Wargames and Basketball in Talossa

[kri]

Azul!

First, on the wargames front: Finishing touches are being put on the map and counter art for DEATH IN THE TRENCHES, the Ben Madison/Wes Erni strategic level World War I game being published later this year by Schutze Games in Australia. The DITT website is here, and contains some of the new artwork:

www.execpc.com/~talossa/ditt.html

As for basketball, and actually soccer, football, and baseball, I am currently researching terminology in all four sports (the four dominant sports in the Greater Talossan Area) and coming up with Talossan translations for said terminology.

A handful of these terms (all marked {kb} which is the abbreviation for basketball in the new edition of the dictionary) is found below:

ASSIST {kb} atxüt {m}
BACK {a} posterioûr {a}
BACK COURT {kb} camp {m} posterioûr<br>BACKBOARD {kb} mür {m}
BALL HANDLING {kb} tractasfärâ {f}
BANK SHOT {kb} lança-saltâ {f}
BASELINE {kb} acavaziun {f}
BASKET {kb} canaceâ {f}
BASKETBALL (SPORT) {s05} canaceâ {f}
BLIND PASS {kb} tradâ {f} orp
BLOCK (SHOT) {kb} devi>ar {v}
BLOCKED SHOT {kb} lançâ {f} deviadâ<br>BLOCKING {kb} restancadâ {f}
BOUNCE PASS {kb} trada-saltâ {f}
BOX OUT {kb} cuntirë {vi} {sc}
CHEST PASS {kb} tradâ {f} dal potrînâ
COAST-TO-COAST {kb} lac-à-fiôvâ {f}
COURT VISION {kb} vischtâ {f} del camp
COURT (BALL ~) {s05} camp {m}
CUT {kb} ritx>â {v}
DEAD BALL {kb} sfärâ {f} mortescù<br>DEFENSE {kb} zefençù {f}
DEFENSIVE REBOUND {kb} rivôtz {m} zefençatïu<br>DOWN COURT {kb} camp {m}: ainciün ~<br>DOWNTOWN {kb} furâ {f}
DRIVE {kb} empient>â {v}
DUNK {kb} ürüm>â {v}

.... and so on for another twenty pages or so.

Ben

[jj]

"...DEATH IN THE TRENCHES, the Ben Madison/Wes Erni strategic level World War I game being published later this year by Schutze Games..."

Ummm.... don't you think "Wes Erni" should have an asterisk behind it...or at least put into quotes?

[jj]

And, while we're at it... WHERE'S *MY* NAME?

[kri]

> Ummm.... don't you think "Wes Erni" should have an asterisk behind it...or at least put into quotes?

He wasn't ranting and raving tonight about how the game isn't perfect, doesn't cure cancer, prove the existence (or nonexistence) of God, or find out who exactly did what on the Grassy Knoll. I was impressed, he must be moderating.

As for putting your name in the post, mea culpa!

Ben

[jj]

"He wasn't ranting and raving tonight about how the game isn't perfect, doesn't cure cancer, prove the existence (or nonexistence) of God, or find out who exactly did what on the Grassy Knoll. I was impressed, he must be moderating."

Or perhaps, just surrendering to the inevitable?

"As for putting your name in the post, mea culpa!"

Well, you may un-culpa yourself, sir, by adding it to something like "historical research assistant/kibbitzer/moral supporter..."