Language of the game sessions

[Jan Schattling]

Hi there.
As I am thinking about starting regular PS Events I like to know how much langage matters.
Is there any rule that regulates what languages are spoken on the gaming table?
As I reside in germany i guess most of my participants will be german and so prefer their native language.
Is it possible (eg. allowed) to run the events based on the german rulebooks (in addition to the english scenarios)?
If we would have a guest from another country I think it would be no problem to switch to english.
Is there really such an active community that it is possible that there might be someone from "out of town" visiting another group?
I really hope my questions arent to dumb but i like to be prepared before i start the whole thing. :)

[Dan Luckett]

Jan Schattling wrote:

Hi there.

As I am thinking about starting regular PS Events I like to know how much langage matters.
Is there any rule that regulates what languages are spoken on the gaming table?
As I reside in germany i guess most of my participants will be german and so prefer their native language.
Is it possible (eg. allowed) to run the events based on the german rulebooks (in addition to the english scenarios)?
If we would have a guest from another country I think it would be no problem to switch to english.
Is there really such an active community that it is possible that there might be someone from "out of town" visiting another group?
I really hope my questions arent to dumb but i like to be prepared before i start the whole thing. :)

I know of other groups that run in their native language. Further I'm not personally aware of any rule that says you have to play in english. My assumption would be we want you to play and don't care how you communicate with each other during your session, as long as everyone has fun. :)

[Alexander_Damocles]

Rule 1 of PFS is don't be a jerk. We would be jerks if we mandated English usage. Therefore, play on, friend, play on!

It is possible for someone from out of town (or out of country!) to visit, but fairly unlikely. But, you never know. If you get your event location posted (on a website such as warhorn), then someone who is traveling might sign up and stop by.

[Ninjaxenomorph]

I would dislike German being used at the table.

Especially if I was the only one who could not understand it.

[Alexander_Damocles]

Ninjaxenomorph wrote:

I would dislike German being used at the table.

Especially if I was the only one who could not understand it.

In Germany, they can speak German. We don't have the right to dictate what language is spoken in other countries.

[Ninjaxenomorph]

Alexander_Damocles wrote:

Ninjaxenomorph wrote:

I would dislike German being used at the table.

Especially if I was the only one who could not understand it.

In Germany, they can speak German. We don't have the right to dictate what language is spoken in other countries.

I was making a joke on us sheltered Americans :P

[Jan Schattling]

Thanks for your replys.
I like the first rule. :)
I guess I have to slow down a bit in trying to plan everything in advance.
But hey, I guess thats kinda german. Trying to regulate everything. ;)

[Thod]

Jan Schattling wrote:

Thanks for your replys.

I like the first rule. :)
I guess I have to slow down a bit in trying to plan everything in advance.
But hey, I guess thats kinda german. Trying to regulate everything. ;)

Good luck Jan

Where in Germany are you??

I tried (in vain) to get a little bit started in summer 2010 close to Frankfurt but couldn't get a game or players.

I did manage to do 2 games in the evenings at Spiel 2010 in Essen. But I didn't manage to get anything together this year.

Off course - I'm now living in the UK and organizing a group if you visit is a lot tougher as if you are in the country.

Und weil ich all dies schreibe wundere ich mich wieso ich eigentlich in Englisch und nicht in Deutsch schreibe.

Ich bin jederzeit gerne bereit auf Besuch als Spielleiter zu fungieren. Ab April sollte ich sogar das Special leiten duerfen - wahrscheinlich der einzige Deutschsprachige Spielleiter der dies dann darf. Naja - ich weiss nicht wie gut Auke (VC Niederlande) Deutsch spricht.

Hoffentlich gibt es dann auch irgendwann einen deutschen Venture Captain.

Jens

[Jan Schattling]

I am from northern Germany, Hamburg exactly.
I will try to establish a regular PSE, on every last friday of the month, in our local gaming store.
Maybe one day we can provide a venture captain. :)

[godsDMit]

I would imagine as long as everyone at the table speaks the language you are running the game in, it would be ok.

Heck, run it in Klingon if you all speak it. And then upload the video of it to YouTube. :P

[Thod]

Jan Schattling wrote:

I am from northern Germany, Hamburg exactly.

I will try to establish a regular PSE, on every last friday of the month, in our local gaming store.
Maybe one day we can provide a venture captain. :)

There is a very high chance that I come to Tactica end of February.

Send me an e-mail - address is in my profile.

Thod

[ElyasRavenwood]

I would say go ahead and use German. Have fun. There is nothing that says you have to use english, especially if english isn't the "common tongue" that everyone uses to communicate but german is.

good luck with everything

The only dumb question is the un asked question.

[nosig]

My wife's Oracle talks Portuguese in times of stress - thou she claims it's Celestial... but no one at the table speaks Celestial, so I guess that's ok. It is kind of cool thou, in a RP kind of way.

[Michael Brock]

Jan Schattling wrote:

Hi there.

As I am thinking about starting regular PS Events I like to know how much langage matters.
Is there any rule that regulates what languages are spoken on the gaming table?
As I reside in germany i guess most of my participants will be german and so prefer their native language.
Is it possible (eg. allowed) to run the events based on the german rulebooks (in addition to the english scenarios)?
If we would have a guest from another country I think it would be no problem to switch to english.
Is there really such an active community that it is possible that there might be someone from "out of town" visiting another group?
I really hope my questions arent to dumb but i like to be prepared before i start the whole thing. :)

1) As long as everyone at the table understands what is being said, I don't care what language is used. The goal is for everyone to have fun, even if that means I can't understand a word being said :) So, yes, feel free to run Pathfinder Society games, and Pathfinder in general, in your native tongue.

2) As long as the German rulebooks are the same except for language, go for it.

3) You have several American military bases in Germany. So, it is possible that you could find active players nearby that don't speak German. Yes, there is an active community and it is very possible.

[Jan Schattling]

Sounds great, I am reading the handbook right now and the first introductory scenario.
I guess it will be fun and maybe I might be able to get more players to the pathfinder community.

[Thorkull]

Jan Schattling wrote:

Sounds great, I am reading the handbook right now and the first introductory scenario.

I guess it will be fun and maybe I might be able to get more players to the pathfinder community.

Be careful with that. Mike may make you a VC.

Maybe we should adopt Esperanto as the official language of Pathfinder Society Organized Play.