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About Rowan Cota

Player of games both tabletop and electronic, as well as being a writer. I spend way too much time on the internet, and am most accessible at Google+ and Twitter as @sweetpavement.

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Digital Publications and Gaming as a Woman

by Rowan Cota • February 25, 2013 • Essays • 3 Comments

I have to admit, I love the future I live in. I own a tablet and a smart phone and they’ve become two indispensable tools to me as a gamer in general, and as a woman gamer in specific. I’ve seen a number of conversations where people talk about banning tech at the table, and I...
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The Emotional Costs of Making Space for Me at the Table

by Rowan Cota • November 19, 2012 • Essays • 9 Comments

I was rereading Melissa McEwan’s terrible bargain piece1, and I started to think abut the terrible bargains I have made as a woman in role playing. And I returned again to the thought I keep having, that’s been sharpened through conversations with others. The deals I make to game, the ones I never talk about because...
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