After watching the german armada unboxing, it got me thinking
Who has played a game of X-wing against an opponent who did not speak the same language at all?
How was the game. are the rules simple and straightforward enough to cross language barriers?
I think this, and armada are simple enough for miniatures games to be conducive to trans-lingual play.
What are peoples experiences. Both at the tournament and casual play level?
I guess english is pretty spread, even among non native speaking barbarians like me (i'm italian)
A few weeks ago there was a thread about a dude using the game to teach english to chinese women, which seems like a pretty **** good sign. (Bit too lazy and busy to backtrack and find it, though, sorry.)
When I was studying abroad in Berlin a few summers back I posted on boardGameGeek asking if there were any local players.
I ended up meeting up with them twice.
I speak pretty good German, and they obviously speak pretty good English, but we kept it in German so I could learn more.
It went pretty well, though a lot of the terms used in the game weren't words I knew, but since I knew all the card text already there wasn't any problems.
Fun time and great learning experience!
Shout out to those Berlin X-Wing players who let me play with them! 
@roguelieutenant
Nice To hear. However what I am asking is a game where the players could not speak to each other at all due to the language barrier
@roguelieutenant
Nice To hear. However what I am asking is a game where the players could not speak to each other at all due to the language barrier
Hey there,
well actually i did not play against anyone who does not speak english...
I wont say my language since actually my language is german.. ha... how funny is that...
But as a novelty i let my parents bring me an X-Wing and an Advanced expension from germany last time they came to visit, so i can run them at a casual games just to raise a bit interest and fun...
The cards are in german but of course have the same meaning.. still very funny... 
(another question to you.. were did you see the unboxing.. got a link?)
Over on the Armada forum
http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/134276-star-wars-armada-unboxing-video/
Couldn't understand a word. Didnt have to, looks awesome. Just like when I watched Inception for the third time, I was in Switzerland, and it was dubbed Into german.
Over on the Armada forum
http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/134276-star-wars-armada-unboxing-video/
Couldn't understand a word. Didnt have to, looks awesome. Just like when I watched Inception for the third time, I was in Switzerland, and it was dubbed Into german.
Thanks...
Haha.. want me to translate for you?
Others aleady have translated the key points in the forum, no new or unexpected info. Just seeing the production models being handled gave a good sense of the scale of the game.
Now, back to X-Wing before the Forum fun police tell us to go to the off topic or armada forum
A few weeks ago there was a thread about a dude using the game to teach english to chinese women, which seems like a pretty **** good sign. (Bit too lazy and busy to backtrack and find it, though, sorry.)
The post is here .. also, the ladies were Japanese learning English.