{"id":6921,"date":"2022-03-08T08:21:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/?p=6921"},"modified":"2023-03-10T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:13:00","slug":"article-women-we-love-in-our-favourite-board-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/article-women-we-love-in-our-favourite-board-games\/","title":{"rendered":"She\u2019s Got Game! The Women Characters We Love in Our Favourite Board Games!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Representation matters, and seeing women excel, even in fictional situations like games, is beneficial to women young and old. While there\u2019s still work to do, many of today\u2019s board games have made great strides in their inclusion of strong women characters, and we\u2019d like to share a few of them with you. Whether because they\u2019re smart, savvy, fast, cunning, tough, or all of the above, the badass women in these games have what it takes to rock the board!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pandemic<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ages: 8+ \/ Players: 2\u20134 \/ Duration: 45\u201360 minutes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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There\u2019s no shortage of brilliant, resilient, and strong women featured in this cooperative game and its many versions and expansions! In Pandemic<\/a>, players come together to save humanity from the deadly viruses spreading across the globe! From the Quarantine Specialist to the Epidemiologist, Engineer, Director, First Responder and more, these champions are here to save the day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arkham Horror<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ages: 14+ \/ Players: 1\u20136 \/ Duration: 120\u2013180 minutes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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These cooperative titles from Fantasy Flight Games<\/em>, and based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft, immerse players in worlds of terror and mystery! But that won\u2019t stop the savviest female investigators around! From Shaman, Akachi Onyele; to Performer, Lola Hayes; Explorer, Ursula Downs; Psychologist, Carolyn Fern; Scientist, Kate Winthrop; Martial Artist, Lily Chen, evil is no match for these powerful women!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Love Letter<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ages: 10+ \/ Players: 2\u20136 \/ Duration: 15\u201330 minutes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This game of strategy and action features a cast of characters, many of them women, like the Guard, the Spy, The Handmaid and the Countess, that carry your love letter to the Princess in the castle. But make sure to keep other players\u2019 letters away! Obtain her affection and win her heart in this game of risk, deduction, and luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are just a few games that feature women characters we admire. Want more? You\u2019ll find them in games like, Eldritch Horror<\/strong><\/em>, Dead of Winter<\/strong><\/em>, Marvel Champions<\/strong><\/em>, Sub Terra<\/strong><\/em>, and 7 Wonders: Leaders<\/strong><\/em>. Click here<\/a> to find these and other great games at a retail store near you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Representation matters, and seeing women excel, even in fictional situations like games, is beneficial to women young and old. While there\u2019s still work to do, many of today\u2019s board games have made great strides in their inclusion of strong women characters, and we\u2019d like to share a few of them with you. Whether because they\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1007,1009,1011,874,1010,1058,1065,1020,1005],"tags":[371,710,745,526,720,815,534,714,739],"class_list":["post-6921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2-players","category-family","category-friends","category-games","category-kids","category-love-letter-2","category-pandemic-2","category-top-ten","category-whos-playing","tag-beginners","tag-cooperation","tag-horror","tag-love-letter","tag-must-haves","tag-mystery-games","tag-pandemic","tag-strategy-games","tag-teamwork"],"acf":[],"featuredImageSourceUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.svc.asmodee.net\/production-asmodeeca\/uploads\/image-converter\/2022\/03\/INTERNATIONAL_WOMEN_DAY-1024x615.webp","productImageSourceUrl":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6921"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6961,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions\/6961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmodee.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}