I met my gamer friends through a fraternity called Alpha Chi Sigma.
It's a coed chemistry fraternity and I think most of the club had played an
RPG at some point in their lives.
As far as writing for a sorority I think it is possible. At the
Florida colleges (FSU, USF, UCF, UF) sororities and fraternities have weekly
get-togethers called "socials". More often than not, these socials involve
one frat and one sorority. For big events they gather two sororities and
two or three fraternities. Usually, the gathering is a theme party at one
of the houses, or a hay ride & BBQ at a nearby farm (or both). IMO, it
would be possible to introduce a LARP for one of these events. (But you
have to attract the sorority member who is in charge of the socials to the place
that sells the LARP rules, or go another route... I suggest you go through
panhelenic and start making some speeches.) Costumes would be a requirement for
the LARP, fyi. I know most of you are cringing at this point but trust
me. I was a member of a sorority and an event photographer and campus
coordinator for a company that had 90% of the sororities in FL under an
exclusive contract. (I understand greek life and I know what it takes to
get their business).
These "socials" almost _always_ involve costumes,
and frat boys wear some of the best. Common themes were ("Toga",
"Halloween", "Jungle Fever", "Hawaiian Luau", "Beach Party", "The 70's", "The
50's", "Swing Party", "Roaring 20s", etc...).
I think table tops would be a flop in the greek world
because these people would not enjoy sitting for a long time. They are in
class all day. At night they want to get up, dance, socialize, show off
their bodies and creativity with neat costumes, drink, get laid, meet the
perfect significant other, make their peers jealous, show off, impress each
other, and mostly... just have fun. But I think a LARP could provide
the "something different" social reps are always looking for.
However, table top RPGs designed to bring members
closer together would be ideal for sorority retreats, but those only happen once
or twice a year.
You can design an RPG for anyone, IMO, you just
have to know how to market to them and you have to understand them enough to
know what they would enjoy.
Maggie
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 10:59:08 -0500 William Olander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
Now you have a target audience. Young geeky guys. The majority of male gamers I know tended towards engineering/computer science. In a way, people who wanted a way to express their creative needs but couldn't really act. Now you want to find an analgous group of women. You don't want to be tapping Sororities (in general - there are some Engineering related sororities but I think those are the exception, not the rule). Anime fans are a good start. There are more and more girls moving into the engineering and computer science fields these days.
