Aries (?) VTOLs from CMD; i don't know
if these still exist, but they look ace). so, get hefty aerospace
support, some gunship vtols and some air infantry (like those lads in
'apocalypse now' who were for some reason called air cavalry).

not only will this force be composed of sleek and sexy machines, but it
will also be a coherent, logical unit (although it might restrict the
scenarios you could play). and it would be quite unusual, so most
tank'n'infantry people would not be able to play it better. bargain.

Tom

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