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Being a woman who plays Warhammer can suck.
What you share of yourself is no longer your gamertag or your avatar.
My first ever Warhammer miniature. Not exactly Golden Demon standard but go easy on me!
My first contact with wargames happened on the suggestion of a teacher of mine.
Cue the friendly sales assistants initiating him into the wonderful world(s) of Warhammer.Yes, like.
I was going to the Warhammer store.
My first ever Warhammer miniature. Not exactly Golden Demon standard but go easy on me!
Unfortunately, I didn’t exactly receive the same warm reception.
Those womens clothing stores that stocked cheap crop tops?
Hell yeah, 15-year-old girls are the gold standard there.
These were the places where the sales assistants shot us easy smiles and called us pet names.
At least at this particular Warhammer store, things were very different.
He never engaged us as he did with other customers; he just watched accusingly.
My cheeks went hot.
This wasnt a question, this was a poorly concealed request for us both to piss off.
Its hard to know why he turned on us like this.
My first ever Warhammer miniature. Not exactly Golden Demon standard but go easy on me!
Was he a virulent sexist?
Was he just having a bad day?
Ill admit, I cant know for sure.
All I know is that it was a familiar antagonism.
So, of course, I took this as my cue to leave.
Hell, it can even scare them off the hobby completely.
I passed that Warhammer store many times in the years following my first poorly-received visit.
I did not go back in.
I told him was a total beginner and sheepishly downplayed my interest in getting started.
Of course, I wound up spending a frankly shameful amount of money before I left too.
Im grateful that things turned out differently.
I wonder what her experience would be like.
Progress is being made in representation for women, POC, and LGBTQ+ people in Warhammer games.
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