Comments on: Learning Chinese by playing board games

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:07:45 +0000

In reply to Budi Kurniawan. Yeah, I've played Dixit many times with Chinese people! Definitely some differences in how people associate and think.

By: Budi Kurniawan

Budi Kurniawan — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:54:12 +0000

三国杀 can be played freely online (mobile). Agricola (农场主) is available in Chinese. Dixit is one of the picture games which can be played in any language.

By: Issei

Issei — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:43:52 +0000

Hello!
Love the article, thank you!
I think you can also mention some games that represent a communication challenge : such as Imagine (a kind of pictionary with transparent abstract figures), Codenames (you have to make others link different words based on a single clue), Spyfall (everyone knows where they are except the spy, all is in the questions the players ask).

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:02:23 +0000

Recently played “Guess Who?” in English with my friends from China’s daughter who is learning English. It was a great game for simple and repetitive conversations and I think I might buy the game for the Chinese language classroom.

By: Sara K.

Sara K. — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:33:05 +0000

I played 卡卡頌 for the first time in Taiwan with the rules explained to me in Mandarin (though after the rules were explained, it’s not a game which requires much talking). It was only recently that I learned that the English name of the game is Carcassonne. The fact that I still remember it all these years later shows just how memorable the experience was.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:48:50 +0000

Great idea. Any suggestions on good board games? My first thought would be standard board games that happen to be in Chinese like Monopoly.

By: Irina

Irina — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:10:46 +0000

Great article! I love board games.

It would also be good to include at least a few games that you recommend and what level of Chinese would you need to play them ..