South Asian Game Night + Building Translation Networks with HathiTrust
December 8th 4-5:30 pm, Space 2435 NQ
Register ahead of time to secure your spot in the queue, or try your luck and show up to play that day. Prizes will be awarded in three categories that build on the games introduced at the last two South Asian Game Nights:
- Chess in South Asian Languages
The semester finale for teams playing Giant Chess in person calling out moves in one of the South Asian languages taught at U-M: Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu. Brush up on key terms in person or online.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~phillcam/
- Tower of Babel: HathiTrust Edition
Prizes for the highest scores earned between 4-5 pm on December 8th, whether you are playing in person or virtually! Game points doubled if you link to 3 or more works written in any of the less commonly-taught languages offered at U-M.
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- Demo your own version of a South Asian game!
Have you added a new twist to a familiar South Asian game like Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, or Karom? Programmed a choose-your-own-adventure story in Twine? Come up with something even more fun and inventive that has a South Asian connection! Share your work-in-progress with us at Game Night and be entered to win a prize!
