Hypatia

@HypatiaPhoto

its/her
hypatiaphoto.com/

25, white-Latinx, plural trans therian photographer and musician. Anarcha-feminist. Occasionally NSFW

discord: hypatiacoyote

Hypatia @HypatiaPhoto10/26/2023, 2:16 AM

the continuously transgendering hy libre!@bigstuffedcat

topher @topher10/25/2023, 9:05 PM

unlocked a memory from christian camp where if we behaved they would give us one card per day from a religious magic the gathering knockoff

it was called REDEMPTION

the continuously transgendering hy libre!@bigstuffedcat10/26/2023, 12:32 AM

oh boy redemption

The longest-running continuously-in-print collectible card game is Magic: the Gathering.

The second longest-running continously-in-print collectible card game is not Pokemon, not Yu-Gi-Oh, but Redemption CCG, a game that looks like that.

Illustration credits range from Mark Poole (of MTG fame) to Raphael (of "School of Athens" fame). Cards have text like "If used by a flood survivor or evil antediluvian". There's a rules-meaningful difference between a card being green, teal, or pale green. The order of continuous effects is solved by partitioning all abilities into "rock", "paper", and "scissors", with the winner of that RPS applying first.

Best of all, the Third Edition rules tell us "If you have a question, please look it up in your Bible. Read all relevant verses given in Scripture. If you find any mistakes, please write and tell us."

You must log in to comment.

in reply to @topher's post:

JP @vectorpoem10/25/2023, 9:07 PM

wish i could tag myself and say i'm Huge Egyptian but in all honesty i'm probs like Foot Bath or something

JP @vectorpoem10/25/2023, 9:08 PM

"the book of Leviticus does describe him as being 'jacked'..."

Gadfly Goods @Gadfly-Goods10/25/2023, 9:11 PM

Contemplating the theological implications of this game being balanced or not.

sakiamu @sakiamu10/27/2023, 1:48 AM

https://www.cactusgamedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Quick-Start-Guide.pdf

Looking at the rules, it looks like both players are playing both good and evil characters, which is an interesting take

VideoWitch @VideoWitch10/25/2023, 10:02 PM

I adore how poorly formatted the cards are. The huge text box area that is purely devoted to bible verses, meaning they have to put the actual rules text over the art is such a choice

samantha riedel @samanthaistyping10/26/2023, 6:07 PM

i'm so conditioned to look in the text box i legit didn't even notice there was rules text on half of these

@thecatamites10/25/2023, 10:56 PM

Huge Egyptian is my favourite minor character from the Golgo 13 NES game

@cofruitrigus10/26/2023, 6:19 PM

It is called Redemption. They've been running for nearly 30 years and are still releasing expansions. https://www.cactusgamedesign.com/redemption/

Misty @dog10/26/2023, 7:33 PM

I can't get over one of the artist credits being basically just "idk lol"

Azure @AzureLazuline10/28/2023, 9:51 AM

i remember this! 😄

the game itself is actually kind of nuts, you draw 3 cards per turn. You only attack with one hero who's blocked by one villain, and then you and your opponent both stack a dozen equipments and buffs on them to see who comes out on top. You try to rescue souls from your opponent's Land of Bondage or something.

at least one version of the rulebook said to consult the Bible to answer any questions about card targeting regarding who counts as a "prophet", who counts as a "martyr", etc. It looks like nowadays they just have a giant list of qualifiers that they keep updated with their own Bible research though, which is better but way less funny.

also it's still going nowadays, and there's an expansion set called simply "The Women"

Bad Figs card

eevee @lexyeevee10/31/2023, 2:56 PM

i am so unnecessarily mad about these card frames

in reply to @bigstuffedcat's post:

It's Tess!@alltherobots10/26/2023, 4:16 PM

check the new testament for updated rules