I know this is kind of off-topic for our forums, but it's a nice conversation; if Pat decides to show as well, that would be great, too. As I said, it's a good game.

I am surprised the gender bias never crossed your minds--and even more surprised it never appeared in playtesting. In fact, when I first "found" the game I was convinced the design concept was to manufacture a young girl-friendly rpg. You may be right, RP, that I created a bias in my trying to compensate for that with my son, who as I said, is very "boy." I'm not sure. I should say he did not dislike the game, for he chose to play a (guess what..?) warrior sprite, so I had him confront a troll, use his feats of power as much as possible (which equals tons of dice rolling!), etc. But it was (in his words) "not Lord of the Rings". Maybe I'm just a crappy GM.