Welcome from me too as one "mature woman to another. Oko's mom, Oko being another player on this site, has started lurking too and Oko is trying to get her to try a game.

you are not alone.
Tann'Talas is a really good Games Master and player. GM's are the people run a game and whose creative genius allows the rest of us to have lots of fun in whatever world they create.
I play in his game Trilogy War and with him, until school got so tough in four other games, at least. Two of those he dropped due to school pressures. He is a responsible guy and knows how to balance fun with real like.
For many of us this is a place for creative outlet. Unlike a video game you can't replay it and what happens is what happens. But we know it is fantasy and fun.
Red Dragon Inn members span the globe perhaps on every continent Though I am not sure about members in Africa or Asia. I know there are players in Canada, several countries in Europe, in Australia, and all over the USA.
Anyway I think it is supper that you are looking into what he enjoys doing so much.