History TheSmurfettePrinciple / TabletopGames

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'':
** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Burstinatrix Burstinatrix]] was originally the only female Elemental HERO (out of five), and it even said so on her original card. (The first version said she was the "only" female among them.) The next was changed because new Elemental [=HEROes=] appear later, including female ones, like [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Lady_Heat Lady Heat]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Poison_Rose Poison Rose]]. ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Rampart_Blaster Rampart Blaster]] too, if you count the Fusion Monsters.) The Japanese and Korean versions, however, maintain that she's the "only" female, since there has been no new reprint of the card after other female Elemental [=HEROes=] were released.
** [[https://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Scorpion_-_Meanae_the_Thorn Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn]] is the only girl in the "Dark Scorpion" band. She's not particularly sexualized like most other female monsters, but the [[WhipOfDominance thorny-whippy sexiness]] and her [[HellBentForLeather dark leather outfit]] do invoke a {{Dominatrix}} motif.

** [[https://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Scorpion_-_Meanae_the_Thorn Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn]] is the only girl in the "Dark Scorpion" band. She's not particularly sexualized like most other female monsters, but the [[WhipItGood thorny-whippy]] sexiness is still there.

** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Burstinatrix Burstinatrix]] was originally the only female Elemental HERO (out of five), and it even said so on her original card. (The first version said she was the "only" female among them.) The next was changed because new Elemental HEROes appear later, including female ones, like [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Lady_Heat Lady Heat]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Poison_Rose Poison Rose]]. ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Rampart_Blaster Rampart Blaster]] too, if you count the Fusion Monsters.) The Japanese and Korean versions, however, maintain that she's the "only" female, since there has been no new reprint of the card after other female Elemental HEROes were released.

* The ''TabletopGame/StarWarsCustomizableCardGame'' has exactly one female Imperial: Mara Jade. Female Rebels [[TwoGirlsToATeam show up twice:]] Leia and Mon Mothma. Alien species generally avert the principle, since any given race probably has fewer than five character cards.

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** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Burstinatrix Burstinatrix]] was originally the only female Elemental Hero (out of five), and it even said so on her original card. (The first version said she was the "only" female among them.) The next was changed because new Elemental Heroes appear later, including female ones, like [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Lady_Heat Lady Heat]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Poison_Rose Poison Rose]]. ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Rampart_Blaster Rampart Blaster]] too, if you count the Fusion Monsters.)

* In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game, [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Burstinatrix Burstinatrix]] was originally the only female Elemental Hero (out of five), and it even said so on her original card. (The first version said she was the "only" female among them.) The next was changed because new Elemental Heroes appear later, including female ones, like [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Lady_Heat Lady Heat]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Poison_Rose Poison Rose]]. ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Rampart_Blaster Rampart Blaster]] too, if you count the Fusion Monsters.)

* In ''TabletopGame/{{AT 43}}'', most armies appear to be equal-opportunity employers going by the background story, but there are basically no models of female regular troops. However, about half the special characters (who are all officers) ''are'' female, as are two out of the three released models of medics and one of the three scientist models.
** Justified with the Cogs being a OneGenderRace (and all clones).
* TabletopGame/{{Chess}} has only one female character, the queen, which makes sense since the names are inspired by medieval warfare. However, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen she is also the most powerful piece]].
* The ''Guess Who?'' game (in the late 1980s) had exactly five women and 19 men. This was a game of yes/no questions about appearance. If you drew a card with a woman on it, you were almost sure to lose that round. Women were truly an “unusual subtype”. They were rarer than bald people, people with glasses, and gingers.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' seems to be going out of its way to avert this - most troop types have male and female miniatures available.

** In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game, [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Burstinatrix Burstinatrix]] was originally the only female Elemental Hero, and it even said so on her original card. (The first version said she was the "only" female among them.) The next was changed because this changed eventually, with new female Elemental Heroes appearing later, like [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Lady_Heat Lady Heat]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Poison_Rose Poison Rose]]. ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Rampart_Blaster Rampart Blaster]] too, if you count the Fusion Monsters.)
* The TabletopGame/StarWarsCustomizableCardGame has exactly ''one'' female Imperial: Mara Jade. Female Rebels are half as rare: Leia and Mon Mothma. Female aliens are far more common, though.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' generally plays the trope straight. Largely justified in that it is set in a fantasy world modeled closely on medieval/early modern Europe. The three elf armies tend to avert the trope, and actually have a number of all-female regimental units (Sisters of Avelorn, Witch Elves, Harpies, Sisters of Slaughter) and characters (Alarielle, Morathi, the Sisters of Twilight), as well as mixed-sex units of regular troops. The human armies play it straight though, with virtually no females in the Empire army at all (the Ice Queen of Kislev used to be, and there are one or two females from the Mordheim range), and the Bretonnian army having female wizards and the Joan of Arc-inspired Paladin Repanse de Lyonesse. As for the rest, one or two female Chaos champions have surfaced over the years (Dechala the Denied and Valkia the Bloody got models), and there have been a Dwarf Queen and a female Ogre Maneater model produced. The Undead tend to have a higher showing of females than most, with the Lahmian Sisterhood of vampires, Isabella von Carstein, Banshees and Tomb Queen Khalida (and the skeletal troops could have been of either sex in life). All Skaven of the sort who make up their armies are male, Skaven displaying extreme sexual dimorphism with the females being little more than gigantic breeding machines left at home in the nests. Finally the Orc, Lizardmen and Daemon armies are completely genderless (apart from Slaaneshi daemons, which are all hermaphroditic).
* While the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' fluff contains a good number of female characters, there are very few of those that can be used in-game.
** Also, although a number of armies (in particular the Imperial Guard and the Eldar/Dark Eldar) are said to contain large numbers of females, up until recently unless a unit was [[AmazonBrigade overwhelmingly female]], the models wouldn't reflect it. More recent miniatures have started to correct this pattern, with female torsos being available in the Eldar Guardian box sets for example.
** Space Marines cannot be female, which justified, as the genetic alterations that turn a human into an Astartes attach only to a y-chromosome.
** The Adepta Sororitas army reverses the principle, being composed entirely of warrior nuns (with perhaps the occasional male priest, though these are hangers-on from other branches of the ecclesiarchy, not officially a part of the Sororitas.
** The Tau have only one named female combatant in Commander Shadowsun. However this may be an aversion as all Tau soldiers wear full body armor into battle and there is little sexual dimorphism; so it could be possible that any of the regular units could also be female.

* In TabletopGame/{{AT 43}}, most armies appear to be equal-opportunity employers going by the background story, but there are basically no models of female regular troops. However, about half the special characters (who are all officers) ''are'' female, as are two out of the three released models of medics and one of the three scientist models.
** Justify with the Cogs being a OneGenderRace (and all clones)

* The ''Guess Who?'' game (in the late 80’s) had exactly 5 girls and 19 guys. This was a game of yes/no questions about appearance. If you drew a card w/ a girl on it you were almost sure to lose that round. Women were truly an “unusual subtype”. They were rarer than bald people, people with glasses, and gingers.

** Also, although a number of armies (in particular the Imperial Guard and the Eldar/Dark Eldar) are said to contain large numbers of females, up until recently unless a unit was [[AmazonBrigade overwhelmingly female]] the models wouldn't reflect it. More recent miniatures have started to correct this pattern, with female torsos being available in the Eldar Guardian box sets for example.

** The Tau have only one named female combatant in Commander Shadowsun. However this may be an aversion as all Tau soldiers wear full body armor into battle and there is little sexual dimorphism; so it could be possible that any of the regular units could also be female.

** The Tau have only one named female combatant in Commander Shadowsun. However this may be an aversion as all Tau soldiers where full body armor into battle and there is little sexual dimorphism; so it could be possible that any of the regular units could also be female.

** The Adepta Sororitas army reverses the principle, being composed entirely of warrior nuns (with perhaps the occasional male priest, though these are hangers-on from other branches of the ecclesiarchy, not officially a part of the Sororitas.

** The Adepta Sororitas army reverses the principle, being composed entirely of warrior nuns (with perhaps the occasional male priest, though these are hangers-on from other branches of the ecclesiarchy, not officially a part of the Sororitas.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' generally plays the trope straight. Largely justified in that it is set in a fantasy world modeled closely on medieval/early modern Europe. The three elf armies tend to avert the trope, and actually have a number of all-female regimental units (Sisters of Avelorn, Witch Elves, Harpies, Sisters of Slaughter) and characters (Alarielle, Morathi, the Sisters of Twilight), as well as mixed-sex units of regular troops. The human armies play it straight though, with virtually no females in the Empire army at all (the Ice Queen of Kislev used to be, and there are one or two females from the Mordheim range), and the Bretonnian army having female wizards and the Joan of Arc-inspired Paladin Repanse de Lyonesse. As for the rest, one or two female Chaos champions have surfaced over the years (Dechala the Denied and Valkia the Bloody got models), and there have been a Dwarf Queen and a female Ogre Maneater model produced. The Undead tend to have a higher showing of females than most, with the Lahmian Sisterhood of vampires, Isabella von Carstein, Banshees and Tomb Queen Khalida (and the skeletal troops could have been of either sex in life). All Skaven of the sort who make up their armies are male, Skaven displaying extreme sexual dimorphism with the females being little more than gigantic breeding machines left at home in the nests. Finally the Orc, Lizardmen and Daemon armies are completely genderless (apart from Slaaneshi daemons, which are all hermaphroditic).
* ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' seems to be going out of its way to avert this - most troop types have male and female miniatures available.
* In TabletopGame/{{AT 43}}, most armies appear to be equal-opportunity employers going by the background story, but there are basically no models of female regular troops. However, about half the special characters (who are all officers) ''are'' female, as are two out of the three released models of medics and one of the three scientist models.
** Justify with the Cogs being a OneGenderRace (and all clones)
* Played entirely straight with the 2014 co-op minis game ''Myth'' from ''MERCS Miniatures''. The core heroes are four men and a woman. (They do offer a set of gender-swapped heroes for separate purchase, which lampshades the problem with its relentless pinkness.)
** In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game, [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Burstinatrix Burstinatrix]] was originally the only female Elemental Hero, and it even said so on her original card. (The first version said she was the "only" female among them.) The next was changed because this changed eventually, with new female Elemental Heroes appearing later, like [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Lady_Heat Lady Heat]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Poison_Rose Poison Rose]]. ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Rampart_Blaster Rampart Blaster]] too, if you count the Fusion Monsters.)

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' generally plays the trope straight. Largely justified in that it ''is'' set in a fantasy medieval / early modern world. the only females who show up in the setting are {{Lesbian Vampire}}s, [[TheFairFolk capricious forest spirits]], evil witch elves (who abduct young males so they can [[BloodBath bathe in their blood]] to become beautiful), and some nuns(?!) in a spin-off game.
** Brettonian Damsels are insulted. Yeah it doesn't help TOO much, but it's there. And then there's the female Ogre Maneater, but let's [[BrainBleach not think too hard about that.]]

** Also, although a number of armies (in particular the Imperial Guard and the Eldar/Dark Eldar) are said to contain large numbers of women, up until recently unless a unit was [[AmazonBrigade overwhelmingly female]] the models wouldn't reflect it. More recent miniatures have started to correct this pattern, with female torsos being available in the Eldar Guardian box sets for example.
** Space Marines cannot be female. This is handwaved, badly.
* The fantasy origin of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' is, if anything, worse. While it ''is'' set in a medieval society, the only women who show up in the setting are sex demons (literally), {{Lesbian Vampire}}s, [[TheFairFolk capricious forest spirits]], evil witch elves (who abduct young males so they can [[BloodBath bathe in their blood]] to become beautiful), and some nuns(?!) in a spin-off game.

** In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game, [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_BurstinatrixBurstinatrix]] was originally the only female Elemental Hero, and it even said so on her original card. (The first version said she was the "only" female among them.) The next was changed because this changed eventually, with new female Elemental Heroes appearing later, like [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Lady_Heat Lady Heat]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Poison_Rose Poison Rose]]. ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Elemental_HERO_Rampart_Blaster Rampart Blaster]] too, if you count the Fusion Monsters.)

* Played entirely straight with the 2014 co-op minis game ''Myth'' from ''MERCS Miniatures''. The core heroes are four men and a woman. (They do offer a set of gender-swapped heroes for separate purchase, which lampshades the problem with its relentless pinkness.)

* Played entirely straight with the 2014 co-op minis game {{Myth}} from MERCS Miniatures. The core heroes are four men and a woman. (They do offer a set of gender-swapped heroes for separate purchase, which lampshades the problem with its relentless pinkness.)