In my last post, I defined language card games and gave a brief overview of what’s out there. So where do my games and my company fit into the picture?
One of the reasons I made my first game Chinese Champions was that I wanted an intermediate level game to help me learn Chinese, but I couldn’t find one. Now, when I say intermediate level, I mean intermediate in terms of game complexity and challenge, and also the language-learning level. One of the holes I see in the current language card game market is that there’s a lot of great games for children, perhaps young teenagers, and beginning language learners of any age, but when it comes to intermediate and advanced language card games that really tell a story, draw you into another world, and demand some strategic thinking, you’d be hard pressed to find something.
So my goal or mission with my company, Language Card Games, is to transfer what I know about the field of card gaming into the field of language learning. I want to create challenging language learning card games that experienced gamers will want to play.
There is a game I already put out to address that need. It is called Othertongue. Othertongue can be used by 2 or more people to study any foreign language. In fact, when playing Othertongue, it doesn’t matter if you and your opponents are studying the same language or not, which is awesome! I’ll put some links here because some great people have made some reviews of this game on their channels including Aaron of Fingtam Languages and Dakota of Language Learning Lounge.
Okay, moving on, a second point: not only do I want to produce language card games that are more challenging and complex, but I also want to innovate and help grow the field. I believe there are still A LOT of things we can do with physical cards and games in terms of innovation that people haven’t seen yet and that will further our language learning. That’s why I also produced Fighting Flashcards, which is a game you can use in conjunction with flashcards that you have already made to turn flashcard review into something more like a battle and less like a chore. Fighting Flashcards is not as difficult as Chinese Champions or Othertongue. It is much more suitable for all ages and beginners. I will discuss Fighting Flashcards in greater detail in a later post.
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In the next post, we’ll be discussing why we should consider playing language card games at all!
