AC/DC (LE)
Stern, 2012
AC/DC (Premium)
Stern, 2012
Addams Family, The
Bally, 1992
Cirqus Voltaire
Bally, 1997
Diner
Williams, 1990
Fish Tales
Williams, 1992
Lord of the Rings
Stern, 2003
Monster Bash
Williams, 1998At TPF last weekend, I overheard a discussion mentioning Addams Family was "popular with women". Interesting. My ex-wife seemed to enjoy Revenge From Mars a great deal. Kinda makes me wonder if a gender trend exists or is it just random chance?
Have you noticed women gravitating toward a particular title more than others?
Quoted from SpookyKT:Monster Bash!!!!!!!!!
Ah yes that was mentioned as well!
I remember reading that Centipede was popular with women. When I read that I thought that was interesting because I remember one of the few games my mom would get excited at seeing was Centipede. Maybe there are pins like that as well that have some unknown connection with women.
My wife and her friends love Who Dunnit.
Gigantic ramp right in front of you, cool theme, point doubling roulette wheel, and slots. It's all very accessible, and cool.
Pete
Quoted from PiNDoCToR:I've met quite a few women that really love Theatre of Magic. It's my wifes favorite game.
Mine too -- the one listed in my collection is actually her game.
Quoted from dmbjunky:I remember reading that Centipede was popular with women. When I read that I thought that was interesting because I remember one of the few games my mom would get excited at seeing was Centipede. Maybe there are pins like that as well that have some unknown connection with women.
This is true for me as well, wife loves Centipede. Robotron is probably her favorite though, for what it's worth.
Her favorite of our current lineup is Twister, and yes she loves the movie as well. That is also our most current machine so that likely has something to do with it as well.
She prefers short/quick/exciting games (liked Iron Man & Mustang) opposed to slower/longer games.
It seems all women love W?D
WCS, I am ready to pass it on and the wife won't let me!
I have bought two pins based on my wife's preferences, an Aztec and a POTC and she rarely plays anything else in my collection. Last time she had friends over we didn't have POTC and they tried others (at the time -AC/DC, ST, Mustang, Wizard, Skylab) but stuck to Aztec. She has the same group visiting next month and it will be interesting to see what they play with my new line up (I suspect EATPM will be a hit).
At TPF she only went back to one pin over and over and that was WOZ (not the first time she has gone back to it when available). I think she wants one but just can't quite justify the prices. She played along side me most of the weekend but I never heard her say there was any "must haves". When she took off solo I would find her trying out EMs but most were set up slower than she prefers (mine are steep and fairly fast).
Quoted from MotorCityMatt:WCS, I am ready to pass it on and the wife won't let me!
WCS is the only game my girlfriend enjoys and ever bothered to learn the rules to.
Quoted from NicoVolta:At TPF last weekend, I overheard a discussion mentioning Addams Family was "popular with women". Interesting. My ex-wife seemed to enjoy Revenge From Mars a great deal. Kinda makes me wonder if a gender trend exists or is it just random chance?
Have you noticed women gravitating toward a particular title more than others?
It's funny you mention those two because just last night I was telling my fiance that I might put my BK2k up for trade at SFGE this summer and was showing her a video of RFM and asking what she thought about me trading for one. She responded "That's cool, but can we get an Addams Family?"
Currently, TAF and Scared Stiff are the only ones she's ever seemed to actually want as opposed to just tolerate.
Quoted from pmWolf:My wife and her friends love Who Dunnit.
Gigantic ramp right in front of you, cool theme, point doubling roulette wheel, and slots. It's all very accessible, and cool.
Pete
No wonder I hate this game, it was made for women.
I think it's human nature to see patterns when they aren't really there. I mentioned LOTR and RFM because my wife's favorite is LOTR and my niece's favorite is RFM. Oh, and my other niece's favorite is Congo. So...does one data point make a pattern?
My female friends who are really "into pinball" don't follow any kind of pattern. They like games with good art and dots, great layouts and good rules - just like any of us. Casual players are really only interested in theme.
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Quoted from robertg130:I have 8 pins,my wife and daughter only plays my TAF
I've got 12 now.... My wife plays... none!
Also I think you can basically replace women with "people that aren't really into pinball at all" and most of this stuff applies. There's certainly a great of female players out there that can kick ALL of our asses, especially mine 
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