But occasionally the small windows that gets opened into the American Christian Media ecosystem for me by folks who know it or lived it feel like broadcasts from an alien planet
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in reply to @topher's post:
wish i could tag myself and say i'm Huge Egyptian but in all honesty i'm probs like Foot Bath or something
Contemplating the theological implications of this game being balanced or not.
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
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
i'm so conditioned to look in the text box i legit didn't even notice there was rules text on half of these
It is called Redemption. They've been running for nearly 30 years and are still releasing expansions. https://www.cactusgamedesign.com/redemption/
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"
