Girly Board/Tabletop games and card games

[The Fair Lady]

I loved Pretty Pretty Princess but would throw a fit if I got the ugly black ring lol. I also had the 2000's version of Mystery Date and remember playing it at my birthday party one year.

 

[Character from a movie]

Here are some excerpts. I would have really liked something that you could do as a group like something more collaborative and again, makes the crocheting feel less tacked on.

Yes, the game would be much more interesting if you could play it in groups. For example, the participants have to continue knitting the squares or writing the story when their turn comes, much like an "exquisite corpse". Honestly, I don't see the point in playing the game by yourself.

 

[knightlautrec]

I just remember another game of my childhood that sprang to my memory. Do you guys know about Tales of the Crystals from back in the 90s? It is an attempt to make a tabletop rpg type game of sorts for girls. It didn't have a GM though persay, instead, it had a cassette tape. Apparently I recently learned it has quite a cult following on the internet and a complete game set is really rare and expensive. There have been a bunch of homebrew expansions for it as well and I think you can find homemade parts and the rulebook and stuff online.

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I also remember me and some other girls in elementary school played some collaborative medieval fantasy storytelling game that our school had when there was a multi-day blizzard with below freezing temperatures that was bad, but not bad enough for school to be cancelled which prevented us from having recess outside. We couldn't find the rules, but it had these little hexagon tiles and how we played it is that you'd draw from and place down onto a mat and then say what you want to add in the story. It is probably more sophisticated but we sort of bullshitted everything. I wonder if me or one of the people that played still has the story we created.

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Holy shit I had an old copy of this game as a kid! Incomplete but an actual copy my mother thrifted. It's bringing back some nostalgia. I loved the art as a kid. I wonder if it's in my parents house.

There's another girly board game in the same vein with candy iirc? Not the Candyland but with different coloured faeries or princesses? And fairly sure it had colour coordinated horses and a coloured place on the map where each reigned. I loved the purple one cuz she looked kinda evil and sexy. The art was pretty good.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Despite ostensibly being for girls, the Sailor Moon CCG had an ugly card layout that would've looked more appropriate in an earnings report.

Probably a cash-in on the show's popularity at the time. That just looks incredibly lazy.

 

[Caesare]

Dream Phone and Mall Madness spring to mind.

Mall Madness was fucking AWESOME as hell!!! My neighbor had that game and I remember loving it. Didn't you get to use credit cards and the game talked to you?

I forgot all about that game until I saw your comment.

If I grew up in England in current year, and my parents were lefty scumbags, they'd probably try to troon me out. Because, much like George Costanza, whenever the opportunity arose when I was hanging out with girls as a youth, I was not above playing with dolls.

Real talk, if you loved decorating Barbie houses or playing with Polly Pocket as a kid, you'll love Hero Quest. It's the same "put the miniature furniture in the tiny room with the tiny figures and make it look cute" kind of joy as decorating a Barbie dream house. Except usually Barbie and friends aren't murdered by Orcs. Playtime got pretty weird sometimes.

My oldest brother had Heros Quest and Dragon Strike and sometimes me and my sister would just decorate the board with the furniture and play with the little guys.

 

[BLACKHAWK_Entropy]

when i saw princess connect i thought it was card game, but sadly it isn't.

 

[Aljam]

Fatal

 

[pork and beans]

I had no idea any of this existed, it looks very cool.

Mostly I play card games with friends. I guess it's girly when it's an all girl ensemble

 

[AbyssStarer]

I'm making a mild necro because I've been looking around for some couple friendly games and would like to discuss. While vidya are nice it's extra nice to play some board games.

I got Patchwork because I saw it recommended everywhere as a couples game. We're going to play that one soon. I also ordered a game called Botanik that got a few recommendations and looked good from a how to play video. The art is kinda funky but it's still about flowers, right?

Anyone play Azul or Arboretum? I see Azul mentioned a good amount while Arboretum looks fun and pretty a lot of people say it's quite aggressive.

Anyway my recommendation for... Wingspan: it's a very fun game about birds and it's good for 2+ players. It's not very aggressive either, but it has a bit of a learning curve and until you figure out some strategies and how your partner likes to play you might get frustrated at it. At the same time, one of my parents won the game the first time we played with them and there's an unranked scoring style that makes it more laid-back. Winning is not pure skill/strategy and it's fun to play even if you're not winning. Sometimes I've knowingly sabotaged my ability to win just because I wanted to play one of my favorite birds. (Worth it)
My problem with Wingspan is how many cards you have to shuffle. There's at least a well-made digital edition that even has nice music and chirps and warbles. I'm considering getting card sleeves and a shuffle machine for the board game.

 

[Elysian]

My parents have a frustrating aversion to board games with actual depth but in terms of girly ones I had Barbie Monopoly as a child:

It’s like regular monopoly except you build boutiques and nail salons instead of houses. Also I swear the version I had in the 2000s came in a nicer box than this with actual metal pieces to represent the players, but I can only find photos of the most recent version online. Props to my dad for being a good sport and not refusing to play the Barbie board game in case he catches The Big Gay or something.

 

[soup peddler]

I recently ran a campaign of Care Bears: The Staring, the fan-made Care Bears TTRPG. Honestly a labor of love for the 80s Care Bears franchise, I couldn't recommend it more