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Games as Lingua Franca - how board games can overcome language barriers (Topic Discussion)
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Board games are often seen as a way to bring people together. They're a social activity, even for solo gamers. When we sit down to play, we fall into familiar rhythms of turns, actions and mechanisms. We don't even need to share the same language. Playing board games is a time when gestures, shared goals, and the actions within the magic circle of the game itself act as a way for us to communicate. Board games themselves are like a shared language, where friendly rivalry, cooperative play and everything else sometimes conveys more than words ever can.
Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/11/25/games-as-lingua-franca-how-board-games-can-overcome-language-barriers-topic-discussion/
Useful Links
- Pandemic review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/18/pandemic-saturday-review/
- Tapestry review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/09/tapestry-saturday-review/
- Ofrenda review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/05/10/ofrenda-saturday-review/
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Games as Lingua Franca - how board games can overcome language barriers (Topic Discussion)
Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions with a personal touch
Manage episode 521175321 series 3277941
Board games are often seen as a way to bring people together. They're a social activity, even for solo gamers. When we sit down to play, we fall into familiar rhythms of turns, actions and mechanisms. We don't even need to share the same language. Playing board games is a time when gestures, shared goals, and the actions within the magic circle of the game itself act as a way for us to communicate. Board games themselves are like a shared language, where friendly rivalry, cooperative play and everything else sometimes conveys more than words ever can.
Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/11/25/games-as-lingua-franca-how-board-games-can-overcome-language-barriers-topic-discussion/
Useful Links
- Pandemic review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/01/18/pandemic-saturday-review/
- Tapestry review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/09/tapestry-saturday-review/
- Ofrenda review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/05/10/ofrenda-saturday-review/
Music
Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)
Over Oceans by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Endless by Moavii | https://www.youtube.com/@MoaviiMusic
Free To Use | https://freetouse.com/music
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Survival Mode by Unheard | https://freetouse.com/music/unheard
Free To Use | https://freetouse.com/music
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Teapot by Lukrembo | https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo
Free To Use | https://freetouse.com/music
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Support
If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog
(Photo by Stefan on Unsplash)
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