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Board Gaming German Lessons - by Richard Mesaric

I asked my friend Richard Mesaric to teach me useful German phrases I can use while board gaming, and he has given me permission to share them here:

Lesson 3

Ich spiele mit rot/blau/grün/schwarz/weiß/violett/braun/gelb/rosa/orange. I play red/blue/green/black/white/purple/brown/yellow/pink/orange.

Lesson 4:

Karten mischen und verteilen. = Shuffle and deal cards.

Also see Archived German Board Gaming Phrase Lessons.

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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"

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