{"product_id":"dialect-a-game-about-language-and-how-it-dies-book-cards","title":"Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies (book \u0026 cards)","description":"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 Silver ENnie for Best Game\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 ENnie nominee for Product of the Year\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2018 Indie Groundbreaker Award Game of the Year\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2019 IndieCade Europe Tabletop award\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDialect is a game about an isolated community, their language, and what it means for that language to be lost.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDialect is a GM-less game for 3-5 players where you’ll tell the story of the Isolation by building their language. New words will come from the fundamental aspects of the community: who they are, what they believe in, and how they respond to a changing world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlayers take away both the story they’ve told and the dialect they’ve built together. Includes hardcover book, deck of language generating cards used to play the game, and a free digital copy delivered immediately.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Dialect is fascinating and fun and innovative\" -- Jason Morningstar (Fiasco, Night Witches)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A language-building story-telling thing of beauty\" -- Jay Treat (Legacy of the Slayer, Strange Gravity)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"This is a game about how culture, language and thought interact... and that is amazing!\" -- Alex Roberts (Backstory Podcast)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat's Included\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e150 page hardcover and language generating deck, both gorgeously printed with professional layout and beautiful art.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlaysets contributed by eleven world-class game designers, linguists, language creators, and generally-formidable humans\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContributed chapter on language invention by David Peterson (author of The Art of Language Invention and language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA chapter on sustaining the world's language by Steven Bird, linguist, community organizer and champion for language vitality.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFree printable play references availabe here.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor some examples of play and more about Dialect, check out the podcast episode One Shot plays Dialect or the Waypoint by Vice article Playing the Birth and Death of Language in 'Dialect'.","brand":"Thorny Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40749268009150,"sku":"TG02","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/1547\/products\/dialect-a-game-about-language-and-how-it-dies-book-cards-role-playing-game-thorny-games-734240.jpg?v=1633077404","url":"https:\/\/www.battlefieldbangkok.com\/products\/dialect-a-game-about-language-and-how-it-dies-book-cards","provider":"Battlefield Bangkok","version":"1.0","type":"link"}