Useful German Board Gaming Phrases From Richard Mesaric

While he was visiting us recently, Richard Mesaric offered to give me some mini-German lessons when I mentioned that I was hoping to learn some gaming-related German before Jeff & I go to Essen next year.

I thought that some of you might find these phrases useful as well! So here goes:

LESSON #1

Spiele und Spielzeug = Games and toys

LESSON #2

"Wer ist dran?" / "Wer ist am Zug?"

means Whose move (turn) is it?

literally "who is on it" / "who is on the move"

"Zug" also means train - German name of Ticket to Ride = "Zug um Zug"