Dread International
Isolation is becoming more and more difficult these days, what with the Internet and relative ease of international shipping. Dread is seeping into corners of the world I never dreamt it would infest.
During the early days, before the book was published, I’d hear from the occasional player in some distant city of the U.S. who learned to play the game from a friend of a friend who played in one of our demonstrations at one of the many conventions we attended. The idea that someone in San Diego or Pittsburgh was enjoying Dread thrilled me.
Since its release in August of 2005, I’ve heard from players beyond the United States, in places like Israel, Australia, England, Italy, Finland, France, and Germany. And I can’t describe how delightfully odd it feels to know there are folks across oceans playing Dread in foreign languages.
And to be reviewed by them! German, Italian, French and a little piece from home.
Bagpuss said,
October 19, 2006 at 3:58 am
Just ordered my copy from Indie Press, which will hopefully be flying to UK shortly to be used with a group in Birkenhead, that’s near Liverpool (you know where The Beatles came from).
Epidiah said,
October 19, 2006 at 10:51 am
Aye, but the real question is, how far is that from Black Sabbath’s hometown of Birmingham?
Matt said,
December 15, 2006 at 1:24 am
Just played 3 games in 3 weeks in Wellington, New Zealand. Loved all 3 of ‘em.
Uh, if posting pictures works in comments, then:
Matt said,
December 15, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Or if posting images in comments doesn’t work, we used torches with flourescent bulbs along the sides for atmospheric lighting – one on the floor, and one that the players had to hold in one hand while they pulled from the tower with the other :)
http://sarumata.blogspot.com/2006/12/dread-photos.html
Daniel Araujo said,
June 8, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Brazilian eventual host here!
Epidiah said,
June 13, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Excellent.
Did you have any trouble locating a Jenga set? I know a few international hosts have had to do a bit of searching to find it.