\n First, it’s more fun. OK, this might be sexist, but I find it more fun. <\/em>
\n Second, there were far too many images of male characters to make an exhaustive or even representative listing, while it’s quite easy to do with female ones.
\nLast and not least, pictures of men are not only more numerous, they are in many games more varied, less sterotyped. Even with the same artist, a witch or a female warrior is first and foremost pictured as a woman, when a wizard or a male warrior seems to be first pictured as a sorcerer or a fighter. This brings me to a fascinating problem, why there is in our western world a separate and self-asserting female identity and no similar male identity (since the end of the Great War? since the abolition of the draft ? since the fall of Communism ? there’s a whole book to write on this topic, but I have so many other things to do…). All the better for me, the fewer identities I have, the better I feel.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nG\u00e9rard Mathieu<\/em><\/span>
\nLa Vall\u00e9e des Mammouths est un peu l’exception qui confirme la r\u00e8gle : Hommes et femmes y sont aussi ridicules les uns que les autres.
\nValley of the Mammoths is an exception : the men look as ridiculous as the women.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nG\u00e9rard Mathieu<\/em><\/span>
\nD’ailleurs, si les femmes peuvent y jouer un r\u00f4le fort classique, dans les cartes du haut, elles peuvent aussi prendre des initiatives moins attendues, comme dans les cartes du bas.
\nIf women can have a very classic and standard role, as in the three upper cards, they can also act in a more proactive and unexpected way, as in the three cards below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nEmmanuel Roudier<\/span><\/em>
\nAvec les sept femmes de Castel, nous passons \u00e0 une vision plus classique – la sorci\u00e8re, la princesse, la courtisane, la matrone….. La Reine n’est pas aussi laide que celle de Citadelles, ci-dessous, mais elle n’est gu\u00e8re plus sympathique, et l’on comprend que le Roi lui pr\u00e9f\u00e8re la Favorite.
\nThe seven women in Castle give a more traditional picture of women – witch, princess, courtesan, matron…. The Queen is not as ugly as the one in Citadels, just below, but she doesn’t look really nice either. No wonder the King prefers the Favorite.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Jesper Eising<\/em>
\nLa Sorci\u00e8re et la Reine de Citadelles. S’il n’y avait pas de femmes dans le jeu de base, on ne peut pas dire que l’extension ait vraiment rattrap\u00e9 le coup !
\nThe Witch and Queen in Citadels. There was no woman in the basic game, but the two in the expansion don’t give a much better idea of the “fair sex”.
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\nJulien Delval<\/em><\/span>
\nTante Sarah et trois amazones dans Draco & Co. Curieusement, la seule \u00e0 \u00eatre inspir\u00e9e d’une amie \u00e0 nous est Tante Sarah ! L’armure de l’amazone jaune est sans doute impressionnante lors des n\u00e9gociations, mais ne doit pas \u00eatre d’une grande efficacit\u00e9 au combat.
\nOld Sarah and three Amazons in Draco & Co. Surprisingly, the only one inspired by a friend of ours was Old Sarah. The yellow amazon’s armour might be impressing when negociating the booty’s share at Draco’s table, but is probably not very useful in actual fight.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJulien Delval<\/span><\/em>
\nC’est encore Julien Delval qui a dessin\u00e9 les trois femmes de Aux Pierres du Dragon. Toutes trois, m\u00eame la tr\u00e8s d\u00e9moniaque sorci\u00e8re, sont pour le moins sexy. On a donc ici un mod\u00e8le de sorci\u00e8re bien diff\u00e9rent de celui de Castel et Citadelles.
\nJulien Delval also made these images of the three female characters in Fist of Dragonstones. All three look sexy, but in very different ways. The Witch is as evil as the ones in Castle or Citadels, but also very different.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nHumbert Chabuel & Pierre-Alain Chartier<\/span><\/em>
\nLa Reine et la Favorite du Collier de la Reine, aussi sexy l’une que l’autre. Un jeu au look tr\u00e8s f\u00e9minin (c’est \u00e0 dire une boite blanche et rose….)\u00a0 mais avec, finalement, assez peu de femmes.
\nThe Queen and the Favorite in Queen’s Necklace. Despite the “feminine” look of the game (meaning white and pink box….), it has actually only two women characters.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nChristophe Madura<\/em><\/span>
\nLes personnages de Mission : Red Planet. Trouvez l’intrus(e).
\nThe characters in Mission : Red Planet. Pick the odd one out!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/em>
\nSandro Masin & Greg Cervall<\/em><\/span>
\nLes trois vamps de Toc Toc Toc remplissent tr\u00e8s bien leur r\u00f4le!
\nThe three vamps in the French edition of Knock Knock !<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Kara<\/em><\/span>
\nLa couverture de La Fi\u00e8vre de l’Or, \u00e0 droite, et les illustrations des cartes Hold-Up et Dynamite. Rien n’obligeait Kara \u00e0 y repr\u00e9senter des femmes, et moins encore des femmes charmantes et l\u00e9g\u00e8rement v\u00eatues.
\nThe cover pic of Boomtown, on the right, and the pictures for the cards Dynamite and Hold-Up. There was no special reason to draw light clothed pretty brunettes on these cards, but I quite like them.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDaniele Bigliardo<\/em><\/span>
\nIl est assez surprenant qu’il n’y ait que deux stars f\u00e9minines dans Hollywood, alors que le jeu d\u00e9crit justement un milieu o\u00f9 les femmes sont aussi nombreuses que les hommes ! Althea Wimble est la seule femme noire dans mes jeux, mais comme beaucoup ont un contexte historique europ\u00e9en, ce n’est pas vraiment surprenant.
\nSurprisingly, there are only two female stars in the Hollywood card game, when they are probably half of the actual movie stars. Also, Althea Wimble is the only black woman in all my games so far, but given that many have a European historical setting, that’s not a real issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Jean-Mathias Xavier<\/span><\/em>
\nLes femmes de Tomahawk – retrouvez \u00c9clair Romantique, Nuage Taquin, Femme presque Ours, Loutre Savante, Midi Copieux, Biche Furieuse et Cascade Rieuse…
\nThe Women in Tomahawk. Pick out Lightening Hitting Heart, Bubbling Brook, Furious Fawn, Big Lunch, Wise Otter, Could be Bear and Teasing Could<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCzarn\u00e9<\/em><\/span>
\nDans Chicago Poker, chaque gang de quinze personnes ne comprend que deux femmes. Si la femme du boss, blonde, est la deuxi\u00e8me plus forte carte, sa ma\u00eetresse, la brune au regard charbonneux, n’est qu’une faible carte.
\nIn Chicago Poker, each fifteen persons gang has only two women. The boss’s wife is blonde, and the second highest card in the suit. His mistress is dark haired and dark eyed, and is a low card.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nPier\u00f4<\/em><\/span>
\nTrois hommes et trois femmes, Agent Double respecte la parit\u00e9. Les personnages f\u00e9minins y sont aussi moins st\u00e9r\u00e9otyp\u00e9s que dans beaucoup d’autres jeux, la raison en \u00e9tant qu’ils sont dessin\u00e9s \u00e0 partir d’amies des auteurs et du dessinateur.
\nWith three male and three female agents, Double Agent has the perfect balance. It also has less stereotyped images of women than most games. The reason is that they are more realistic, being inspired by friends of the authors and the illustrator.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Pier\u00f4<\/span><\/em>
\nLes deux femmes parmi les dix personnages de Lost Temple.
\nThe two women in the ten characters in Lost Temple.<\/em><\/p>\n