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Can someone gently explain the Red Scorpion reference?

drewcula wrote: Can someone gently explain the Red Scorpion reference?

sweet. always looking for games my kids might enjoy. going on the list.

I am definitely buying this game.

What age is appropriate for this game please?

I never realized that Rob Liefeld illustrated for FFG back in the mid-2000's.

Sagrilarus wrote: What age is appropriate for this game please?

My kids, who are pretty savvy about games, struggle with it a bit. They are 6 (7 in a month) and 8. Some of the card effects and coordination of combos is pretty advanced. And it has some unusual concepts like playing the Fate cards against other players to block their actions. I would think that a kid that is able to play Magic without assistance can handle it fine. So maybe 9-10ish and up?

Red Scorpion is just about the most sexist, immature representation of a female in a modern board game...seriously, who greenlighted that.

drewcula wrote: Can someone gently explain the Red Scorpion reference?

I assumed he was talking about the Dolph Lundgren movie. Dolph is a great role model for young women, he has a master's degree in engineering.

Red Scorpion routinely and her +2 <ahem> Diplomacy gets made fun of at our table.

Motorik wrote:

drewcula wrote: Can someone gently explain the Red Scorpion reference?

I assumed he was talking about the Dolph Lundgren movie. Dolph is a great role model for young women, he has a master's degree in engineering.

If I'm not mistaken, MB is talking about this lady, who seems to appear periodically in various Fantasy Flight Terrinoth settings. I agree, she's really pretty gross.


Edit Whoops! Should have looked more carefully at the thread--already cleared up.

Michael Barnes wrote: Red Scorpion is just about the most sexist, immature representation of a female in a modern board game...seriously, who greenlighted that.

The same pepeople who thought Runebound was a game good enough to publish.

Motorik wrote:

drewcula wrote: Can someone gently explain the Red Scorpion reference?

I assumed he was talking about the Dolph Lundgren movie. Dolph is a great role model for young women, he has a master's degree in engineering.

Can someone with some photoshop skills make us up a character card where I can play as a DVD copy of Red Scorpion? If I had that and a mini of a DVD copy of Red Scorpion, I would actually consider playing Runebound 2nd edition again. “Consider” being the key word.

Josh Look wrote:

Michael Barnes wrote: Red Scorpion is just about the most sexist, immature representation of a female in a modern board game...seriously, who greenlighted that.

The same pepeople who thought Runebound was a game good enough to publish.

Ha ha! Runebound is one of those games where people play it and are like “This is good, right? Isn’t it? Maybe if we add a bunch of cards and stuff? It’s good, huh?”

Michael Barnes wrote:

Josh Look wrote:

Michael Barnes wrote: Red Scorpion is just about the most sexist, immature representation of a female in a modern board game...seriously, who greenlighted that.

The same pepeople who thought Runebound was a game good enough to publish.

Ha ha! Runebound is one of those games where people play it and are like “This is good, right? Isn’t it? Maybe if we add a bunch of cards and stuff? It’s good, huh?”

The excuse I’ve heard made for it is “It’s like Talisman, but smarter!” And I want to play that because....?