The Big Bad Wolf wrote: > > Ravensburger is from Germany. The quality and > quantity of games coming from that country is > simply amazing.
Very interesting, those German games. Ever notice how they all have competition without direct conflict within the game? Does this something to do with WWII? > The US company Mayfair produces translated versions > of most games, but sometimes they don't always get > it right. One edition of the Settlers of Catan was > delayed because they had messed up the units and > ended up with game pieces 5 ft on the side. They > apparently didn't realise anything was wrong until > they couldn't find boxes big enough to ship the > game in. > > Eileen The same thing happened in reverse in "This is Spinal Tap." We uncovered a mistranslation in the on-line translations for Starfarers -- a case where "except" was (mis)translated as "even if" -- which totally unbalanced the game. I don't know if the english version released in the last year is correct. -- Matt
