Does Puerto Rico require a lot of reading in English? Looking to buy this for grandma, who doesn't speak english but can Settlers of Catan just fine.
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I live in Brazil; thus, my friends and I speak portuguese, and only about 2/3 of us speak English, too. We've been playing this game for over a year, and even non-English speakers get the hang of the game just fine, after we explained and test-played the game once. Since you're talking about an elderly lady, you might find it useful to write down in your native language the effects of all the buildings, leaving to her only the trouble of memorizing the basic game rules, which you can easily explain in your language. This is a great game, with little luck and lots of strategy - it's worth an effort to make it work with your friends and relatives! I hope this helps! I live in Brazil; thus, my friends and I speak portuguese, and only about 2/3 of us speak English, too. We've been playing this game for over a year, and even non-English speakers get the hang of the game just fine, after we explained and test-played the game once. Since you're talking about an elderly lady, you might find it useful to write down in your native language the effects of all the buildings, leaving to her only the trouble of memorizing the basic game rules, which you can easily explain in your language. This is a great game, with little luck and lots of strategy - it's worth an... » Read More I live in Brazil; thus, my friends and I speak portuguese, and only about 2/3 of us speak English, too. We've been playing this game for over a year, and even non-English speakers get the hang of the game just fine, after we explained and test-played the game once. Since you're talking about an elderly lady, you might find it useful to write down in your native language the effects of all the buildings, leaving to her only the trouble of memorizing the basic game rules, which you can easily explain in your language. This is a great game, with little luck and lots of strategy - it's worth an effort to make it work with your friends and relatives! I hope this helps! « Show Less
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I think it would be difficult, there are a lot of buildings which have specific and sometimes tricky functions. She would have to play it with someone who speaks English a couple times. There may be a translation available online.
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I live in Brazil; thus, my friends and I speak portuguese, and only about 2/3 of us speak English, too. We've been playing this game for over a year, and even non-English speakers get the hang of the game just fine, after we explained and test-played the game once. Since you're talking about an elderly lady, you might find it useful to write down in your native language the effects of all the buildings, leaving to her only the trouble of memorizing the basic game rules, which you can easily explain in your language. This is a great game, with little luck and lots of strategy - it's worth an effort to make it work with your friends and relatives! I hope this helps!
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it is an intuitive game but you will need some basic reading for the buildings and for the roles. If you need some spanish I believe you can do a search for "puerto Rico rules in spanish" and get a traslation which you can print to help those who not read english. The more you play the less you need to read as you memorize the roles and buildings texts. It is a good game with strategy and fun
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I suppose including two games with it makes it "special." In my case, though, the games were in Spanish, so not so special. However, the seller did give me a refund for the games, so all is well. The system itself works perfectly.
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Just get this edition, the settlers of Catan 4th edition bundle. It comes with an expansion so 6 people can play at the same time.
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Yes, we do play with our grandchildren 3 & 6 years old and they definitely grasp the Spanish. We show them the caller's card so that they can match the picture with their bingo cards & then we say the Spanish word. As for "Borracho", we say it is a person who drinks too much wine, as they've seen us drinking a glass of wine! I know it's maybe not the best thing we'd be teaching them, but they don't seem to have a problem understanding & don't seem to need further explanation! We have a great time with it & play it like "Traveling Bingo" with wrapped gifts that are numbered & travel from person to person until everyone has at least 1 gift & then we open! Have fun! Yes, we do play with our grandchildren 3 & 6 years old and they definitely grasp the Spanish. We show them the caller's card so that they can match the picture with their bingo cards & then we say the Spanish word. As for "Borracho", we say it is a person who drinks too much wine, as they've seen us drinking a glass of wine! I know it's maybe not the best thing we'd be teaching them, but they don't seem to have a problem understanding & don't seem to need further explanation! We have a great time with it & play it like "Traveling Bingo" with wrapped gifts that are... » Read More Yes, we do play with our grandchildren 3 & 6 years old and they definitely grasp the Spanish. We show them the caller's card so that they can match the picture with their bingo cards & then we say the Spanish word. As for "Borracho", we say it is a person who drinks too much wine, as they've seen us drinking a glass of wine! I know it's maybe not the best thing we'd be teaching them, but they don't seem to have a problem understanding & don't seem to need further explanation! We have a great time with it & play it like "Traveling Bingo" with wrapped gifts that are numbered & travel from person to person until everyone has at least 1 gift & then we open! Have fun! « Show Less
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Well... http://www.thenaturalabode.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product;_Code=3363 plus labor plus shipping of the raw materialIts a luxury item, obviously not intended to be a "reasonable price" for people who just want something to hold their Catan board together. For that go here: Official Settlers of Catan Board - Plastic 5-6/3-4 Player
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todo el lenguaje de esta tableta es español y compro los juegos igual en español
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Yup. The game is good for adults. I wouldn't suggest it before age 10 or so, as simple as the rules are, reading comprehension is a must. Particularly good for folks who don't know each other well yet.
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Seafarers expands the original Settlers of Catan, 3-4 player version. If you want to expand the 5-6 player addition, you need to buy that extension for Seafarers also. I hope that makes sense!
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Dear Michelle, I finally got my Nook for Christmas. Not without some extra taxes I had to pay in the border, but anyway, finally here. I think that for reading novels in Catalan it's perfect really. The contrast of the screen depends much on the light you put in, but if the light is totally white, the constrast is very good!!! I'm pretty happy with the Nook, even if I cannot purchase directly any book because I don't have US billing address. The only little problem I found when reading for long time, is that because of the outside plastic it gets stuck on the hand and I have to change the position of reading every 15-20 minuts. I suppose once I get the cover I asked, I could handle in another way and the problem won't come back. One very bad experience!! I purchased the cover on Barnes&Noble and because is going to Europe you cannot track it. The point is that after more than one month it has not arrived yet!! But the worse is that the 2 times I send a mail to B&N they automatically resent me a mail forwarding me to the help system!!! I finally sent another e-mail to the company external of B&N that produces the covers for them and I didn't get any answer yet!! So I finally purchased it on Amazon. By the way I also bought a Kindle and it's supposed to arrive in a couple days. I bought it for the textbooks for my studies. Give me some feedback!!! Take care. Xavi
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The instructions are in English but I'm sure Think Fun will translate them. That being said there is no reading in the actual game itself. The cards are setup in a such a way that you just need to understand arrows and what the turtle is pictured doing in case of the laser. Watching a Youtube video of the game would get you most of the way there even without reading the instructions.
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My 7-year-old grandson plays very well. He's a second-grader and can read quite well. If you little one can't read, no problem, make sure they play with an older child or an adult. We love it.
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Some games depending on your setting if you have them on Spanish they will play in Spanish it's kinda like a automatic thing. But I have mine in English I really don't know if it will play the best way to find out it's through google
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Hello this game is only in English but there are not many words. Most of the game is spent describing the object and can be done in any language. The title on each card is in English but there is also a picture of each item on each card
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The game does not necessarily require you to know English. The directions come in 4 different languages. English, German, and Spanish for sure. I don't recall the last one. Check out the Ticket to Ride website for more details.
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if i am reading correctly, is english version????? i am over 70 so not up on new lingo. i bought this for my grandson who is 8 years old for christmas and he loved it. it is in english.
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I looked up a few Spanish words that I could think of off the top of my head that I know to be Mexican Spanish (tecolote, guajolote) and they are in there. When I looked up "turkey" in the English-Spanish translation, it gave only "pavo". I've been using it to look up words from Dan Brown novels that are written in Spanish and there are quite a few words that are not in the dictionary, but it is better than keeping a huge dictionary on the table.
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Yes, we do play with our grandchildren 3 & 6 years old and they definitely grasp the Spanish. We show them the caller's card so that they can match the picture with their bingo cards & then we say the Spanish word. As for "Borracho", we say it is a person who drinks too much wine, as they've seen us drinking a glass of wine! I know it's maybe not the best thing we'd be teaching them, but they don't seem to have a problem understanding & don't seem to need further explanation! We have a great time with it & play it like "Traveling Bingo" with wrapped gifts that are numbered & travel from person to person until everyone has at least 1 gift & then we open! Have fun!