{"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":"\u003cp\u003e2019 Silver ENnie for Best Game\u003cbr\u003e2019 ENnie nominee for Product of the Year\u003cbr\u003e2018 Indie Groundbreaker Award Game of the Year\u003cbr\u003e2019 IndieCade Europe Tabletop award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDialect is a game about an isolated community, their language, and what it means for that language to be lost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"Dialect is fascinating and fun and innovative\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Jason Morningstar (Fiasco, Night Witches)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"A language-building story-telling thing of beauty\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Jay Treat (Legacy of the Slayer, Strange Gravity)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is a game about how culture, language and thought interact... and that is amazing!\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Alex Roberts (Backstory Podcast)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"h3\"\u003e \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e150 page hardcover and language generating deck\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, both gorgeously printed with professional layout and beautiful art.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlaysets contributed by eleven \u003cstrong\u003eworld-class game designers, linguists, language creators, and generally-formidable humans\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributed chapter on language invention by David Peterson (author of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Art of Language Invention\u003c\/strong\u003e and language creator for HBO's \u003cstrong\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA chapter on sustaining the world's language by Steven Bird, \u003cstrong\u003elinguist, community organizer and champion for language vitality\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte rte-setting featured-row__subtext\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree printable play references availabe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/1746\/3923\/files\/dialect_handouts.pdf?14749555263484768356\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Level One Game Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40310057140391,"sku":"TG02","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0396\/7320\/0807\/products\/20327c358e25de5dcb49eb0905faf0f7.png?v=1774574017","url":"https:\/\/levelonegameshop.mom\/products\/dialect-a-game-about-language-and-how-it-dies-book-cards","provider":"Level One Game Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}