women playing Dungeons and Dragons Barnes and Nobles

Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:15 am

I was at Barnes and Nobles, and they have a D&D section. I saw a young college age woman browsing at the D&D books. She had the typical nerdy looks.

I asked her if she played and she said she does, and not only does she, but she plays with other female college friends

I told her I was surprised.

When I played first edition AD&D back in the day,



when I played I played with 100% other boys in elementary school.

It had zero appeal to girls, except when a boy had a girlfriend and invited her over.

I knew of no girl who played D&D.

I major reason is that D&D was a game that is similar in spirit to a video game, where you may play a knight on level 1, and fight a goblin. In the original D&D the most powerful class was the cleric. Clerics could cast spells and fight almost as well as a fighter, and turn undead.

That sort of thing had no appeal to any girl I knew of.

As I got older, computer and video game technology advance, so by the 80s I was playing Bard's Tale on a Tandyy 1000



and Gauntlet in the arcade



D&D was kinda tedious, you write down hit points on a piece of paper and role dice, You look tables and then use paper and pencil to deduct from hit points every time there was damage.

So first I'm surprised D&D is popular today when you have Call of Duty to play in today's world.

And two, I'm surprised that this was a young college woman playing it and she's playing it with other young women.

the typical adventure would be a dungeon crawl. you have a knight and enter a dungeon. in one room there's a goblin. in the halls there might be a carrion crawler and then a skeleton and treasure in another room.


You get experience points from collecting gold pieces and killing monsters and when you earn enough you advance to the next level.


I don't see that appealing females at all. and it only appealed to nerdy boys like me. athletic boys played sports.

since I was in elementary school when I played with other boys of same age, I wonder what girls get out of D&D.
The young woman I met by the D&D book section in Barnes and Nobles I only talked to her about maybe 5 minutes before she excused herself and left.

I've given up on D&D and I have not read any material, though I did see the recent movie found it funny.

Lila Rose (Lee-Lah) Bradshaw, 14,
March 29, 2010 ~ May 21, 2024 (age 14)

Lila Bradshaw Obituary

Lila Rose (Lee-Lah) Bradshaw, 14, of Ammon, passed away May 21, 2024.

Lila was born March 29, 2010, in Bethesda, Maryland, to Tristan Luke Bradshaw and Lethe Ann Harnish Bradshaw. She grew up and attended schools in Bossier City, Louisiana and Ammon, Idaho and was finishing her 8th grade year at Black Canyon Middle School where she was a diligent straight-A student.

She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed dragons, art, beaches, animals, fan fiction, manga, science, and coloring her hair. She loved her dad, her dog Beaux, acting, singing, sparring with her dad, cosplay, anime, role playing games (especially D&D), rollerblading, hazelnut hot chocolate, Dr. Pepper, Mochi ice cream, Honeybuns, Nutty Bars, and laying in the sunshine.

Lila was a wonderful teacher. She was in the Leadership program at Southwick Martial Arts Academy and was on track to become an instructor at age 15. Lila was awarded an honorary eternal black belt for her excellence in taekwondo, tai chi, sword, drop dart, and fan proficiency.

Like her mother, she was musically gifted and excelled at the guitar, drums, piano, ukulele, and singing, and was also a Let’s Play Music graduate. Her favorite song was “Dragon Slayer”by Rob Grice. Baking was her forte, as Lila enjoyed creating in the kitchen. She loved to read. Her favorite book series was “Wings of Fire” by Tui Sutherland and her favorite manga was “My Hero Academia.” She liked to create in many mediums including painting, animation, 3D printing, pepakura, wood engraving, and cosplay. Lila drew every day. She loved to characterize her family and friends. She was also interested in Japan and its culture and was sewing a kimono.