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Dialect (game)
''Dialect'', subtitled "A Game About Language And How It Dies", is a tabletop role-playing game that uses cards and collaborative storytelling to create a new jargon or pseudolanguage that develops, evolves and eventually dies. It was created by linguists Hakan Seyalioglu and Kathryn Hymes, and published by indie role-playing game publisher Thorny Games in 2016. Description ''Dialect'' is a single-session game that does not have a gamemaster. Instead, 3–5 players take on the roles of a group of characters that are isolated, either physically or socially. The community is collaboratively designed by choosing a Backdrop from a list of over a dozen. Three Aspects to the backdrop are then put in place, two guided by the Backdrop, and one decided by the players. To complete the setting, the players decide on the characteristic that defines the Isolation of this community. Players then create a character by choosing an Archetype from a card deck, which describes the character's role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabletop Role-playing Game
A tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG or TRPG), also known as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, is a kind of role-playing game (RPG) in which the participants describe their characters' actions through speech and sometimes movements. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a set role-playing game system, formal system of rules and guidelines, usually involving randomization (such as through dice). Within the rules, players have the freedom to improvisation, improvise, and their choices shape the direction and outcome of the game. Neither pen and paper nor a table are strictly necessary for a game to count as a TTRPG; rather, the terms ''pen-and-paper'' and ''tabletop'' are typically used to distinguish this format of RPG from role-playing video games or live action role-playing games. Online play of TTRPGs through videoconferencing has become common since the COVID-19 pandemic. Some common e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
