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By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:32:09 +0000

In reply to Joseph. Cool! I'd also be interested in hearing more about your experience. Care to share?

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:27:25 +0000

In reply to Kelby Barker. This is of course the problem. Real tabletop role-playing requires some mean language skills to flow smoothly. I even find it challenging in English (which, for the record, isn't my native language). The number of people who are reasonable game masters and good mandarin speakers should be very, very low indeed. However, I think it's possible to play simpler games and more action focused storytelling even with limited language skills.

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By: Kelby Barker

Kelby Barker — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 12:13:22 +0000

As a tabletop gamer, I’d love to see a game played through by a language learning club entirely in Mandarin. You’d need a leader with pretty excellent Mandarin, but what better way to explore the myriad of situations you may never be in in real life than by playing an RPG? That is after all what makes RPG’s so much fun. Love the relation between the two activities you drew.

Your mentioning how you never complain about your food struck a bit of a chord with me. I’ve found in my time in Zhengzhou that any time I need to get terse, I simply have no idea how to do so or what to say. Not so handy when you need to complain about poor service, etc. but it’s hardly a bad thing to not be able to be confrontational, I guess.

By: Tyson

Tyson — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:42:44 +0000

In reply to Joseph. This is a great idea particularly as you approach or reach advanced levels. Joseph, how advanced were you when you participated in Beijing Improv?