Candice Huber (@nolafleurdelit) who runs @tubbyandcoos bookstore in New Orleans gives her top picks of recent boardgames that allow players to play as positive and diverse playable female characters – from The Mary Sue . Name checks go to the Pandemic series (Z-Man Games), Steam Works (Tasty Minstrel Games), Ashes (Plaid Hat Games), Legends of Andor (Thames & Kosmos), Scythe (Stonemaier Games), Monarch (Mary Flanagan LLC), Bottom of the 9th (Dice Hate Me Games).